CLJ Bulletin, Issue 2011, Vol 28

22 July 2011

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New This Week 1. Legislation Highlights
2. Articles
      a) Legal Network Series Articles
3. Latest Cases
    a) Legal Network Series
    b) CLJ Volume 5 (Part 6) 2011

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1. Legislation Highlights

Principal Acts

NUMBER

TITLE

DATE COMING INTO FORCE

REPEALING

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 -
ACT 725 Renewable Energy Act 2011 Not Yet In Force - Nil -
ACT 726 Sustainable Energy Development Authority Act 2011 Not Yet In Force - Nil -
ACT 727 Food Analysts Act 2011 Not Yet In Force - Nil -

Amending Acts

NUMBER

TITLE

DATE COMING INTO FORCE

AMENDING

ACT A1391 Road Transport (Amendment) Act 2011 31 January 2011 [PU(B) 37/2011] ACT 333
ACT A1392 Supplementary Supply (2010) Act 2011 3 June 2011 ACT A1361
ACT A1393 Merchant Shipping (Amendment And Extension) Act 2011 Not Yet Inforce ORD 70/1952
ACT A1394 Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Act 2011 Not Yet Inforce ACT 515
ACT A1395 Arbitration (Amendment) Act 2011 1 July 2011 [PU(B) 342/2011] ACT 646

PU(A)

NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE

PRINCIPAL ACT NO

PU(A) 233/2011 State Of Sarawak (Extension And Modification Of The Second-Hand Dealers Act 1946) Order 2011 11 July 2011 ACT 26/1963
PU(A) 234/2011 State Of Sabah (Extension And Modification Of The Second-Hand Dealers Act 1946) Order 2011 11 July 2011 ACT 26/1963
PU(A) 236/2011 Fees (Passports And Visas) (Remission Of Fees) Order 2011 13 July 2011 ACT 209
PU(A) 237/2011 Diplomatic And Consular Officers (Remission Of Fees) Regulations 2011 14 July 2011 ACT 348
PU(A) 238/2011 Customs (Values) (Crude Petroleum Oil) (No 14) Order 2011 14 July 2011 ACT 235

PU(B)

NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE

PRINCIPAL ACT NO

PU(B) 358/2011 Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Mukim - Batu 8 July 2011 ACT 56/1965
PU(B) 359/2011 Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Mukim - Batu 8 July 2011 ACT 56/1965
PU(B) 360/2011 Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose - Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur: Mukim - Batu 8 July 2011 ACT 56/1965
PU(B) 361/2011 Authorization Under Paragraph 120(1)(E) 8 July 2011 ACT 333
PU(B) 362/2011 Notice Regarding The Supplementary Electoral Roll For The First Quarter Of The Year 2011 That Has Been Certified 11 July 2011 ACT 19

Bills

NUMBER TITLE DATE COMING INTO FORCE

PRINCIPAL ACT NO / AMENDING ACT NO

DR 19/2011 Capital Markets and Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 - ACT 671
DR 20/2011 Money Services Business Bill 2011 - -
DR 21/2011 Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Amendment) Bill 2011 - ACT 141
DR 22/2011 Lembaga Kemajuan Ikan Malaysia (Amendment) Bill 2011 - ACT 49
DR 23/2011 Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2011 - ACT 317
DR 24/2011 Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2011 - ACT 521

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2. Articles

a) Legal Network Series Articles

1. Developing A Mediation Unit Within Asean [Read excerpt]
By Danny McFadden, Director, Centre For Effective Dispute Resolution UK*

2. Employment Law Matters "Handle With Care: Action Against Employees Who Are Also Union Delegates"* [Read excerpt]
By  John Wilson, Accredited Specialist (NSW) In Employment And Industrial Law

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3. Latest Cases

a) Legal Network Series

CITATION TITLE SUBJECT
[2008] 1 LNS 679 [HC] PB Malaysia Sdn Bhd v. Samudra (M) Sdn Bhd

