CLJ Bulletin, Issue 2011, Vol 16
29 April 2011
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Principal Acts
NUMBER TITLE
DATE COMING INTO FORCE
REPEALING
ACT 720 Malaysia Deposit Insurance Corporation Act 2011 31 December 2010 - Nil - ACT 721 International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation Act 2011 25 October 2010 - Nil - ACT 722 Fees (Malaysian Meteorological Department (Validation) Act 2011 28 January 2011 - Nil - ACT 723 Price Control And Anti-Profiteering Act 2011 1 April 2011 [PU(B) 146/2011] - Nil - ACT 724 National Visual Arts Development Board Act 2011 Not Yet In Force - Nil - Amending Acts
NUMBER
TITLE
DATE COMING INTO FORCE
AMENDING
ACT A1387 Malaysian Timber Industry Board (Incorporation) (Amendment) Act 2010 Not Yet In Force ACT 105 ACT A1388 Supply Act 2011 31 December 2010 - Nil - ACT A1389 Bank Simpanan Nasional (Amendment) Act 2011 24 February 2011 [P.U. (B) 79/2011] ACT 146 ACT A1390 Moneylenders (Amendment) Act 2011 Not Yet In Force ACT 400 ACT A1391 Road Transport (Amendment) Act 2011 31 January 2011 [P.U. (B) 37/2011] ACT 333
PU(A)
NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE PRINCIPAL ACT NO
PU(A) 104/2011 Customs (Values) (Palm Kernel) (No 4) Order 2011 1 April 2011 ACT 235 PU(A) 105/2011 Customs (Values) (Palm Oil) (No 14) Order 2011 4 April 2011 ACT 235 PU(A) 106/2011 Workmens Compensation (Foreign Workers Compensation Scheme) (Insurance) (Amendment) Order 2011 7 April 2011 ACT 273 PU(A) 107/2011 Customs (Values) (Crude Petroleum Oil) (No 7) Order 2011 7 April 2011 ACT 235 PU(A) 108/2011 Customs (Values) (Palm Oil) (No 15) Order 2011 11 April 2011 ACT 235 PU(B)
NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE PRINCIPAL ACT NO
PU(B) 163/2011 Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Mukim - Batu 7 April 2011 ACT 56/1965 PU(B) 164/2011 Appointment Of Gaming Expert 7 April 2011 ACT 289 PU(B) 165/2011 Notice To Third Parties 7 April 2011 ACT 613 PU(B) 166/2011 List Of Insurance Licensees Whose Licenses Have Been Revoked Or Surrendered 7 April 2011 ACT 704 PU(B) 167/2011 List Of Insurance Licensees 7 April 2011 ACT 704
a) Legal Network Series Articles
1. Aplikasi Sistem Tender Di Sarawak Bagi Kes-Kes Jualan Tanah Secara Bercagar Atau Caj (Charged Land): Satu Kajian [Read
excerpt]
By Musyiri Peet
2. The Judicial Commissions Act 1994: Part I - Complaints About Judicial Officers* [Read
excerpt]
By David Mossop, Blackburn Chambers
CITATION TITLE SUBJECT [2009] 1 LNS 474 [HC] Tadika Tzu Yu (Tzu Yu) Kindergarten v. Tah Od Ngoh & Ors EVIDENCE:
LABOUR LAW: Industrial Court - Award - Whether Chairman erred in allowing 'back wages' in award - Applicant contending Chairman's award of back wages illegal as respondents had no license - Chairman finding respondents' employment wrongly terminated - Whether Chairman correct in assuming respondents had relevant teaching licenses - Allegation that respondent's counsel deliberately concealed respondents' position as teachers - Whether substantiated - Whether Chairman's finding of fact subject to review by High Court
[2009] 1 LNS 976 [HC] PP v. Thirukumaran Krisnan & Ors CRIMINAL LAW:
CRIMINAL LAW: Penal Code - Sections 299, 300, 302 & 304 - Murder - Intention - Whether intention to kill can be inferred from one single blow to head with chopper - Whether accused only intended to cause bodily injury to victim - Furtherance of common intention, s. 34 - Amendment of charge from s. 302 to s. 304
[2009] 1 LNS 982 [HC] Haironyzam Mohtar v. PP CRIMINAL LAW:
EVIDENCE: Witness - Hostile witness - Procedure - Evidence Act 1950, s. 154 - Cross-examination - Previous inconsistent statement not produced - Whether a mandatory requirement
[2009] 1 LNS 1005 [HC] BSNC Corporation Berhad v. Ganesh Kumar Bangah SECURITIES:
COMPANY LAW: Shares - Sale of shares - Married off-market transaction - Plaintiff selling shares in subject company to defendant - Defendant CEO and ED of subject company at all times - Defendant reselling shares at mandatory general offer (MGO) - Plaintiff suing defendant for breach of fiduciary duty - Allegation that defendant knew or ought to have known of impending MGO - Whether defendant owed any duty to plaintiff - Insider trading - Companies Act 1965, s. 132(1) & (2) - Securities Industry Act 1983, s. 89E - Capital Markets and Services Act 2007, s. 188
COURT
COURT OF APPEAL
Jalang Paran & Anor v. Government Of The State Of Sarawak & Anor
Low Hop Bing, Syed Ahmad Helmy, Mohamad Apandi Ali JJCA
