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Issue #26/2019 27 June 2019

New This Week Case(s) of the Week ARAB MALAYSIAN MERCHANT BANK BHD & ANOR v. TAN GIAP HOW & ANOTHER APPEAL [2019] 6 CLJ 133 Latest Cases Legal Network Series CLJ 2019 Volume 6 (Part 2) Articles LNS Article(s) Legislation Highlights Principal Acts Amending Acts PU(A) PU(B) Legislation Alert

ARAB MALAYSIAN MERCHANT BANK BHD & ANOR v.
TAN GIAP HOW & ANOTHER APPEAL [2019] 6 CLJ 133
COURT OF APPEAL, PUTRAJAYA
ABANG ISKANDAR JCA, BADARIAH SAHAMID JCA, MARY LIM JCA
[APPEALS NO: W-02(A)-1498-08-2016 & W-02(A)-1541-08-2016]
13 MARCH 2019

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Judicial review – Appeal against – Application for judicial review against decision of Employees' Provident Fund ('EPF') – Employee lodged complaint with EPF that employer's portion of EPF was wrongly deducted from gross incentive – EPF concluded employer's act of deducting portion from incentive payment not wrong and employer not required to contribute to EPF for incentive payment – Whether decision or outcome of investigation by public authority open to judicial review – Whether court ought to entertain application – Whether judicial review application proper mode for claim for monies under EPF contribution

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Legal Network Series

[2018] 1 LNS 501	ALLAGAMAH KARUPPIAH v. SANTHAMARI RAMASAMY & ANOR AND ANOTHER CASE CIVIL PROCEDURE: Judgments and orders - Setting aside - Default orders - Orders entered in absence of one party - Application for judgment in default was heard despite not fixed for hearing - Whether default orders were obtained regularly - Whether orders should be set aside ex debito justiitiae CIVIL PROCEDURE: Default judgments - Setting aside - Merits of defence - Claim for insured sum - Dispute as to entitlement for insured sum - Whether there was defence on merit - Whether entitlement to insured sum was a triable issue INSURANCE: Policy - Nomination - Policy benefits - Right of a person whose marriage not registered - Whether insured can name anyone as his nominee - Whether insured had to specifically assign policy benefits to plaintiff For the appellant - M/s Joseph Iruthayam & Co For the 1st respondent - M/s Revathi & Partners For the 2nd respondent - M/s Azim Tunku Farik & Wong
[2018] 1 LNS 428	TAN ENG HAN CONSTRUCTION SDN BHD v. SISTEM DUTA SDN BHD CONSTRUCTION LAW: Adjudication decisions - Enforcement of - Whether adjudicators rendered decision in accordance with Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 - Whether matter decided upon by adjudicator fell within jurisdiction of CIPAA - Whether adjudicators made decisions within required time frame - Whether decisions valid and binding - Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012, ss. 2, 12, 13, 28 CONSTRUCTION LAW: Adjudication decisions - Whether decisions valid and binding - Whether matter decided upon by adjudicator fell within jurisdiction of CIPAA - Whether construction contract in writing and wholly carried out in Malaysia - Whether construction work falls within exemption under s. 3 of Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 - Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication (Exemption) Order 2014 For the plaintiff - Siti Azlina; M/s Chamber of Nur Hamizah Hamzah
[2018] 1 LNS 333	MOK SIOU MIN v. HAMPSHIRE RESIDENCES MANAGEMENT CORPORATION & ORS TORT: Nuisance - Whether conduct of first defendant gave rise to private nuisance - Failure of plaintiff owner of unit to pay maintenance charges - Access cards of plaintiff deactivated by first defendant without providing notice of payment to plaintiff - Civil suits commenced by first defendant management corporation against plaintiff for outstanding maintenance charges and sinking fund payment without first serving notice of payment to plaintiff - First defendant asking plaintiff's tenants to pay rent directly to first defendant - Whether conduct of first defendant lawful - Whether conduct of first defendant created mere inconvenience - Whether conduct of first defendant gave rise to private nuisance - Strata Management Act, s. 78(1), (2), (3) - Strata Management (Maintenance and Management) Regulations 2015, s. 6(1)(a), Third Schedule For the plaintiff - Tan Tai Hwa; M/s Tai Hwa & Co For the defendants - Edward Kuruvilla & T Sudhar; M/s Shook Lin & Bok
[2018] 1 LNS 386	YEOH PHAIK SUAN & YANG LAIN lwn. TEE GUAN SUI & SATU LAGI PROSEDUR SIVIL: Res judicata - Tuntutan secara ansuran - Relif menjadi akademik - Tindakan untuk memohon kebenaran mahkamah untuk menjual tanah dengan hasil jualannya dipegang plaintif - Penentuan berkenaan isu plaintif sebagai pemegang amanah tanah - Kewujudan penemuan fakta oleh mahkamah dalam guaman lain yang melibatkan tanah dan plaintif yang sama - Sama ada relif yang dipohon telah menjadi akademik - Sama ada plaintif adalah dihalang oleh prinsip res judicata daripada membuat permohonan terhadap defendan - Sama ada plaintif boleh membuat tuntutan secara ansuran Bagi pihak plaintif-plaintif - JT Tan; T/n Thomas Philip Bagi pihak defendan-defendan - SC Tan; T/n SC Tan
[2018] 1 LNS 353	VONSTAR SDN BHD lwn. BIERBAR KUALA LUMPUR SDN BHD & YANG LAIN SURATCARA BOLEH NIAGA: Cek-cek - Kesilapan pembayaran - Tuntutan untuk pengembalian jumlah wang yang terdapat di dalam cek - Sama ada penandatangan cek bertanggungjawab untuk memastikan bahawa penerima bayaran adalah pihak yang betul - Sama ada defendan telah menyebabkan plaintif membuat pembayaran berdasarkan dokumen palsu - Sama ada pembayaran kepada defendan dibuat kerana kesilapan - Sama ada pengeluaran cek-cek telah mematuhi s. 7 Akta Bil Pertukaran 1949 - Sama ada defendan perlu membuktikan kewujudan balasan bagi penerimaan cek-cek KETERANGAN: Inferen bertentangan - Kegagalan memanggil saksi material - Dakwaan kesilapan pembayaran cek - Penandatangan cek tidak dipanggil untuk memberi keterangan - Sama ada peruntukan s. 114(g) Akta Keterangan 1950 terpakai terhadap pihak yang gagal memanggil penandatangan cek Bagi pihak defendan - Gurdip Singh; T/n Gurdip, Sarjit & Co Bagi pihak responden/plaintif-plaintif - Rudeen Chua; T/n Rajendran & Deen

