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[2013] 1 LNS 439	BADRUL HISHAM SHAHRIN lwn. PR & KES YANG LAIN	PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Bidang kuasa mahkamah - Ultra vires - Perintah untuk menyekat perhimpunan aman dibawah seksyen 98 Kanun Tatacara Jenayah 1999 - Sama ada perintah yang telah diputuskan bertentangan dengan Akta Perhimpunan Aman 2012 dan Perlembagaan Persekutuan - Sama ada perintah yang dikeluarkan berkenaan perhimpunan aman dibawah seksyen 98 Kanun Tatacara Jenayah 1999 sah UNDANG-UNDANG PERLEMBAGAAN: Kebebasan asasi - Kebebasan berhimpun - Hak untuk mengadakan perhimpunan - Sama ada hak untuk mengadakan perhimpunan yang diberikan di bawah Akta Perhimpunan Awam 2012 bersifat mutlak - Sama ada hak untuk mengadakan perhimpunan tertakluk kepada had-had dan sekatan-sekatan di bawah Perlembagaan Persekutuan
[2013] 1 LNS 595	KAMALAN SELVATHAMBY lwn. VEJILETCHUMI ARUMUGAM & SATU LAGI	UNDANG-UNDANG SYARIKAT: Mesyuarat - Pemanggilan mesyuarat - Kuasa mahkamah untuk memberi arahan untuk mengadakan mesyuarat - Campur tangan mahkamah - Sama ada tataurusan syarikat praktikal untuk dilaksanakan dalam keadaan biasa - Sama ada mahkamah wajar campur tangan dalam urusan pentadbiran syarikat dalam memanggil sesuatu mesyuarat diadakan - Akta Syarikat 1965, s. 150 PROSEDUR SIVIL: Kaedah pemulaan - Saman Pemula - Pembatalan - Sama ada proses pemulaan yang betul telah digunakan - Sama ada permohonan plaintif melalui saman pemula sesuai untuk memutuskan pertikaian pihak-pihak - Sama ada terdapat isu-isu untuk dibicarakan secara tindakan writ
[2013] 1 LNS 1046	PP v. ESWARAN SUSOP & OTHER CASE	EVIDENCE: Exhibits - Break in chain of evidence - Doubt in the register of exhibits - Exhibits kept in 2 boxes and sealed - Whether any possibility of exhibits being accessed and tampered by anyone - Whether infirmity in the register resulted in the break in the chain of evidence of the exhibits and/or change in the identity and/or any tampering of exhibits CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Trial - Dangerous Drugs Acts 1952 - Chemist report - No evidence adduced as to weighing equipment used by Chemist and whether weighing equipment was properly calibrated before it was used - Whether accuracy of the weight of the drugs as testified by the Chemist in doubt - Whether benefit of the doubt must be resolved in favour of accused - Whether PP allowed to invoke the presumption under s. 37(da) (xvi) of the DDA 1952 on the weight of the drugs to prove the charge of trafficking - Whether charge of trafficking could be sustained CRIMINAL LAW: Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - ss. 2, 39B - Trafficking in dangerous drugs - Transporting - Carrying - Whether must be shown to have been conducted from one place to another - Whether mere fact of carrying incriminating exhibit at that point of time or mere presence of the incriminating exhibits in a vehicle or aircraft or ship, could constitute trafficking - Direct evidence of trafficking by "carrying" from Johor Bahru to Kota Kinabalu - Whether weight of the drug necessary requirement as the presumption under s. 37(da) DDA was not invoked by the PP - Whether PP had proved a prima facie case against both accused under charge of trafficking of methamphetamine
