Sultan Abdul Samad Building in the context of "Malaysian Malay"

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⭐ Core Definition: Sultan Abdul Samad Building

The Sultan Abdul Samad Building (Malay: Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad; Jawi: باڠونن سلطان عبدالصمد‎) is a late-19th century building located along Jalan Raja in front of Dataran Merdeka and the Royal Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The building originally housed the offices of the British colonial administration, and was known simply as Government Offices in its early years. In 1974, it was renamed after Sultan Abdul Samad, the reigning sultan of Selangor at the time when construction began.

The building houses both the offices of the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia and the Ministry of Tourism and Culture of Malaysia (Malay: Kementerian Komunikasi dan Multimedia, Kementerian Pelancongan dan Kebudayaan Malaysia). It once housed the superior courts of the country: the Federal Court of Malaysia, the Court of Appeals and the High Court of Malaya. The Federal Court and the Court of Appeals had shifted to the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya during the early 2000s, while the High Court of Malaya shifted to the Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex in 2007.

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Sultan Abdul Samad Building in the context of Judiciary of Malaysia

Judiciary of Malaysia is largely centralised despite Malaysia being a federation. Malaysia's judiciary is governed by Part IX of the Federal Constitution, and has jurisdiction over wide range of civil and criminal matters. It is also heavily influenced by the English common law, and occasionally by case law from other Commonwealth countries.

Malaysia also has another set of state-level courts known as the Syariah Courts, which is separate from the aforementioned secular judiciary and operate according to Islamic jurisprudence, but with limited jurisdiction.

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Sultan Abdul Samad Building in the context of Dataran Merdeka

Independence Square (Malay: Dataran Merdeka) is a square located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is situated in front of the Sultan Abdul Samad Building. It was formerly known as the Selangor Club Padang, or simply the Padang (meaning "field" in Malay), and was used as the cricket green of the Selangor Club (now the Royal Selangor Club). It was here that the Union Flag was lowered and the Malaysian flag hoisted for the first time at midnight on 31 August 1957. Since then, the Independence Square has been the usual venue for the annual Independence Day Parade.

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Sultan Abdul Samad Building in the context of Palace of Justice (Malaysia)

The Palace of Justice (Malay: Istana Kehakiman, Jawi: ايستان کحاکيمن) houses the Malaysian Court of Appeal and Federal Court, which moved to Putrajaya from the Sultan Abdul Samad Building in Kuala Lumpur in 2003.

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