CLJ Bulletin, Vol 2007, Issue 39
30 November 2007
CLJ Law MALAYSIA
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| New This Week - | 1. CLJ November (Part 3) 2007 |
| 2. CLJ November (Part 4) 2007 | |
| 3. CLJ Supp November (Part 2) 2007 |
COURT
FEDERAL COURT
Selvaraju Ponniah v. Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia & Anor
(Dismissal pursuant to detention order - Collateral proceeding - Limitation - Federal
Constitution, art. 135(2)(d) - Public Officers (Conduct and Discipline) (Cap D) General
Orders 1980, General Orders 34, 35, 36(i) - Public Authorities Protection Act 1948, s.
2(a)) [2007]
6 CLJ 245
COURT OF APPEAL
Development & Commercial Bank Bhd v. Liew Weng Hang & Ors
(Tort - Conversion - Negligence - Banker and customer) [2007] 6 CLJ
260
Equiticorp Holdings Ltd v. United Securities Sdn Bhd
(Company law - Winding up - Stay of proceedings - Appeal against) [2007] 6 CLJ
268
International Bank Malaysia Bhd v. Lovintih Balantai
(Native law and custom - Land dispute - Restrictions in ownership and dealings relating
to land held under Native Title - Land Ordinance (Cap 68) (Sabah), ss. 4, 17(4), 64,
70(2), 88 - Interpretation (Definition of Native) Ordinance (Cap 64), s. 3) [2007] 6 CLJ
279
Mohamed Ali Abdul Razak v. Sim Hock Yong
(Land law - Caveat - Removal - Appeal against - National Land Code, s. 323(1)) [2007] 6 CLJ
337
SUBJECT INDEX
COMPANY LAW
Winding up - Stay of proceedings - Appeal against - Locus standi - Special
circumstances - Exercise of court’s discretion - Whether order for stay warranted
Equiticorp Holdings Ltd v. United Securities Sdn Bhd
(Gopal Sri Ram, James Foong & Suriyadi Halim Omar JJCA) [2007] 6 CLJ
268 [CA]
LAND LAW
Caveat - Removal - Appeal against - Whether registered proprietor of land may caveat
his land - Caveatable interest - National Land Code, s. 323(1)
Mohamed Ali Abdul Razak v. Sim Hock Yong
(Gopal Sri Ram, Suriyadi Halim Omar & Hasan Lah JJCA) [2007] 6 CLJ
337 [CA]
Customary land - Titled land - Dispute - Registered owner - Restrictions in ownership
and dealings relating to land held under Native Title - Whether transfer of said land
valid - Whether creation of third party charge over said land valid - Bona fide third
party for value - Land Ordinance (Cap 68) (Sabah), ss. 4, 17(4), 64, 70(2), 88 -
Interpretation (Definition of Native) Ordinance (Cap 64), s. 3
International Bank Malaysia Bhd v. Lovintih Balantai
(Mokhtar Sidin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff JJCA & Abdul Wahab Patail J) [2007] 6 CLJ
279 [CA]
NATIVE LAW AND CUSTOM
Land dispute - Titled land - Registered owner - Restrictions in ownership and dealings
relating to land held under Native Title - Whether transfer of said land valid - Whether
creation of third party charge over said land valid - Bona fide third party for value -
Land Ordinance (Cap 68) (Sabah), ss. 4, 17(4), 64, 70(2), 88 - Interpretation (Definition
of Native) Ordinance (Cap 64), s. 3
International Bank Malaysia Bhd v. Lovintih Balantai
(Mokhtar Sidin, Mohd Ghazali Yusoff JJCA & Abdul Wahab Patail J) [2007] 6 CLJ
279 [CA]
PREVENTIVE DETENTION
Detention order - Dismissal pursuant to detention order - Challenge to validity of
detention order - Collateral proceeding - Limitation - Whether action time-barred -
Federal Constitution, art. 135(2)(d) - Public Officers (Conduct and Discipline) (Cap D)
General Orders 1980, General Orders 34, 35, 36(i) - Public Authorities Protection Act
1948, s. 2(a)
Selvaraju Ponniah v. Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia & Anor
(Abdul Hamid Mohamad, Nik Hashim & Azmel Maamor FCJJ) [2007] 6 CLJ
245 [FC]
PUBLIC SERVANTS
Dismissal - Dismissal pursuant to detention order - Challenge to validity of detention
order - Collateral proceeding - Limitation - Whether action time-barred - Federal
Constitution, art. 135(2)(d) - Public Officers (Conduct and Discipline) (Cap D) General
Orders 1980, General Orders 34, 35, 36(i) - Public Authorities Protection Act 1948, s.