[2013] 1 LNS 1116	KHAIRUL FAIZI KHALID ABBAS & ORS v. KHAIRUL EFFENDI KHAIRUL AMALI & ANOR	TRUSTS AND TRUSTEES: Trusts - Existence of - Shares of company - Whether registered shares of the Administrators of the estate of the deceased in the Mining Lease were held in trust for plaintiffs - D2 was the special vehicle set up to apply for a renewal of the Mining Lease - Mining Lease issued to D2 some 14 years later - D1 took over the management of D2, being made a Director on the deceased's death - Whether D1 held the shares in D2 in trust for plaintiffs in accordance with the terms of the Trust evidenced in the Memorandum of Agreement - Whether the trust in the Mining Lease evaporated with its expiry in 1994 - Whether it re-emerged with the granting of the renewed Mining Lease CIVIL PROCEDURE: Limitation of action - Trustee - Whether plaintiffs' action barred by limitation - Plaintiffs' action brought after 6 years from the date of the Memorandum of Agreement – Whether s. 6 of the Limitation Act 1953 was expressly subject to s. 22
[2014] 1 LNS 189	YEW FOO CHUN v. WONG NYE KEONG & ORS	LAND LAW: Title - Original Issue Document of Title (IDT) with plaintiff and never surrendered for cancellation to Registrar of Land Titles - Computerised IDT issued in the right name but delivered to wrong person - Whether Computerized IDT was invalid for non-compliance with the 14th Schedule of the National Land Code 1965 - Whether D8 issuing the Computerized Printed IDT in the name of the correct registered owner was ultra vires - Whether Computerized Printed IDT invalid until the Manual IDT was surrendered, cancelled and destroyed - Whether D8 was negligent and D11 and D12 as well under the concept of vicarious liability TORT: Negligence - Duty of care - Whether D8, D11 and D12 owed plaintiff a duty of care - Whether foreseeable that plaintiff's ownership, rights and interest in Land would be affected or defeated if the Computer Printed IDT was issued in contravention of the 14th Schedule National Land Code and without confirming if the Manual IDT had been surrendered for cancellation - Whether D8, D11 and D12 liable in negligence towards plaintiff as registered owner for all losses arising out of the breach of their duty of care and statutory duty toward her LAND LAW: Indefeasibility of title and interests - Conclusiveness of register -Whether the indefeasibility of title under the Torrens system in ss. 89 and 340 of the National Land Code (NLC) trumped the provision of 14th Schedule of the NLC- Whether the provision under the 14th Schedule out ranked the security of title - Whether conclusiveness of the register document of title extended to the Manual IDT as well as the Computerized IDT - Whether the computerized IDT was a valid IDT even if some procedural requirements for its issuance had not been complied with LAND LAW: Indefeasibility of title and interests - Fraud - Whether D1 and D2 were parties to the fraud and forgery of the instrument of transfer in the First Transfer from plaintiff to D1 and D2 - Whether plaintiff's signatures were forged with the intention to carry out the sale and purchase transactions - Whether D1 and D2's title was defeasible pursuant to s. 340(2)(a) and (b) of the NLC - Whether D5 and D6 were bona fide purchasers when they bought the Land from D1 and D2 - Whether the financier D13 was a bona fide chargee - Whether title of D5 and D6 was indefeasible under deferred indefeasibility in the proviso to s. 340(3) of the NLC - Whether D13's interest in the Charge was indefeasible TORT: Conspiracy - Conspiracy to defraud - Sale of land - D4, a legal assistant with D10 attested signature of D1 and D2 in the sale and purchase and Form 14A in which signature of plaintiff had been forged - Whether D4 was liable in fraud or a conspiracy to defraud plaintiff - Whether D10 as solicitors for the purchasers D1 and D2 were liable for fraud or a conspiracy to defraud plaintiff of her Land