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CLJ 2019 Volume 6 (Part 2)

COURT OF APPEAL

Arab Malaysian Merchant Bank Bhd & Anor v. Tan Giap How & Another Appeal
Abang Iskandar, Badariah Sahamid, Mary Lim JJCA
(Civil Procedure - Judicial review - Appeal against - Application for judicial review against decision of Employees' Provident Fund ('EPF')) [2019] 6 CLJ 133 [CA]

• For the appellant - Porres Royan, M Pathmanathan, S Rutheran & Kumar; M/s R Sivagnanam & Assocs
• For the respondent - VK Raj, Goik Kenzu, Yohini Nair; M/s P Kuppusamy & Co 

Five Star Heritage Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Peguam Negara Malaysia & Ors
Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Abdul Rahman Sebli, Zaleha Yusof JJCA
(Administrative Law; Trusts - Judicial review - Application for - Application for leave for judicial review against decision of Attorney General dismissed by High Court) [2019] 6 CLJ 149 [CA]

• For the appellants - Karin Lim Ai Ching & A Suppiah; M/s Juli & Ameleena
• For the 1st respondent - Shamsul Bolhassan & Rosli Ahmad; SFCs
• For the 2nd & 3rd respondents - T Gunaseelan, Balwant Singh & Ravin Veloo; M/s Balwant Singh & Co 

Norkasumahasanati Abdul Wahab (Sebagai Pentadbir Harta Pusaka Rahilah Hj Salim) lwn. Pentadbir Tanah Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
Abdul Rahman Sebli, Zaleha Yusof, Suraya Othman HHMR
(Undang-Undang Tanah; Had Masa - Pindah milik - Pindah milik tanah si mati secara salah - Si mati memperoleh penghakiman ingkar sebelum meninggal dunia bahawa pindah milik tidak sah dan terbatal) [2019] 6 CLJ 160 [CA]

• Bagi pihak perayu - Normah Mohamad Desa & Tengku Saiful Hisyam Tengku Mohd Yusoff; T/n Normah Desa & Co
• Bagi pihak responden - Narkunavathy Sundareson; PKP 

