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When you administer these laws at sea, they shall not be afterwards interfered with on shore. After they had consulted together, and collected the laws, they presented them to Datuk Bendahara, in the kingdom of Melaka, who laid them at the feet of the illustrious Muhammad Shah whereupon the ruler said - I grant the request of the Bendahara, and establish these laws and institutions for your government and that of your posterity. However, based on its manuscript, the promulgation of Undang-Undang Laut Melaka was the result of a meeting of a group of Melakan nakhodas ( sea captain) during the reign of Muhammad Shah (1424–1444):įirst of all, Patih Harun and Patih Elias assembled Nakhoda Zainal, Nakhoda Dewa and Nakhoda Ishak, for the purpose of consulting and advising relative to the usages at sea, and of compiling, in conformity thereto, a code of Undang-Undang, or institutions.

The actual date when the legal code was drafted remains unknown. In Melaka's court, matters related to the enforcement Undang-Undang Laut Melaka was placed under the authority of Laksamana ('admiral of the fleet'). The legal code also outlines a very well-structured organisation on ships, with titles of the officers are clearly specified complete with their responsibilities.

The clauses contained in the Undang-Undang Laut Melaka cover an extensive area, taking into account a wide variety of circumstances that could arise on a ship, with respect to social issues, such as slavery, adultery, murder, stealing, disrespecting an officer and negligence in carrying out duties also, economic aspects such as tax and trade, including measurement of weight and area.

The other important legal code of Melaka was the Undang-Undang Melaka ('laws of Melaka'), though it still contains certain provisions related to maritime laws, was sometime known as Undang-Undang Darat Melaka ('laws on the land of Melaka') instead. It was composed by a group of Melakan shipowners, most of whom were Javanese in origin. Undang-Undang Laut Melaka ( Malay for 'Maritime laws of Melaka', Jawi: اوندڠ٢ لا ءوت ملاک‎) was a legal code of Melaka Sultanate (1400–1511) that deals specifically on matters related to maritime laws and regulations, as well as nautical procedures concerning seafaring affairs of merchant vessels.