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Set off - Counterclaim - Claim for consultancy fees - Defendant alleging plaintiff negligent in carrying out works - Whether defendant entitled to set-off its losses against unpaid fees owing to plaintiff and to counterclaim for such losses - Whether defendant had proved its alleged losses

TORT: Negligence - Professional negligence - Plaintiff consultant engineer for certain project - Defendant alleging plaintiff negligent in carrying out works - Whether defendant proved plaintiff was in breach of its duties owed to defendant - If so, whether defendant had proved losses sustained from alleged breaches

[2009] 1 LNS 1012 [HC] PP v. Tanwir Masri & Anor

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Appeal - Appeal against acquittal and discharge - Close of prosecution's case - Finding by sessions judge that there was no corroborative evidence that respondents were implicated in alleged offence - Whether any independent evidence which implicated respondents - Whether prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case against respondents

EVIDENCE: Corroboration - Sexual offence - SP1 testified of drastic change in victim's demeanour and behaviour after alleged incident - SP1 only approached victim 4-5 months after alleged incident - Whether constituted evidence of distress of victim of a sexual offence which could be regarded as corroboration - Minor - Victim 12 years old at time of alleged incident - Whether she was a witness whose testimony could be relied upon without corroboration

[2009] 1 LNS 1014 [HC] Prince Flora (M) Sdn Bhd v. Eddie Ho Toon Ngee

CONTRACT: Option - Part payment made within period of tenancy - Whether plaintiff had exercised option to purchase as provided in clause 4 of Tenancy Agreement - Whether defendant had the right to claim vacant possession

CONTRACT: Laches - Claim for specific performance - Whether plaintiff guilty of laches in the circumstances of the case

[2009] 1 LNS 1682 [HC] Geh Thuan Hooi v. Serene Lim Paik Yan

FAMILY LAW: Children - Access - Application by petitioner husband for reasonable access - Free and liberal access already granted to husband in decree nisi - Whether another order for access still necessary - Remedies available to husband if wife refuses to comply

FAMILY LAW: Children - Maintenance - Application by petitioner husband to vary/amend figure - From RM14,000 to RM2,500 per month for two children aged 7 and 10 - Mistake alleged - Whether there was mistake of fact on husband's part when decree nisi was made - Joint petition/consent judgment rarely disturbed - No application to set aside order under O. 42 r. 13 Rules of the High Court 1980 within 30 days - Application to vary figure made 12 months after decree nisi was granted - Whether there was material change in husband's circumstances to justify variation - Whether there was material non-disclosure as to income, position and assets - Welfare of children

FAMILY LAW: Matrimonial property - Power for court to order division of matrimonial assets - Application by petitioner husband for sale and division of matrimonial assets after decree nisi made absolute - Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, s. 76(1), (3) - Whether court can only order division of matrimonial assets at time when granting decree of divorce or judicial separation - Whether court can still order sale and division at later stage - Manokaram Subramaniam v. Ranjid Kaur Nata Singh [2008] 6 CLJ 209 FC

[2009] 1 LNS 1685 [HC] Ng Teck Peng v. Fimaco Sdn Bhd & Ors
TORT: Conversion - Money - Redirection of - Intention of defendant, whether relevant - Whether moneys dealt with in a manner inconsistent with rights of plaintiff - Defendant's act of signing blank letterheads, culpability of

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b. CLJ Volume 5 (Part 6) 2011

COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

Chang Yun Tai & Ors v. HSBC Bank (M) Bhd & Other Appeals
KN Segara, Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, Jeffrey Tan JJCA
(Civil Procedure; Banking - Striking out - Statement of claim - Whether irregularities in S&P affecting validity of loan agreement) [2011] 5 CLJ 589 [CA]

PP v. Megat Shahrizat Megat Shahrur
Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop JJCA
(Criminal Law - Penal Code - Section 302 - Intention of accused to cause fatal injuries) [2011] 5 CLJ 608 [CA]