CLJ 2014 Volume 7 (Part 8)

COURT

SC India

MAA Binda Express Carrier And Another v. North-East Frontier Railway And Others
TS Thakur, Vikramajit Sen JJ
(Contract - Government contracts/Tenders - Tender process - Scope of authority) [2014] 7 CLJ 997 [SC India]

COURT OF APPEAL

Bandar Nusajaya Development Sdn Bhd v. Tenaga Nasional Berhad
Alizatul Khair Osman, Rohana Yusuf, Tengku Maimun JJCA
(Civil Procedure - Judicial review - Certiorari) [2014] 7 CLJ 1006 [CA]

Mohd Afandi Abu Bakar lwn. PP
Azahar Mohamed, Rohana Yusuf Zakaria Sam HHMR
(Undang-undang Jenayah; Prosedur Jenayah - Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Seksyen 39B(1)(c) - Kesalahan persediaan bagi tujuan mengedar dadah) [2014] 7 CLJ 1017 [CA]

Sayat Ahmad Nazir Ahmad v. PP
Azahar Mohamed, Rohana Yusuf, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Trafficking - Negotiations between accused and agent provocateur for sale and purchase of drugs) [2014] 7 CLJ 1025 [CA]

Teoh Meng Kee v. PP
Mohamad Ariff Yusof, Mah Weng Kwai, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA
(Criminal Procedure; Evidence - Inquest - Coroner's inquiry of death) [2014] 7 CLJ 1034 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Malaysia Land Properties Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Simesilk Sdn Bhd
Nallini Pathmanathan J
(Contract; Civil Procedure - Service contract - Services rendered, claim for) [2014] 7 CLJ 1117 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Certiorari - Appeal against decision of High Court in granting certiorari - Respondent proposed to erect transmission towers and cables - Project involved entering into appellant's lands - Assessment by land administrator - Appellant aggrieved by assessment made on land by land administrator and appealed to State Authority - State Authority increased land administrator's assessment - Respondent appealed to Chief Minister against State Authority's decision in increasing assessment - Whether appeal to Chief Minister provided under law - Application by respondent to quash State Authority's decision in High Court - Whether State Authority's decision final - Electricity Supply Act 1990, s. 16(2)
Bandar Nusajaya Development Sdn Bhd v. Tenaga Nasional Berhad
(Alizatul Khair Osman, Rohana Yusuf, Tengku Maimun JJCA) [2014] 7 CLJ 1006 [CA]

Judicial review - Certiorari - Appeal against granting of certiorari - Respondent proposed to erect transmission towers and cables - Project involved entering into appellant's lands - Assessment by land administrator - Appellant aggrieved by assessment made on land by land administrator and appealed to State Authority - State Authority increased land administrator's assessment - Respondent appealed to Chief Minister against State Authority's decision in increasing assessment - Whether appeal to Chief Minister provided under law - Application by respondent to quash State Authority's decision in High Court - Whether State Authority's decision final - Electricity Supply Act 1990, s. 16(2)
Bandar Nusajaya Development Sdn Bhd v. Tenaga Nasional Berhad
(Alizatul Khair Osman, Rohana Yusuf, Tengku Maimun JJCA) [2014] 7 CLJ 1006 [CA]

Appeal - Memorandum of appeal - Whether owner of condominium unit's complaints expressly pleaded in memorandum of appeal - Whether developer and property management agent had opportunity to rebut allegations - Objection to admissibility of evidence by owner of condominium unit - Whether too late to object - Whether Sessions Court Judge erred in dismissing claim
Malaysia Land Properties Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Simesilk Sdn Bhd
(Nallini Pathmanathan J) [2014] 7 CLJ 1117 [HC]

CONTRACT

Government Contracts/Tenders - Auction/Bidding/Tender Process/Rejection of Bid/Tender - Tender process - Cancellation/discharge of tender process, after submission of bids/tenders, in response to deficiency in tender process - Scope of powers of Government/Competent authority - Scope of judicial review thereof - Held, submission of a bid/tender in response to a notice inviting tenders is only an offer which State or its agencies are under no obligation to accept - Bidders participating in the tender process cannot insist that their bids/tenders should be accepted simply because a bid is the highest or lowest - All that participating bidders are entitled to is a fair, equal and non discriminatory treatment in evaluation of their bids/tenders - Hence, decision to cancel the tender process was in no way discriminatory or mala fide nor violated any fundamental right of appellants so as to warrant any interference by Court - Hence, appeal dismissed with costs assessed at Rs 25,000 - Constitution of India, Arts. 14, 298, 299, 226 and 136
MAA Binda Express Carrier And Another v. North-East Frontier Railway And Others
(TS Thakur, Vikramajit Sen JJ) [2014] 7 CLJ 997 [SC India]

Government Contracts/Tenders - Auction/Bidding/Tender Process/ Rejection of Bid/Tender - Tender process - Rights of participating bidders - Contractual transactions of Government - Norms for - Held, in award of contracts Government and its agencies have to act reasonably and fairly at all points of time - To that extent the tenderer has an enforceable right in the court which is competent to examine whether the aggrieved party has been treated unfairly or discriminated against - Constitution of India, Arts. 14, 298, 299, 226 and 136
MAA Binda Express Carrier And Another v. North-East Frontier Railway And Others
(TS Thakur, Vikramajit Sen JJ) [2014] 7 CLJ 997 [SC India]

Service contract - Services rendered, claim for - Second appellant ('property management agent') provided services for service and maintenance of building pursuant to agreement by developer - Whether property management agent carried out works as property manager pursuant to s. 2 of Valuers, Appraisers Estate Agents Act 1981 ('VAEA') - Whether property management agent had to be registered under s. 21 VAEA prior to undertaking scope of work on behalf of developer - Whether Strata Titles Act 1981 afforded provision for developers to appoint property management agents to collect service charges on its behalf - Whether property management agent performed obligations as contracted - Whether billing should be based on 'unit basis' - Whether property management agent entitled for payments
Malaysia Land Properties Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Simesilk Sdn Bhd
(Nallini Pathmanathan J) [2014] 7 CLJ 1117 [HC]