2(a)
Selvaraju Ponniah v. Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia & Anor
(Abdul Hamid Mohamad, Nik Hashim & Azmel Maamor FCJJ) [2007] 6 CLJ
245 [FC]
TORT
Conversion - Banker and customer - Damages - Recovery of value of cheques - Test of
direct consequence
Development & Commercial Bank Bhd v. Liew Weng Hang & Ors
(Gopal Sri Ram, Suriyadi Halim Omar & Hasan Lah JJCA) [2007] 6 CLJ
260 [CA]
Negligence - Banker and customer - Damages - Recovery of value of cheques - Duty of
care
Development & Commercial Bank Bhd v. Liew Weng Hang & Ors
(Gopal Sri Ram, Suriyadi Halim Omar & Hasan Lah JJCA) [2007] 6 CLJ
260 [CA]
CLJ November (Part 4) 2007
COURT
FEDERAL COURT
PP v. Kok Wah Kuan
(Constitutional law - Doctrine of separation of powers - Whether part and parcel of
Federal Constitution - Jurisdiction and powers of courts - Whether only as conferred by
federal law) (Criminal procedure - Sentence - Child convict - Murder - Order that child be
held in custody during pleasure of Yang di Pertuan Agong - Legality) [2007] 6 CLJ
341
HIGH COURT
PP lwn. KK
(Undang-undang jenayah - Bunuh - Kanun Keseksaan, s. 302 - Pembuktian - Keterangan
circumstantial - Kes prima facie - Kes di luar keraguan munasabah) (Prosedur jenayah -
Hukuman - Pesalah kanak-kanak - Bunuh - Perintah dipenjara selagi di perkenan Yang di
Pertuan Agong - Kesahan) (Pentafsiran statut - Akta Kanak-Kanak 2001 - Seksyen 97(2) -
Sama ada mandatori - Sama ada bercanggah dengan ss. 91(2), 96(1) dan 97(3)) [2007] 6 CLJ
367
SUBJECT INDEX
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Federal Constitution - Article 121(1), amendment to - Effect and scope - Whether
article sole repository of judicial role of courts - Jurisdiction and powers of courts -
Whether only as conferred by federal law - Whether courts servile agents of federal law -
Federal Constitution, arts. 39, 40, 121(1)
PP v. Kok Wah Kuan
(Ahmad Fairuz CJ, Abdul Hamid Mohamad PCA, Alauddin Mohd Sheriff CJ (Malaya), Richard
Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak) & Zaki Tun Azmi FCJ) [2007] 6 CLJ
341 [FC]
Federal Constitution - Separation of powers, doctrine of - Whether integral part
Constitution - Section 97(2) of Child Act 2001 - Child convict to be held at pleasure of
Yang di-Pertuan Agong - Whether consigning judicial power to the Executive - Whether
contravening doctrine of separation of powers - Whether unconstitutional - Federal
Constitution, arts. 39, 40, 121(1) - Child Act 2001, s. 97(2) - Penal Code, s. 302
PP v. Kok Wah Kuan
(Ahmad Fairuz CJ, Abdul Hamid Mohamad PCA, Alauddin Mohd Sheriff CJ (Malaya), Richard
Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak) & Zaki Tun Azmi FCJ) [2007] 6 CLJ
341 [FC]
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Sentence - Murder - Child convict - Alternative sentence under Child Act 2001 - Child
ordered to be held in custody during pleasure of Yang di-Pertuan Agong - Whether order
lawful - Child Act 2001, s. 97(2) - Penal Code, s. 302
PP v. Kok Wah Kuan
(Ahmad Fairuz CJ, Abdul Hamid Mohamad PCA, Alauddin Mohd Sheriff CJ (Malaya), Richard
Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak) & Zaki Tun Azmi FCJ) [2007] 6 CLJ
341 [FC]
WORDS & PHRASES
"The High Courts and inferior courts shall have jurisdiction and powers as may be
conferred by or under federal law" - Federal Constitution, art. 121(1) - Meaning and
import - Whether courts reduced to servile agents of Acts of Parliament
PP v. Kok Wah Kuan
(Ahmad Fairuz CJ, Abdul Hamid Mohamad PCA, Alauddin Mohd Sheriff CJ (Malaya), Richard
Malanjum CJ (Sabah & Sarawak) & Zaki Tun Azmi FCJ) [2007] 6 CLJ
341 [FC]
INDEKS PERKARA
KETERANGAN