(Native Law And Custom; Land Law; Administrative Law - Customary rights, extinguishment of - Validity of ministerial direction) [2011] 3 CLJ 469 [CA]Junaidi Bambang v. PP
Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop JJCA
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Evidence - Murder - Fitness to stand trial - Cautioned statement - Identification evidence) [2011] 3 CLJ 484 [CA]Muhammad Isa Aris & Ors v. PP
Abdul Malik Ishak, Azhar Ma'ah, Clement Skinner JJCA
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure - Penal Code - Section 34 - Mitigation) [2011] 3 CLJ 510 [CA]Nagadevan Mahalingam v. Millennium Medicare Services
Sulaiman Daud, Azhar Ma'ah, Mohamed Apandi Ali JJCA
(Contract; Professions - Medical practitioners - Restrictive covenant clause) [2011] 3 CLJ 529 [CA]The Pacific Bank Bhd v. Kerajaan Negeri Sarawak
Abu Samah Nordin, Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, Azhar Ma'ah JJCA
(Banking; Contract - Guarantee and indemnity - Demand made after lapse of guarantee) [2011] 3 CLJ 538 [CA]Chitra Devi Suppiah v. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & Ors
Sofian Abd Razak J
(Criminal Procedure; Preventive Detention; Constitutional Law - Fundamental liberties - Right to have interpreter during inquiry) [2011] 3 CLJ 557 [HC]Gan Seng Biang v. Priyamas Export Corporation Sdn Bhd & Anor
Lee Swee Seng JC
(Land Law; Contract; Civil Procedure - Counterclaim - Striking out - Refund of deposit by court order - Whether counterclaim an attempt to avoid refund) [2011] 3 CLJ 567 [HC]Puspamary Isreal v. Dr Nagapan Muthaya & Ors And Another Case
Balia Yusof Wahi J
(Tort - Defamation - Publication in newspaper - Allegations of misuse of co-operative funds) [2011] 3 CLJ 582 [HC]SUBJECT INDEX
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Exercise of administrative powers - Ministerial direction extinguishing customary rights over land - Validity of direction - Whether direction infringing art. 5 Federal Constitution - Procedural fairness - Whether right to be heard given - Proper procedure in challenging direction - Whether by way of judicial review - Sarawak Land Code, s. 5(3) - Sarawak State Constitution, art. 39 - Federal Constitution, arts. 5, 8, 13, 153 - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 53
Jalang Paran & Anor v. Government Of The State Of Sarawak & Anor
(Low Hop Bing, Syed Ahmad Helmy, Mohamad Apandi Ali JJCA) [2011] 3 CLJ 469 [CA]BANKING
Guarantee and indemnity - Demand made after lapse of guarantee - Default occurred within guarantee period - Whether demand valid
The Pacific Bank Bhd v. Kerajaan Negeri Sarawak
(Abu Samah Nordin, Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, Azhar Ma'ah JJCA) [2011] 3 CLJ 538 [CA]CIVIL PROCEDURE
Counterclaim - Striking out - Refund of deposit ordered by court pursuant to failed land transaction - Deposit paid under Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) - Sessions judge holding MOU not legally binding - Whether defendant's counterclaim an attempt to avoid refund of deposit sum as ordered - Whether denying, depriving and delaying plaintiff fruits of his successful litigation - Whether an abuse of the court's process - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 18 r. 19
Gan Seng Biang v. Priyamas Export Corporation Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Lee Swee Seng JC) [2011] 3 CLJ 567 [HC]CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Fundamental liberties - Right of detained person - Right to have interpreter during inquiry - Federal Constitution, art. 151 - Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985, s. 6(1) - Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) (Advisory Board Procedure) Rules 1987, Sch Form 1
Chitra Devi Suppiah v. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & Ors
(Sofian Abd Razak J) [2011] 3 CLJ 557 [HC]CONTRACT
Guarantee - Banker's guarantee - One-year guarantee - Default occurred within guarantee period but demand made after its lapse - Whether demand rendered invalid - Whether term limiting period of guarantee contravening s. 29 Contracts Act 1950
The Pacific Bank Bhd v. Kerajaan Negeri Sarawak
(Abu Samah Nordin, Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, Azhar Ma'ah JJCA) [2011] 3 CLJ 538 [CA]Restraint of trade - Restrictive covenant clause - Whether covenant in restraint of trade - Whether void and unenforceable under s. 28 Contracts Act 1950 - Whether clause fell within Exception 2 to s. 28
Nagadevan Mahalingam v. Millennium Medicare Services