P Maradeveran Periasamy & Ors v. Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya & Anor
Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Abdul Rahman Sebli, Zaleha Yusof JJCA
(Civil Procedure - Judicial review - Application for - Application for leave to commence judicial review proceedings for order of certiorari to quash decision of Election Commission in altering constituency of registered voters) [2019] 6 CLJ 173 [CA]

• For the appellants - Gobind Singh Deo, Joanne Chua & Vivian Kuan; M/s Daniel & Wong
• For the respondents - Amarjeet Singh Serjit Singh & Nik Azrin Nik Abdullah; SFCs 

HIGH COURT

Ganesan Ahvali lwn. PP & Satu Lagi Rayuan
Asmadi Hussin PK
(Undang-Undang Jenayah; Keterangan - Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 326 - Mendatangkan cedera parah atas mangsa) [2019] 6 CLJ 189 [HC]

• (Rayuan Jenayah No: AB-42S-6-07-2018)
• Bagi pihak perayu - GK Sritharan; T/n GK Sritharan & Co
• Bagi pihak responden - Mohd Azrul Faidz Abdul Razak; TPR
• (Rayuan Jenayah No: AB-42S-7-07-2018)
• Bagi pihak perayu - Mohd Azrul Faidz Abdul Razak; TPR
• Bagi pihak responden - GK Sritharan; T/n GK Sritharan & Co 

In Re PT Garudafood Putra Putri Jaya TBK
Lim Chong Fong J
(Intellectual Property - Trade description - False trade description - Entitlement to seek protection) [2019] 6 CLJ 217 [HC]

• For the applicant - Bahari Yeow; M/s Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill

Punj Lloyd Sdn Bhd v. Ramo Industries Sdn Bhd & Anor And Another Case
Lee Swee Seng J
(Construction Law; Contract - Adjudication - Setting aside - Application to set aside adjudication decision - Dispute arising from payment claim) [2019] 6 CLJ 250 [HC]

• (Originating Summons No: WA-24C-137-07-2018)
• For the plaintiff - Jack Yow Pit Pin & Kwong Chiew Ee; M/s Rahmat Lim & Partners
• For the defendants - Sanjay Mohan Mohanasundaram & K Gobinath; M/s Mohanadass Partnership
• (Originating Summons No: WA-24C-155-07-2018)
• For the plaintiffs - Sanjay Mohan Mohanasundaram & K Gobinath; M/s Mohanadass Partnership
• For the defendant - Jack Yow Pit Pin & Kwong Chiew Ee; M/s Rahmat Lim & Partners 

SUBJECT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Judicial review - Application for - Application for leave for judicial review against decision of Attorney General dismissed by High Court - Attorney General gave consent for parties to proceed with trust matter concerning land - Whether consent of Attorney General susceptible to judicial review - Whether application for judicial review frivolous and vexatious - Whether justified further argument on substantive stage - Whether issues raised required serious discussion and examination at proper trial - Whether application for leave for judicial review ought to be allowed
Five Star Heritage Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Peguam Negara Malaysia & Ors
(Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Abdul Rahman Sebli, Zaleha Yusof JJCA) [2019] 6 CLJ 149 [CA]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Judicial review - Appeal against - Application for judicial review against decision of Employees' Provident Fund ('EPF') - Employee lodged complaint with EPF that employer's portion of EPF was wrongly deducted from gross incentive - EPF concluded employer's act of deducting portion from incentive payment not wrong and employer not required to contribute to EPF for incentive payment - Whether decision or outcome of investigation by public authority open to judicial review - Whether court ought to entertain application - Whether judicial review application proper mode for claim for monies under EPF contribution
Arab Malaysian Merchant Bank Bhd & Anor v. Tan Giap How & Another Appeal
(Abang Iskandar, Badariah Sahamid, Mary Lim JJCA) [2019] 6 CLJ 133 [CA]

Judicial review - Application for - Application for leave to commence judicial review proceedings for order of certiorari to quash decision of Election Commission in altering constituency of registered voters - Extension of time - Whether applicants acted with promptitude and filed action within three months from date decision was 'first communicated' - Subject matter of judicial review application related to fundamental rights of applicants under art. 119 of Federal Constitution - Whether 'good reasons' exist to grant extension of time - Rules of Court 2012, O. 53 r. 3(7)
P Maradeveran Periasamy & Ors v. Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya & Anor
(Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Abdul Rahman Sebli, Zaleha Yusof JJCA) [2019] 6 CLJ 173 [CA]

