All proceedings (other than the giving of evidence by a witness) in the Federal Court, Court of Appeal, the High Court or any Subordinate Court shall be in the national language: Provided that the Court may either of its own motion or on the application of any party to any proceedings and after considering the interests of justice in those proceedings, order that the proceedings (other than the giving of evidence by a witness) shall be partly in the national language and partly in the English language.
Malay text (authoritative)
Bahasa Mahkamah
Segala prosiding (selain pemberian keterangan oleh seseorang saksi) dalam Mahkamah Persekutuan, Mahkamah Rayuan, Mahkamah Tinggi atau mana-mana Mahkamah Rendah hendaklah dalam bahasa kebangsaan:
Dengan syarat bahawa Mahkamah boleh, sama ada atas kehendaknya sendiri atau atas permintaan mana-mana pihak dalam mana-mana prosiding dan selepas menimbangkan kepentingan keadilan dalam prosiding itu, memerintahkan supaya prosiding itu (selain pemberian keterangan oleh seseorang saksi) dijalankan sebahagiannya dalam bahasa kebangsaan dan sebahagiannya dalam bahasa Inggeris.
Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