(Sulaiman Daud, Azhar Ma'ah, Mohamed Apandi Ali JJCA) [2011] 3 CLJ 529 [CA]Sale and purchase of land - Deposit - Refund of deposit ordered by court - Deposit paid under Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) - Sessions judge holding MOU not legally binding - Whether defendant's counterclaim an attempt to avoid refund of deposit sum as ordered - Whether denying, depriving and delaying plaintiff fruits of his successful litigation - Whether an abuse of the court's process - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 18 r. 19
Gan Seng Biang v. Priyamas Export Corporation Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Lee Swee Seng JC) [2011] 3 CLJ 567 [HC]CRIMINAL LAW
Appeal - Appeal against sentence - Factors to consider - Whether it would be in the interests of society to put the appellants behind bars
Muhammad Isa Aris & Ors v. PP
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Azhar Ma'ah, Clement Skinner JJCA) [2011] 3 CLJ 510 [CA]Child Act 2001 - Section 76 - Whether applicable to child appellant - Factors to consider
Muhammad Isa Aris & Ors v. PP
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Azhar Ma'ah, Clement Skinner JJCA) [2011] 3 CLJ 510 [CA]Penal Code - Section 34 - Effect of - Whether invoked by the reduced charge - Penal Code, s. 34
Muhammad Isa Aris & Ors v. PP
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Azhar Ma'ah, Clement Skinner JJCA) [2011] 3 CLJ 510 [CA]Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Whether case proven beyond reasonable doubt - Accused charged with murdering his three children - Confession made in cautioned statement and letters written by accused - Confessions corroborated by evidence of other witnesses and other independent evidence - Failure of defence to raise reasonable doubt in prosecution case
Junaidi Bambang v. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2011] 3 CLJ 484 [CA]CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Accused - Fitness to stand trial - Whether accused of sound mind and capable of making defence - No history of mental disorder - Whether test applied by trial judge in determining appellant's fitness to stand trial was proper and sufficient - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 342
Junaidi Bambang v. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2011] 3 CLJ 484 [CA]Habeas corpus - Application for habeas corpus - Detention of drug dependent - Failure to provide interpreter during inquiry - Whether inquiry report rendered defective - Whether violation of art. 151 Federal Constitution - Whether non-compliance of s. 6(1)(b) Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985 - Whether application for habeas corpus allowed - Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) (Advisory Board Procedure) Rules 1987, Sch Form 1
Chitra Devi Suppiah v. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & Ors
(Sofian Abd Razak J) [2011] 3 CLJ 557 [HC]Mitigation - Appellants pleading guilty to charge - Effect of - Whether a guilty plea would always work in favour of the accused - Factors to consider
Muhammad Isa Aris & Ors v. PP
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Azhar Ma'ah, Clement Skinner JJCA) [2011] 3 CLJ 510 [CA]Statements - Cautioned statement - Admissibility - Burden on prosecution to show voluntariness of statement - Burden on accused to show suspicious circumstances surrounding making of statement - Allegation of failure to explain caution to accused - Whether appellant understood caution read to him - Whether statement admissible
Junaidi Bambang v. PP
Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2011] 3 CLJ 484 [CA]Trial - Confession - Admissibility - Confession made in cautioned statement - Confessions made in letters written by accused - Extra judicial confessions - Whether circumstantial evidence corroborated extra-judicial confessions
Junaidi Bambang v. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2011] 3 CLJ 484 [CA]EVIDENCE
Confession - Admissibility of confession - Confession made in cautioned statement - Confessions made in letters written by accused - Extra judicial confessions - Whether circumstantial evidence corroborated extra-judicial confessions
Junaidi Bambang v. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2011] 3 CLJ 484 [CA]Identification evidence - Handwriting - Testimony of handwriting expert that handwriting on letters matched accused's handwriting - Whether reasons given for conclusion - Whether testimony properly admitted