RHB Bank Bhd v. Hiap Leong Trading Sdn Bhd
Tengku Baharudin Shah, Suriyadi Halim Omar, Heliliah Mohd Yusof JJCA
(Contract; Landlord And Tenant - Duration of tenancy) [2011] 5 CLJ 622 [CA]

Yeo Kwee Huat lwn. PP
Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop, Sulaiman Daud HHMR
(Keterangan; Prosedur Jenayah; Undang-Undang Jenayah - Seksyen 39B Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Pengedaran 1393 gram dadah) [2011] 5 CLJ 630 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Hj Shariff Bahaman & Yang Lain lwn. Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur
Mohd Zawawi Salleh H
(Undang-Undang Pentadbiran; Kerajaan Tempatan - Pembersihan setinggan) [2011] 5 CLJ 650 [HC]

Mohd Ismail Abd Ghani v. Ketua Pengarah Pendaftaran Negara & Anor
Aziah Ali J
(Administrative Law; Civil Procedure; Constitutional Law - Judicial review- Decision rejecting application to omit word "Islam" from identity card) [2011] 5 CLJ 660 [HC]

PP v. Shahrulnizam Othman & Ors
Sofian Abd Razak J
(Criminal Procedure - Criminal revision - Decision allowing accused to cross-examine deponent - Immigration Act 1959/1963, s. 40A) [2011] 5 CLJ 674 [HC]

RHB Bank Bhd v. Bactra Properties Sdn Bhd & Ors (No 2)
Hasnah Mohammed Hashim JC
(Civil Procedure - Security for costs) [2011] 5 CLJ 686 [HC]

Silverstone Bhd lwn. Ramal Muthusamy
Zakaria Sam H
(Undang-Undang Buruh - Cuti sakit bergaji) [2011] 5 CLJ 696 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Judicial review - Decision of Director General of National Registration rejecting application to omit word "Islam" from identity card - Whether decision amenable to judicial review - Whether within purview of Syariah Court
Mohd Ismail Abd Ghani v. Ketua Pengarah Pendaftaran Negara & Anor
(Aziah Ali J) [2011] 5 CLJ 660 [HC]

BANKING

Loan agreement - Validity of - Whether irregularities in sale and purchase agreement affecting validity of loan agreement - Whether bank estopped from enforcing rights under loan agreement
Chang Yun Tai & Ors v. HSBC Bank (M) Bhd & Other Appeals
(KN Segara, Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, Jeffrey Tan JJCA) [2011] 5 CLJ 589 [CA]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Costs - Security for costs - Application for - Breach of agreement - Whether plaintiff could apply for security for costs from liquidated defendant pursuant to Companies Act 1965, s. 351 - Sufficiency of grounds for application - Whether case involved complex issues - Whether court able to assess 1st defendant's current financial position based on evidence given - Ability to pay if action fails - Whether 1st defendant able to pay its debts including litigation costs
RHB Bank Bhd v. Bactra Properties Sdn Bhd & Ors (No 2)
(Hasnah Mohammed Hashim JC) [2011] 5 CLJ 686 [HC]

Extension of time - Application for leave - Six-months delay in filing application for judicial review of decision of Director General of National Registration - Decision rejecting application to omit word "Islam" from identity card - Forty-day time period for filing judicial review application stipulated under O. 53 r. 3(6) RHC 1980 - Whether compliance of 40-day time period mandatory - Whether delay justified - Whether resort could be had to O. 1A RHC 1980
Mohd Ismail Abd Ghani v. Ketua Pengarah Pendaftaran Negara & Anor
(Aziah Ali J) [2011] 5 CLJ 660 [HC]

Striking out - Statement of claim - Claim seeking to declare bank loan agreement null and void because of alleged irregularities in sale and purchase agreement - Whether claim seeking to prevent bank from enforcing rights under loan agreement - Whether loan agreement affected by irregularities in sale and purchase agreement - Whether claim disclosing reasonable cause of action - Whether appeal against striking out allowed - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 18 r. 19(1)(a)
Chang Yun Tai & Ors v. HSBC Bank (M) Bhd & Other Appeals
(KN Segara, Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, Jeffrey Tan JJCA) [2011] 5 CLJ 589 [CA]

