Perlembagaan Persekutuan
(1) There shall be a court which shall be known as the
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- Malaysia
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- in force
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Provision text
Official source182. (1) There shall be a court which shall be known as the
Special Court and shall consist of the Chief Justice of the Federal
Court, who shall be the Chairman, the Chief Judges of the High
Courts, and two other persons who hold or have held office as
judge of the Federal Court or a High Court appointed by the
Conference of Rulers.
(2) Any proceedings by or against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
or the Ruler of a State in his personal capacity shall be brought
in a Special Court established under Clause (1).
(3) The Special Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to try
all offences committed in the Federation by the Yang di-Pertuan
Agong or the Ruler of a State and all civil cases by or against the
Yang di-Pertuan Agong or the Ruler of a State notwithstanding
where the cause of action arose.
(4) The Special Court shall have the same jurisdiction and
powers as are vested in the inferior courts, the High Court and
the Federal Court by this Constitution or any federal law and
shall have its registry in Kuala Lumpur.
[Article 182] Federal Constitution 167
(5) Until Parliament by law makes special provision to
the contrary in respect of procedure (including the hearing of
proceedings in camera) in civil or criminal cases and the law
regulating evidence and proof in civil and criminal proceedings,
the practice and procedure applicable in any proceedings in any
inferior court, any High Court and the Federal Court shall apply
in any proceedings in the Special Court.
(6) The proceedings in the Special Court shall be decided
in accordance with the opinion of the majority of the members
and its decision shall be final and conclusive and shall not be
challenged or called in question in any court on any ground.
(7) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may, on the advice of the Chief
Justice, make such rules as he may deem necessary or expedient
to provide for the removal of any difficulty or anomaly whatsoever
in any written law or in the carrying out of any function, the
exercise of any power, the discharge of any duty, or the doing of
any act, under any written law, that may be occasioned by this
Article; and for that purpose such rules may make any modification,
adaptation, alteration, change or amendment whatsoever to any
written law.
No action to be instituted against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
or a Ruler except with the consent of the Attorney General
personally
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