17 Mar 2022
PEMPETISYEN RAMLI BIN GHANI 1. ) KEMENTERIAN KESIHATAN MALAYSIA 2. ) Kerajaan Malaysia PEGUAM PEMERHATI 1. MUHAMAD HISHAM BIN MARZUKI (DARUSSYIFA')
- Citation
- BKA-2-11/2021(W) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
- Court
- W
- Case number
- BKA-2-11/2021(W) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
The court held that Act 775 falls in pith and substance within 'medicine and health' under Item 14 of the Federal List; Parliament had competence to legislate for traditional and complementary medicine including Islamic and Malay traditional medicine; sections 25 and 26 are regulatory not prohibitory; the applicant failed to meet the threshold for leave under Article 4(4) FC and the application was dismissed.