Junaidi Bambang v. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2011] 3 CLJ 484 [CA]Statement - Cautioned statement - Admissibility - Burden on prosecution to show voluntariness of statement - Burden on accused to show suspicious circumstances surrounding making of statement - Allegation of failure to explain caution to accused - Whether appellant understood caution read to him - Whether statement admissible
Junaidi Bambang v. PP
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2011] 3 CLJ 484 [CA]LAND LAW
Customary land - Customary rights, extinguishment of - Validity of ministerial direction extinguishing rights - Whether direction infringing art. 5 Federal Constitution - Procedural fairness - Whether right to be heard given - Proper procedure in challenging direction - Whether by way of judicial review - Sarawak Land Code, s. 5(3) - Sarawak State Constitution, art. 39 - Federal Constitution, arts. 5, 8, 13, 153 - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 53
Jalang Paran & Anor v. Government Of The State Of Sarawak & Anor
(Low Hop Bing, Syed Ahmad Helmy, Mohamad Apandi Ali JJCA) [2011] 3 CLJ 469 [CA]Sale of land - Deposit - Refund of deposit ordered by court - Deposit paid under Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) - Sessions judge holding MOU not legally binding - Whether defendant's counterclaim an attempt to avoid refund of deposit sum as ordered - Whether denying, depriving and delaying plaintiff fruits of his successful litigation - Whether an abuse of the court's process - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 18 r. 19
Gan Seng Biang v. Priyamas Export Corporation Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Lee Swee Seng JC) [2011] 3 CLJ 567 [HC]NATIVE LAW AND CUSTOM
Land dispute - Customary rights, extinguishment of - Validity of ministerial direction extinguishing rights - Whether direction infringing art. 5 Federal Constitution - Procedural fairness - Whether right to be heard given - Proper procedure in challenging direction - Whether by way of judicial review - Sarawak Land Code, s. 5(3) - Sarawak State Constitution, art. 39 - Federal Constitution, arts. 5, 8, 13, 153 - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 53
Jalang Paran & Anor v. Government Of The State Of Sarawak & Anor
(Low Hop Bing, Syed Ahmad Helmy, Mohamad Apandi Ali JJCA) [2011] 3 CLJ 469 [CA]PREVENTIVE DETENTION
Detention order - Validity - Failure to provide interpreter during inquiry - Whether inquiry report rendered defective - Whether violation of art. 151 Federal Constitution - Whether non-compliance of s. 6(1)(b) Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985 - Whether application for habeas corpus allowed - Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) (Advisory Board Procedure) Rules 1987, Sch Form 1
Chitra Devi Suppiah v. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & Ors
(Sofian Abd Razak J) [2011] 3 CLJ 557 [HC]PROFESSIONS
Medical practitioners - Restrictive covenant clause - Whether covenant in restraint of trade - Whether void and unenforceable under s. 28 Contracts Act 1950 - Whether clause fell within Exception 2 to s. 28
Nagadevan Mahalingam v. Millennium Medicare Services
(Sulaiman Daud, Azhar Ma'ah, Mohamed Apandi Ali JJCA) [2011] 3 CLJ 529 [CA]TORT
Defamation - Publication in newspaper - Allegations of misuse of co-operative funds - Whether implicating plaintiffs - Whether defence of qualified privilege applicable
Puspamary Isreal v. Dr Nagapan Muthaya & Ors And Another Case
(Balia Yusof Wahi J) [2011] 3 CLJ 582 [HC]
CASE OF THE WEEK
HARCHARAN SINGH SOHAN SINGH v. RANJIT KAUR S GEAN SINGH
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Appeal - Failure to obtain leave - Value of subject matter less than RM250,000 - Subject matter of claim involving declaratory relief - Court of Appeal Practice Direction No. 2 of 1996, item (ii) - True meaning and effect of s. 68(1)(a) Courts of Judicature Act 1964 - Point of time at which value of subject matter ought to be determined - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s. 68(1)(a)
CIVIL PROCEDURE: Appeal - Leave to appeal - Court of Appeal - Value of subject matter less than RM250,000 - Subject matter of claim involving declaratory relief - Court of Appeal Practice Direction No. 2 of 1996, item (ii) - True meaning and effect of s. 68(1)(a) Courts of Judicature Act 1964 - Point of time at which value of subject matter ought to be determined - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s. 68(1)(a)
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