CRIMINAL LAW

Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking - Evidence of negotiations between accused and agent provocateur for sale and purchase of drugs - Whether there was direct evidence of trafficking under s. 2 Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Whether act of trafficking clear and unrebutted - Trial judge's failure to state relevant provision of law when convicting appellant - Whether fatal and prejudicial to appellant - Whether there was misdirection by trial judge - Whether appellant failed to raise any reasonable doubt on prosecution's case
Sayat Ahmad Nazir Ahmad v. PP
(Azahar Mohamed, Rohana Yusuf, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2014] 7 CLJ 1025 [CA]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Appeal against conviction and sentence - Trafficking - Evidence of negotiations between accused and agent provocateur for sale and purchase of drugs - Whether there was direct evidence of trafficking under s. 2 Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Whether act of trafficking clear and unrebutted - Trial judge's failure to state relevant provision of law when convicting appellant - Whether fatal and prejudicial to appellant - Whether there was misdirection by trial judge - Whether appellant failed to raise any reasonable doubt on the prosecution's case - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, s. 39B(1)(a)
Sayat Ahmad Nazir Ahmad v. PP
(Azahar Mohamed, Rohana Yusuf, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2014] 7 CLJ 1025 [CA]

Revision - Coroner's inquiry - Application to revise Magistrate's ruling made at Coroner's inquest - Whether Magistrate erred in returning an open verdict - Whether verdict a lawful verdict - Standard of proof in inquiry of death - Whether civil standard of balance of probabilities - Custodial death - Evidence pointing to verdict of homicide - Whether proper verdict was death caused by person or persons unknown - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 328
Teoh Meng Kee v. PP
(Mohamad Ariff Yusof, Mah Weng Kwai, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2014] 7 CLJ 1034 [CA]

EVIDENCE

Inquest - Coroner's inquiry of death - Standard of proof - Whether beyond reasonable doubt or on balance of probabilities - Briginshaw sliding principles - Whether to be applied
Teoh Meng Kee v. PP
(Mohamad Ariff Yusof, Mah Weng Kwai, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer JJCA) [2014] 7 CLJ 1034 [CA]

INDEKS PERKARA

PROSEDUR JENAYAH

Rayuan - Rayuan terhadap sabitan dan hukuman - Kesalahan persediaan bagi tujuan mengedar dadah - Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952, s. 39B(1)(c) - Sama ada hakim bicara terkhilaf apabila mensabitkan perayu dengan pertuduhan 'mengedar' - Sama ada hakim bicara gagal mengarahkan diri kepada intipati 'persediaan' - Sama ada satu salah arahan serius - Sama ada selamat untuk mengesahkan sabitan dan hukuman - Sama ada terdapat 'exceptional circumstances' untuk mewajarkan penggunaan proviso s. 60(1) Akta Mahkamah Kehakiman 1964 - Keterangan mencukupi untuk membuktikan perayu mempunyai milikan atas dadah - Sama ada pertuduhan dipinda kepada pertuduhan di bawah s. 12(2) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952
Mohd Afandi Abu Bakar lwn. PP
(Azahar Mohamed, Rohana Yusuf, Zakaria Sam HHMR) [2014] 7 CLJ 1017 [CA]

UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH

Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Seksyen 39B(1)(c) - Kesalahan persediaan bagi tujuan mengedar dadah - Sama ada hakim bicara terkhilaf apabila mensabitkan perayu dengan pertuduhan 'mengedar' - Sama ada hakim bicara gagal mengarahkan diri kepada intipati 'persediaan' - Sama ada satu salah arahan serius - Sama ada selamat untuk mengesahkan sabitan dan hukuman - Sama ada terdapat 'exceptional circumstances' untuk mewajarkan penggunaan proviso s. 60(1) Akta Mahkamah Kehakiman 1964 - Keterangan mencukupi untuk membuktikan perayu mempunyai milikan atas dadah - Sama ada pertuduhan dipinda kepada pertuduhan di bawah s. 12(2) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952
Mohd Afandi Abu Bakar lwn. PP
(Azahar Mohamed, Rohana Yusuf, Zakaria Sam HHMR) [2014] 7 CLJ 1017 [CA]

ARTICLE

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    NON-WESTERN COMMUNITIES* ^{[Read excerpt]}
    by: JUDY HALE REED** [2014] 1 LNS(A) xcvi