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Jurisdiction - High Court - Judicial review of decision of Director General of National Registration rejecting application to omit word "Islam" from identity card - Whether subject matter within jurisdiction of Syariah Court
Mohd Ismail Abd Ghani v. Ketua Pengarah Pendaftaran Negara & Anor
(Aziah Ali J) [2011] 5 CLJ 660 [HC]

CONTRACT

Tenancy agreement - Construction of agreement - Termination of agreement - Arrears of rental - Whether tenancy agreement a monthly or three-year agreement - Amount of rent payable - Fundamental conditions not satisfied - Monthly tenancy - Whether notice of one month sufficient to terminate agreement
RHB Bank Bhd v. Hiap Leong Trading Sdn Bhd
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Suriyadi Halim Omar, Heliliah Mohd Yusof JJCA) [2011] 5 CLJ 622 [CA]

CRIMINAL LAW

Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Charge amended by trial judge to one of culpable homicide not amounting to murder - Appeal against - Whether trial judge erred - Whether case against accused fell under s. 300(c) and not under s. 299 Penal Code - Intention of accused to cause fatal injuries found on victim - Whether proven - Penal Code, ss. 299, 300(c), 302, 304(a)
PP v. Megat Shahrizat Megat Shahrur
(Suriyadi Halim Omar, Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop JJCA) [2011] 5 CLJ 608 [CA]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Criminal revision - Decision by magistrate allowing accused to cross-examine deponent - Deposition taken from deponent and order for deportation made under s. 40A Immigration Act 1959/1963 - Whether accused having right to cross-examine deponent - Whether magistrate adopting wrong approach in allowing for such right - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 323
PP v. Shahrulnizam Othman & Ors
(Sofian Abd Razak J) [2011] 5 CLJ 674 [HC]

LANDLORD AND TENANT

Agreement - Construction - Termination of agreement - Arrears of rental - Whether tenancy agreement a monthly or three-year agreement - Amount of rent payable - Fundamental conditions not satisfied - Monthly tenancy - Whether notice of one month sufficient to terminate agreement
RHB Bank Bhd v. Hiap Leong Trading Sdn Bhd
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Suriyadi Halim Omar, Heliliah Mohd Yusof JJCA) [2011] 5 CLJ 622 [CA]

INDEK PERKARA

KERAJAAN TEMPATAN

Setinggan - Pembersihan - Semakan kehakiman - Certiorari - Permohonan untuk membatalkan keputusan responden yang mengeluarkan notis menurut Peraturan-Peraturan Perlu (Pembersihan Setinggan-Setinggan) 1969 terhadap pemohon-pemohon untuk mengosongkan rumah-rumah mereka - Sama ada notis tersebut tidak sah - Sama ada responden boleh menggunapakai Peraturan 10 Peraturan tersebut - Pentafsiran Peraturan 10 - Kepentingan awam - Sama ada permohonan semakan tidak bermerit
Hj Shariff Bahaman & Yang Lain lwn. Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur
(Mohd Zawawi Salleh H) [2011] 5 CLJ 650 [HC]

KETERANGAN

Pernyataan - Saksi - Kredibiliti - Sama ada perselisihan dan percanggahan kecil boleh memusnahkan kredibiliti saksi pendakwaan
Yeo Kwee Huat lwn. PP
(Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop, Sulaiman Daud HHMR) [2011] 5 CLJ 630 [CA]

Saksi - Kegagalan memanggil saksi tertentu - Akta Keterangan 1950, s. 114(g) - Sama ada terpakai - Budibicara pendakwaan dalam memanggil saksi-saksi - Sama ada saksi material - Sama ada terdapat motif jahat di pihak pendakwaan dalam tidak memanggil saksi - Sama ada 'adverse inference' terpakai
Yeo Kwee Huat lwn. PP
(Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop, Sulaiman Daud HHMR) [2011] 5 CLJ 630 [CA]