Keterangan pakar - Kebolehterimaan - Tertuduh kanak-kanak - Bunuh - Laporan psikiatri -
Laporan diasaskan kepada cerita tertuduh - Sama ada asas laporan harus terlebih dahulu
dibuktikan - Sama ada kandungan laporan bersifat hearsay - Sama ada melanggari prinsip R
v. Turner - Sama ada tidak boleh diterima-masuk
PP lwn. KK
(Ahmad Maarop H) [2007] 6 CLJ
367 [HC]
Maklumat yang membawa kepada penemuan fakta - Seksyen 27 Akta Keterangan 1950 - Bunuh -
Maklumat kepada polis mengenai tempat senjata yang digunakan dalam pembunuhan dibuang -
Keraguan mengenai ungkapan sebenar yang diucapkan tertuduh - Sama ada fatal - Sama ada
bukan maklumat s. 27 - Keterangan mengenai penunjukkan tempat penemuan senjata - Sama ada
boleh diterima-masuk - Akta Keterangan 1950, s. 27 - Kanun Keseksaan, s. 302
PP lwn. KK
(Ahmad Maarop H) [2007] 6 CLJ
367 [HC]
Pengakuan - Kesukarelaan - Tertuduh kanak-kanak - Bunuh - Pengakuan kepada ibu mangsa -
Sama ada dibuat secara spontan dan sukarela - Kebolehterimaan - Akta Keterangan 1950, s.
17(2) - Kanun Keseksaan, s. 302
PP lwn. KK
(Ahmad Maarop H) [2007] 6 CLJ
367 [HC]
PERKATAAN & ISTILAH
"Shall, notwithstanding anything in this Act, be liable to" - Seksyen 97(3)
Akta Kanak-Kanak 2001 - Sama ada bersifat mandatori - Sama ada harus dibaca tanpa
perkataan "be liable to"
PP lwn. KK
(Ahmad Maarop H) [2007] 6 CLJ
367 [HC]
PROSEDUR JENAYAH
Hukuman - Pesalah kanak-kanak - Bunuh - Sabitan - Perintah wajar - Sama ada harus
dipenjara selagi diperkenan oleh Yang di Pertuan Agong - Sama ada boleh dikenakan
perintah-perintah lain - Kanun Keseksaan, ss. 300, 302 - Akta Kanak-Kanak 2001, ss. 91(2),
95, 96(1), 97(1), (2), (3)
PP lwn. KK
(Ahmad Maarop H) [2007] 6 CLJ
367 [HC]
TAFSIRAN STATUT
Pentafsiran statut - Akta Kanak-Kanak 2001 - Seksyen 97(2) - Perintah memenjara pesalah
kanak-kanak yang disabit atas kesalahan bunuh selagi diperkenan Yang di Pertuan Agong atau
Raja Pemerintah atau Yang di Pertua Negeri - Sama ada mandatori - Sama ada bercanggah
dengan ss. 91(2), 96(1) dan 97(3)(a) Akta - Sama ada mahkamah mempunyai budibicara untuk
membuat perintah selain darinya - Niat Badan Perundangan - Kaedah absurdity
PP lwn. KK
(Ahmad Maarop H) [2007] 6 CLJ
367 [HC]
UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH
Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 302 - Bunuh - Ingredien - Pembuktian - Keterangan ikut
keadaan - Tertuduh kanak-kanak - Sama ada suatu kes prima facie dibuktikan - Sama ada
dibuktikan di luar keraguan munasabah - Kanun Keseksaan, ss. 300, 302
PP lwn. KK
(Ahmad Maarop H) [2007] 6 CLJ
367 [HC]
3. CLJ Supp November (Part 2) 2007
COURT
HIGH COURT
Hong Leong Bank Bhd v. Merces Builders Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Civil procedure - Summary judgment - Appeal against - Whether there was triable issue
in plaintiff's claim) [2007] 9 CLJ
509
PP v. Bala Arulappan
(Pengangkutan jalan - Memandu dengan cara merbahaya - Pertuduhan - Kesalahan di bawah
s. 41(1) Akta Pengangkutan Jalan 1987) [2007] 9 CLJ
521
PP v. Chettuvelu Nani
(Public servants - Criminal offence - Bribery and corruption - Presumption that money
was corruptly accepted under s. 42(1) of Anti Corruption Act 1997) [2007] 9 CLJ
533
PP v. Wan Khairil Wan Isa
(Road traffic - Dangerous driving - Causing death by reckless or dangerous driving -
Whether essential ingredients of recklessness proved) [2007] 9 CLJ
557
Sri Minal Construction Sdn Bhd v. Hongkong Bank Malaysia Bhd
(Land law - Charge - Discharge of - Whether defendant had contractual nexus with third
party) [2007]
9 CLJ 579
Zanizam Ahmad v. PP
(Criminal law - Identification parade - Offence of armed robbery) [2007] 9 CLJ
601
SUBJECT INDEX
