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Common Law developed from which one of the following?

• Custom

• Equity

• Decision of the Appeal Court

• Judicial precedent

Which civil court has monetary jurisdiction more than RM1,000,000.00?

• High Court

• Sessions Court

• Magistrate Court

What is the supreme law in Malaysia?

• Prime Minister

• Yang Di Pertuan Agong

• Federal Constitution

• Parliament

What are the unwritten sources of law in Malaysia?

1    Islamic Law

                      2             Judicial precedents

                      3             Rules of equity

                      4          Federal Constitution

• 1 and 2

• 2 and 3

• 1, 2 and 3

• 1, 2, 3 and 4

In the law making process in Malaysia, at which stage would the details of the bill be discussed in                        a less formal manner and amendments would be proposed?

• 1^st reading

• Committee reading

• 3^rd reading

What type of court in Malaysia whereby its decision binds the court below it but does not bind                      itself?

• Sessions Court

• Federal Court

• Court of Appeal

State can make laws on matters enumerated in the State Lists, and also matters listed in

• The Concurrent List

• The State Legislatures

• The Ninth Schedule of the Constitution

Which rule of statutory interpretation states that the words in a statute should be given their plain, ordinary meaning unless this would  give rise to manifest absurdity or inconsistency with the rest of the statute ?

• The mischief rule

• The literal rule

• The golden rule

• The purposive rule

All the following statements relate to criminal law and civil law. Which ONE of the statements is correct?

• A criminal case may subsequently give rise to a civil case, but a civil case cannot subsequently give rise to a criminal case.

• custodial sentence can be passed on the defendant in a civil case, provided the defendant is a natural person and not an incorporated body.

• The main purpose of civil law is to compensate the injured party and to punish the injuring party.

• The main purpose of civil law is to enforce the claimant's rights rather than to punish the defendant.

When the "Men” sign on the toilet door is interpreted as impliedly excluding “Women” and vice versa, this is the application of the common law rules of language known as

• expressio unius est exclusio alterius

• ejusdem generis

• in pari materia

• Noscitur a socis