Judicial review - Application for - Application for leave to commence judicial review proceedings for order of certiorari to quash decision of Election Commission in altering constituency of registered voters - Whether application filed after expiry of time prescribed by O. 53 r. 3(6) Rules of Court 2012 - Whether cut off dates within three months from date when grounds of application first arose or when decision was first communicated to applicant - Whether notification in Gazette 'communication' of decision - Whether three month limitation period began to run from date when decision 'first communicated' to applicant - Whether cause of action only arose after decision communicated
P Maradeveran Periasamy & Ors v. Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya & Anor
(Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Abdul Rahman Sebli, Zaleha Yusof JJCA) [2019] 6 CLJ 173 [CA]

CONSTRUCTION LAW

Adjudication - Enforcement of adjudication decision - Joint venture partners appointed joint venture company to carry out construction works - Dispute over payment sum under payment claim - Joint venture company commenced adjudication against joint venture partners - Whether there was subcontract between joint venture company and both joint venture partners - Whether one joint venture partner discharged from all obligations to pay joint venture company - Whether one joint venture partner could be estopped from denying that it was party to subcontract - Whether adjudicator had jurisdiction to decide dispute - Whether adjudication decision ought to be enforced - Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012, s. 15(d) - Contracts Act 1950, s. 42
Punj Lloyd Sdn Bhd v. Ramo Industries Sdn Bhd & Anor And Another Case
(Lee Swee Seng J) [2019] 6 CLJ 250 [HC]

Adjudication - Setting aside - Application to set aside adjudication decision - Dispute arising from payment claim - Joint venture partners appointed joint venture company to carry out construction works - Appointment made through purchase order - Whether purchase order constituted subcontract - Contracting parties to subcontract - Whether both joint venture partners parties to subcontract - Whether adjudicator had jurisdiction to hear and decide on dispute brought for adjudication - Whether adjudication decision ought to be set aside - Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012, s. 15(d)
Punj Lloyd Sdn Bhd v. Ramo Industries Sdn Bhd & Anor And Another Case
(Lee Swee Seng J) [2019] 6 CLJ 250 [HC]

CONTRACT

Subcontract - Parties - Joint venture partners appointed joint venture company to carry out construction works - Appointment made through purchase order - Whether there was written contract/subcontract - Whether purchase order constituted subcontract - Contracting parties to subcontract - Whether both joint venture partners parties to subcontract
Punj Lloyd Sdn Bhd v. Ramo Industries Sdn Bhd & Anor And Another Case
(Lee Swee Seng J) [2019] 6 CLJ 250 [HC]

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Trade description - False trade description - Entitlement to seek protection - Ex parte application for - Infringement of identical mark - Whether court could grant declaratory order of false trade description - Genuine products carrying mark brought in through unauthorised parallel importation - Whether trade mark infringement - Whether registered trade mark owner has legal right to take legal action against parallel importers - Whether infringing products from their packaging consists of false trade description - Whether reputation and goodwill of applicant at stake - Trade Descriptions Act 2011, ss. 8(3), 9(1)
In Re PT Garudafood Putra Putri Jaya TBK
(Lim Chong Fong J) [2019] 6 CLJ 217 [HC]

TRUSTS

Land - Public trust property - Dispute over land that formed public trust - Whether land could be sold - Whether consent of Attorney General required - Whether decision of Attorney General to give consent to parties to proceed with suit susceptible to judicial review - Government Proceedings Act 1956, s. 9
Five Star Heritage Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Peguam Negara Malaysia & Ors
(Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Abdul Rahman Sebli, Zaleha Yusof JJCA) [2019] 6 CLJ 149 [CA]

INDEKS PERKARA

HAD MASA

Tanah - Pindah milik tanah - Pindah milik tanah si mati secara salah - Si mati memperoleh penghakiman ingkar sebelum meninggal dunia bahawa pindah milik tidak sah dan batal - Sama ada pemegang hak milik memegang tanah dalam amanah untuk si mati atau pusaka si mati - Sama ada tindakan oleh benefisiari untuk mendapat balik harta amanah daripada milikan pemegang amanah - Sama ada had masa bawah s. 6(3) Akta Had Masa 1953 tertakluk pada s. 22(1)
Norkasumahasanati Abdul Wahab (Sebagai Pentadbir Harta Pusaka Rahilah Hj Salim) lwn. Pentadbir Tanah Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
(Abdul Rahman Sebli, Zaleha Yusof, Suraya Othman HHMR) [2019] 6 CLJ 160 [CA]