2. RISK MANAGEMENT: A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE* ^{[Read excerpt]}
    by: PETER DRIESSEN** [2014] 1 LNS(A) ci

LEGISLATION HIGHLIGHTS

Principal Acts

Number	Title	Date coming into force	Repealing
ACT 763	Yayasan Guru Tun Hussein Onn Act 2014	Not Yet In Force	-Nil-
AKTA 762	Akta Cukai Barang Dan Perkhidmatan 2014	1 Julai 2014 - Bahagian I, II, IV, VI dan XVI, ss 10, 11, 17, 18, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 44, 50, 56, 59, 61, 64, 65, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 160, 163, 183, 184 dan 197, Jadual Pertama dan Jadual Kedua Akta mula berkuat kuasa; 1 April 2015 - Bahagian IX, XIII, XVII and XVIII, ss 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 57, 58, 60, 62, 63, 66, 67, 68, 70, 84, 88, 89, 90, 91, 94, 98, 106, 108, 109, 110, 122, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 162, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195 dan 196, Jadual Ketiga dan Jadual Keempat Akta mula berkuat kuasa [PU(B) 319/2014]	-Nil-
ACT 761	Finance Act 2014	See s 3 for the Income Tax Act; s 33 for the Stamp Act; s 36 for the Petroleum (Income Tax) Act; s 44 for the Real Property Gains Tax Act and s 50 for the Labuan Business Activity Tax Act	-Nil-
ACT 760	Fees (Department Of Museums Malaysia) (Validation) Act 2014	1 January 1991 to 11 June 2012	-Nil-
ACT 759	Islamic Financial Services Act 2013	30 June 2013 [PU(B) 277/2013] - except para(s) 1 to 10 of Schedule 9 and para(s) 13 to 19 of Schedule 9	-Nil-

Amending Acts

Number	Title	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
ACT A1468	Promotion Of Investments (Amendment) Act 2014	See section 1(1) to 1(33) of the Act	ACT 327
ACT A1467	Anti-Money Laundering And Anti-Terrorism Financing (Amendment) Act 2014	8 August 2014 - s 78 only; 1 September 2014 except ss 22 and 26 - 1 October 2014 [PU(B) 400/2014]	ACT 613
ACT A1466	Supplementary Supply (2014) Act 2014	25 July 2014	-Nil-
ACT A1465	Private Higher Educational Institutions (Amendment) Act 2014	25 July 2014	ACT 555
ACT A1464	Price Control And Anti-Profiteering (Amendment) Act 2014	1 September 2014 [PU(B) 399/2014]	ACT 723

PU(A)

Number	Title	Date of Publication	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
PU(A) 266/2014	Customs Duties (Goods Under Agreement On Comprehensive Economic Partnership Among Member States Of The Asean And Japan) (Amendment) Order 2014	1 October 2014	1 October 2014	PU(A) 476/2008
PU(A) 265/2014	Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing And Proceeds Of Unlawful Activities (Cash And Bearer Negotiable Instruments Declaration) Order 2014	30 September 2014	1 October 2014	ACT 613
PU(A) 264/2014	Customs (Prohibition Of Imports) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2014	26 September 2014	30 September 2014	PU(A) 490/2012
PU(A) 263/2014	Constitution Of The High Courts (Judicial Commissioner) (No. 5) Order 2014	25 September 2014	6 August 2014	ACT 000
PU(A) 262/2014	Federal Roads (West Malaysia) (Amendment) (No. 8) Order 2014	22 September 2014	23 September 2014	PU(A) 401/1989

PU(B)

Number	Title	Date of Publication	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
PU(B) 433/2014	Notification Of Values Of Crude Petroleum Oil Under Section 12	2 October 2014	2 October 2014 to 15 October 2014	ACT 235; PU(A) 275/2012
PU(B) 432/2014	Appointment Of Director General Of The Board	1 October 2014	1 June 2014	ACT 105
PU(B) 431/2014	Notification Of Values Of Crude Palm Oil Under Section 12	1 October 2014	1 October 2014 to 31 October 2014	ACT 235; PU(A) 275/2012
PU(B) 430/2014	Notification Of Values Of Palm Kernel Under Section 12	1 October 2014	1 October 2014 to 31 October 2014	ACT 235; PU(A) 275/2012
PU(B) 429/2014	Results Of Contested Election And Statement Of The Poll After The Official Addition Of Votes For The By-Election Of N. 01 Pengkalan Kubor	30 September 2014	25 September 2014	PU(A) 386/1981

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