PROSEDUR JENAYAH

Pendakwaan - Ucapan pembukaan - Sama ada wujud ketidakpastian atau kekeliruan dalam teks ucapan pembukaan - Sama ada keterangan yang dikemukakan oleh pendakwaan menepati dan selaras dengan kaedah pembuktian yang dinyatakan dalam ucapan pembukaan
Yeo Kwee Huat lwn. PP
(Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop, Sulaiman Daud HHMR) [2011] 5 CLJ 630 [CA]

UNDANG-UNDANG BURUH

Pekerjaan - Cuti sakit bergaji - Sijil cuti sakit dikeluarkan oleh klinik di luar panel klinik syarikat dan tiada surat penjelasan bertulis diberikan pekerja mengikut peraturan syarikat - Sama ada pekerja berhak untuk cuti sakit bergaji - Sama ada keperluan syarikat untuk surat penjelasan bertentangan dengan s. 60F Akta Kerja 1955 - Sama ada klinik kerajaan dikecualikan daripada aplikasi s. 60F(1)(b) - Sama ada potongan gaji cuti sakit wajar dan adil - Sama ada potongan gaji cuti sakit boleh dibuat dalam bulan selepas bulan cuti sakit diambil
Silverstone Bhd lwn. Ramal Muthusamy
(Zakaria Sam H) [2011] 5 CLJ 696 [HC]

UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH

Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Seksyen 39B - Pengedaran - Mengedar 1393 gram 3, 4 Methylenedioxymethamphetamine - Sama ada terdapat kekeliruan dalam ucapan pembukaan pendakwaan tentang pembuktian milikan dan pengedaran - Sama ada pendakwaan gagal membuktikan elemen pengetahuan dan pengedaran sebenar - Sama ada kredibiliti saksi-saksi polis tergugat kerana percanggahan dalam keterangan mereka - Sama ada inferens bertentangan berbangkit di bawah s. 114(g) atas kegagalan memanggil kesemua saksi polis - Sama ada ketiadaan cap jari perayu pada ekshibit-ekshibit memudaratkan kes pendakwaan - Sama ada anggapan di bawah s. 37(d) ADB terpakai - Sama ada kes prima facie dibuktikan
Yeo Kwee Huat lwn. PP
(Hasan Lah, Ahmad Maarop, Sulaiman Daud HHMR) [2011] 5 CLJ 630 [CA]

UNDANG-UNDANG PENTADBIRAN

Semakan kehakiman - Certiorari - Permohonan untuk membatalkan keputusan responden yang mengeluarkan notis menurut Peraturan-Peraturan Perlu (Pembersihan Setinggan-Setinggan) 1969 terhadap pemohon-pemohon untuk mengosongkan rumah-rumah mereka - Sama ada notis tersebut tidak sah - Sama ada responden boleh menggunapakai Peraturan 10 Peraturan tersebut - Pentafsiran Peraturan 10 - Kepentingan awam - Sama ada permohonan semakan tidak bermerit
Hj Shariff Bahaman & Yang Lain lwn. Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur
(Mohd Zawawi Salleh H) [2011] 5 CLJ 650 [HC]

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CASE OF THE WEEK

GALAXY ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES SDN BHD v. TIMBALAN PEMUNGUT DUTI SETEM, MALAYSIA & ANOR

REVENUE LAW: Stamp duty - Refund - Application by purchaser under a terminated sale and purchase agreement for refund of duty paid under s. 36(1) of Stamp Act 1949 - Sale and purchase agreement terminated due to purchaser's inability to pay balance purchase price - Whether refund of stamp duty could be made under s. 57(f)(iii) or s. 57(f)(iv) of Stamp Act 1949 - Whether applicant came within meaning of 'inability' in s. 57(f)(iv)

WORDS AND PHRASES: "Any person" - Section 57(f)(iv) of Stamp Act 1949

WORDS AND PHRASES: "Inability" - Meaning of - Whether inability to obtain financing is an 'inability' under s. 57(f)(iv) of Stamp Act 1949


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