KETERANGAN

Keterangan ikut keadaan - Tertuduh didakwa mendatangkan cedera parah atas mangsa dengan menetak mangsa menggunakan sebilah parang - Sama ada keterangan selari dengan kebersalahan tertuduh - Sama ada terdapat keraguan kes pendakwaan - Sama ada terdapat lompang dalam kes pendakwaan - Sama ada keterangan saksi-saksi membenarkan lebih satu inferens - Kes prima facie - Sama ada terbukti - Sama ada sabitan selamat - Kanun Keseksaan, s. 326
Ganesan Ahvali lwn. PP & Satu Lagi Rayuan
(Asmadi Hussin PK) [2019] 6 CLJ 189 [HC]

Saksi - Percakapan mangsa - Tertuduh didakwa mendatangkan cedera parah atas mangsa dengan menetak mangsa menggunakan sebilah parang - Keterangan saksi bahawa mangsa memberitahunya 'dua orang potong saya' - Sama ada terjumlah kepada percakapan di ambang kematian bawah s. 32(1)(a) Akta Keterangan - Sama ada kata-kata mangsa menunjukkan terdapat dua orang yang menyerangnya - Sama ada timbul keraguan tertuduh adalah pelaku yang mendatangkan kecederaan atas mangsa - Sama ada terdapat keterangan mengaitkan tertuduh berada di tempat kejadian semasa mangsa diserang - Akta Keterangan 1950, s. 32(1)(a) - Kanun Keseksaan, s. 326
Ganesan Ahvali lwn. PP & Satu Lagi Rayuan
(Asmadi Hussin PK) [2019] 6 CLJ 189 [HC]

UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH

Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 326 - Mendatangkan cedera parah atas mangsa - Pengemukaan percakapan abang tertuduh melalui eks. P90 menyatakan tertuduh membuat pengakuan menetak mangsa - Sama ada hakim bicara gagal mempertimbangkan abang tertuduh juga ditangkap bersama dan adalah suspek - Sama ada kandungan eks. P90 harus dipertimbangkan dengan berhati-hati - Kegagalan menimbangkan soal motif abang tertuduh meletakkan kesalahan kepada tertuduh - Sama ada eks. P90 boleh diberi keberatan - Kegagalan hakim bicara memberikan peluang kepada tertuduh untuk berhujah sebelum memutuskan penerimaan masuk eks. P90 - Sama ada memprejudiskan dan menafikan hak tertuduh untuk mendapatkan perbicaraan adil - Kanun Tatacara Jenayah, s. 112 - Akta Keterangan 1950, s. 32(1)(i)
Ganesan Ahvali lwn. PP & Satu Lagi Rayuan
(Asmadi Hussin PK) [2019] 6 CLJ 189 [HC]

Kanun Keseksaan - Seksyen 326 - Mendatangkan cedera parah atas mangsa - Tertuduh didakwa menetak mangsa dengan sebilah parang - Rantaian keterangan ekshibit-ekshibit - Sama ada terputus - Sama ada berlaku kesenjangan dalam rantaian jagaan barang kes - Isu integriti sampel DNA - Sama ada terpesong dan tidak disokong keterangan - Sama ada terdapat keraguan munasabah atas kes pendakwaan - Sama ada kes prima facie terbukti - Sama ada sabitan selamat
Ganesan Ahvali lwn. PP & Satu Lagi Rayuan
(Asmadi Hussin PK) [2019] 6 CLJ 189 [HC]

UNDANG-UNDANG TANAH

Pindah milik - Pindah milik tanah si mati secara salah - Si mati memperoleh penghakiman ingkar sebelum meninggal dunia bahawa pindah milik tidak sah dan terbatal - Sama ada pemegang hak milik memegang tanah dalam amanah untuk si mati atau pusaka si mati - Sama ada Pentadbir Tanah mempunyai tanggungjawab statutori untuk memberi kesan pada perintah mahkamah - Kanun Tanah Negara, s. 417
Norkasumahasanati Abdul Wahab (Sebagai Pentadbir Harta Pusaka Rahilah Hj Salim) lwn. Pentadbir Tanah Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
(Abdul Rahman Sebli, Zaleha Yusof, Suraya Othman HHMR) [2019] 6 CLJ 160 [CA]

