Created when the apex court was restructured after the abolition of Privy Council appeals. Two separate High Courts sit below it — the High Court in Malaya and the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak — reflecting the distinct legal arrangements of the Borneo states under the Malaysia Agreement 1963, including their own immigration control.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- appellate
- Court type
- Intermediate appellate court
- Jurisdiction
- Appeals from the High Courts in civil and criminal matters.
- Seat
- Putrajaya
- Established
- 1994
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