Abstract
Military forces all over the world have independent legal systems which are exclusively designed to warrant the smooth running of the armed forces administratively and to ensure utmost respect to the backbone of the military, namely discipline. Thus, when a person decides to be a member of armed forces, he should be mentally and physically prepared that he is going to be subjected to an additional law, namely military law. Anywhere in the world, this law is administered by a system which is independent of the standard civil legal system. This article is intended to discuss the unique characteristics of Malaysian Military Law in four (4) dimensions namely the threefold objectives of military law, the autonomous features of military law, the legality of command power, and the unique characters of Malaysian military judicial hierarchy system.
Highlights
Malaysian military law, by virtue of history, derives its origin from the British military legal system with a modicum modification to suit local conditions
The first formal legal document of establishing a force was the Malay Regiment Enactment (MRE) Enactment enacted by the British Malayan Government in 1933
It was intended to raise one experimental platoon consisting of Malays to be part of the British Army in defending the British Malayan Government
Summary
In-Text Citation: (Dahari, Saman, & Ghani, 2019) To Cite this Article: Dahari, J. An Inquest into the Distinctive Features of Malaysian Military Law. International Journal of Academic Research Business and Social Sciences, 9(6), 1304– 1313. Vol 9, No 6, 2019, Pg. 1304 – 1313 http://hrmars.com/index.php/pages/detail/IJARBSS
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