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Summary judgment - Appeal against - Hire purchase agreements - Default of - Whether
hire purchase agreement superceded by a restructuring agreement entered into between
plaintiff and first defendant - Whether plaintiff's claim against defendants maintained -
Whether defendants jointly and severally liable to pay plaintiff the guaranteed sums -
Whether there was triable issue in plaintiff's claim
Hong Leong Bank Bhd v. Merces Builders Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Kang Hwee Gee J) [2007] 9 CLJ
509 [HC]
CRIMINAL LAW
Identification parade - Offence of armed robbery - Whether identification by
complainant vitiated - Credibility of witnesses on point of identification - Whether
prosecution established prima facie case
Zanizam Ahmad v. PP
(Sofian Abd Razak JC) [2007] 9 CLJ
601 [HC]
EVIDENCE
Alibi - Defense of - Credibility of witness - Whether intact - Whether magistrate erred
in applying wrong standard of proof - Whether defence of alibi established - Whether there
was reasonable doubt in prosecution's case
Zanizam Ahmad v. PP
(Sofian Abd Razak JC) [2007] 9 CLJ
601 [HC]
LAND LAW
Charge - Discharge of - Delay in execution of discharge allegedly resulted in
rescission of agreement to sell piece of land to third party - Whether defendant had
contractual nexus with third party - National Land Code, s. 314 - Whether there was
express/implied contractual term or statutory duty on defendant's part to prepare
discharge of charge within certain time frame - Whether defendant's responsibilities
extend to extraneous or supervening events - Whether chargor ought to communicate third
party agreement to chargee
Sri Minal Construction Sdn Bhd v. Hongkong Bank Malaysia Bhd
(Heliliah Yusof J) [2007] 9 CLJ
579 [HC]
PUBLIC SERVANTS
Criminal offence - Bribery and corruption - Police officer allegedly soliciting a bribe
to procure release of two suspected drug addicts - Presumption that money was corruptly
accepted under s. 42(1) of Anti Corruption Act 1997 - Whether there was insufficient
evidentiary basis to invoke statutory presumption - Whether relevant ingredients of the
charge under s. 10(a)(aa) of Anti Corruption Act 1997 established - Whether there was
basis for interfering with decision of trial judge
PP v. Chettuvelu Nani
(Nallini Pathmanathan JC) [2007] 9 CLJ
533 [HC]
ROAD TRAFFIC
Dangerous driving - Causing death by reckless or dangerous driving - Respondent a
learner driver driving unsupervised - Whether evidence showed respondent driving at
considerable speed - Whether respondent showed a degree of recklessness that was wholly
unwarranted - Whether essential ingredients of recklessness proved - Road Transport Act
1987, ss. 41(1), 42, 43
PP v. Wan Khairil Wan Isa
(Nallini Pathmanathan JC) [2007] 9 CLJ
557 [HC]
INDEKS PERKARA
PENGANGKUTAN JALAN
Memandu dengan cara merbahaya - Pertuduhan - Kesalahan di bawah s. 41(1) Akta
Pengangkutan Jalan 1987 - Ciri-ciri kesalahan - Sama ada keadaan merbahaya telah
diwujudkan oleh OKT yang keluar simpang tanpa berhenti - Sama ada kemalangan berlaku yang
menyebabkan kematian orang awam berpunca daripada pemanduan merbahaya OKT - Sama ada
majistret salah dalam membebaskan dan melepaskan OKT - Sama ada pendakwaan gagal
membuktikan kes melampaui keraguan yang munasabah
PP v. Bala Arulappan
(Suraya Othman PK) [2007] 9 CLJ
521 [HC]
CASE OF THE WEEK
HAJA MOHIDEEN MK ABDUL RAHMAN & ORS v. MENTERI DALAM NEGERI & ORS
Citizenship - Application for declaration after 20 years since birth - Applicants born to Malaysian father and Indian mother in India
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