KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Court, the country’s highest court, has the power to overturn syariah laws and civil laws if they conflict with the Federal Constitution, say lawyers, who stressed that this has been done several times recently.
Among them were Sections 3 and 7 of the Pensions Adjustment (Amendment) Act 2013; Section 498 of the Penal Code where a man entices a married woman, and Section 37A of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
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