Sunday, July 12, 2009

statute?

I'm confuse about this:

Ordinance (before Independence 1946 - 1957) and Act (after Independence) which can be legislated by Parliament.
Enactment which can be legislated by Dewan Perundangan Negeri.

Those above are written law.

Laws that can be legislated known as statute.

So, are they statute?

16 comments:

Brian Kinney said...

One of my friends in Canada wrote this for me:

Enactment is and Act would also be.n It is also law and can be a treaty. I think an ordinance is a lesser form and would not be a part of statute. Statutes are legislated normally and ordinance are not.

Ordinance
An executive decision of a government which has not been subjected to a legislative assembly (contrary to a statute). It is often detailed and not, as would be a statute, of general wording or application.

Brian Kinney said...

Its a bit different with Malaysian Law I guess as our act is known as ordinance before Independence. If act is statute, why not ordinance?

Enactment is known as ordinance too in Sarawak.

*fainted*

KKSIM said...

An enactment is a statute, however in the name it is call an "Act"

ordinance means an authoritative rule or a statute enacted by a city government

so ... I guess they are basically the same.

Brian Kinney said...

KKSIM - I think I'd agree with you. Just that I need a confirmation.

CAHAYA said...

Haha. See. :P You've found your answer. Save yourself from my 'ajaran sesat'. Haha.

Brian Kinney said...

Cahaya - Haha. KKSIM just guess. In fact he is a programmer. Any judge or lawyer here?

What I need is ratio decidendi not obiter dictum :)

zamspotte said...

OMG... I've no idea... try to ask the law students lar..

Brian Kinney said...

Zam - Let me know if you got the answer :)

Brian Kinney said...

Zam - Let me know if you got the answer :)

Wahidah said...

hahaha..me too..no idea la..:P

arsaili said...

salam..wowwwwooo..i hate law..ahahah....so not me

Brian Kinney said...

Wahidah - It's ok :)

Arsaili - Salam. Hate law? Then why obey it? LOL.

balqissy said...

law is something that exist for us to reject.

Brian Kinney said...

Balqissy - I hope you will not reject law when something happen to you or family members :)

Law can protect you. Remember that :)

balqissy said...

hurm... will think about that. =P

Brian Kinney said...

Balqissy - Haha you must!

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