The Malaysian government

  The base of the government administration in Malaysia is the Parliamentary Democracy with a Constitutional Monarch. The head of government is His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Supreme Head of the country and is also the Supreme Commander of the Malaysian Armed Forces. 

 His Majesty Yang di-Pertuan Agong is elected every five years by the Conference of Rulers in accordance with the procedure spelt out in the Third Schedule of the Federal Constitution and the rules of the Conference of Rulers. 

 The Federal Constitution demarcates the separation of governing powers among the Executive, Judicial and Legislative authorities. 

• Executive Authority, or the authority to rule, is vested in the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. 

• Legislative Authority or the power to make laws at the Federal level is vested in the Parliament, which comprises the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the Senate and the House of Representatives. 

• Judicial power in Malaysia is vested in the Superior Courts (comprising the Federal Court, the Special Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court of Malaya and the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak); and Subordinate Courts (comprising the Sessions Court, the Magistrates’ Court, the Syariah Court, the Juvenile Court, the Penghulu Court and Native Court) as provided for by the Federal Law. The Head of the Judiciary is the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Malaysia. The Federal Court has the jurisdiction to determine the validity of any law made by Parliament or by a State legislature.