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LNS Article(s)

1. DOES THE JUDICIARY REQUIRE REFORM? ^{[Read excerpt]}
   by DATO' IAN CHIN* [2019] 1 LNS(A) lxxxi

[2019] 1 LNS(A) lxxxi



MALAYSIA

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DOES THE JUDICIARY REQUIRE REFORM?

by
DATO' IAN CHIN*

Introduction

1. A committee was formed by the government to make recommendations for reforming, inter alia, the Judiciary. This necessarily means the Judiciary has gone off track requiring reformation to set it back on the right path. Therefore it is sine qua non to identify what, if any, really is wrong with the Judiciary. For that you need to know what the Judiciary is supposed to do before you can conclude what action or inaction is considered wrong. This paper pertains to only the High Court which I served from 1 March 1992 until my early retirement 30 November 2008. What I have to say is based primarily on my experience as a judge and in the management of the courts I was put in charge of. This experience is briefly described in my autobiography Justice Encounters.^[1] Hopefully, this paper will be of use when considering the reformation of the Judiciary.

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*Retired judge

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2. LAND LAW: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CONCEPT OF TITLE IN CONTINUATION VOID AB INITIO ^{[Read excerpt]}
   by HENG YEE KEAT* [2019] 1 LNS(A) lxxxii

[2019] 1 LNS(A) lxxxii



MALAYSIA

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LAND LAW: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CONCEPT OF TITLE IN CONTINUATION VOID AB INITIO

by
HENG YEE KEAT*

Introduction

In Peninsular Malaysia, the law governing land matters is embodied in the National Land Code 1965 (“NLC”). The NLC provides for the Torrens system of title by registration - it is the act of registration that confers title to or interest in land.

According to the NLC (see Section 170 thereof in respect of final title; Section 186 thereof in respect of qualified title), title in continuation is a title issued by the land office/land registry (as the case may be) in the name of the person or body last registered as proprietor in the subsisting register document of title. Register document of title, in layman’s terms, means the records of the land office/land registry.

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* Copyright © 2019 Heng Yee Keat, Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya, yee.keat.heng@christopherleeong.com.

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3. SHOULD AFRICAN COUNTRIES BOYCOTT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT? ^{[Read excerpt]}
   by Ngozi Angela Chioke^[i] Precious-Ann Nkemjika Ahiarammunnah^[ii] Ikenna Paul Ukam^[iii] Ikechukwu Emmanuel Ozobodo^[iv] [2019] 1 LNS(A) lxxx

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NIGERIA

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SHOULD AFRICAN COUNTRIES BOYCOTT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT?

by
Ngozi Angela Chioke^[i]
Precious-Ann Nkemjika Ahiarammunnah^[ii]
Ikenna Paul Ukam^[iii]
Ikechukwu Emmanuel Ozobodo^[iv]

Abstract

Despite their immense contribution towards the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC), there is increasing call for African countries to boycott the ICC. This is due to perceived selective judgments meted out to African leaders, which tend to suggest that the ICC is an imperialist tool that is targeting Africa and its political leaders. This perceived undue targeting of African countries by the ICC has led to friction between the Court and the African Union (AU). However, the implications of boycotting the ICC by African countries are unclear. How such action could reshape the international judicial system is uncertain. Therefore, this paper examined the geopolitical dynamics of the ICC prosecutions and its relationship with African countries, in order to determine the implications of African countries boycotting the ICC.

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[i] Nigerian Law School, Augustine Nnamani Campus, Agbani, Enugu, Nigeria.

[ii] Corresponding author, Precious-Ann Nkemjika Ahiarammunnah, Ph.D, Council of Legal Education, Nigerian Law School, Enugu Campus e-mail addresses:percyann72@yahoo.com; precious.ahiarammunah@nigerianlaw school.edu.ng.

[iii] Ike Ulkam & Associates, Suite 22, Ozdee Plaza, Ajao Estate, Lagos, Nigeria.

[iv] Adegboyega Adeleke & Co, 132 Broad Street, Lagos, Nigeria.

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