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Issue #50/2020 03 December 2020

New This Week Case(s) of the Week GREENPOWER VALUE SDN BHD v. UNIVERSAL TRUSTEE (MALAYSIA) BHD & ORS [2020] 10 CLJ 462 Appeal Updates Appeal Updates Latest Cases Legal Network Series CLJ 2020 Volume 10 (Part 4) Articles LNS Article(s) Legislation Highlights Principal Acts Amending Acts PU(A) PU(B) Legislation Alert

GREENPOWER VALUE SDN BHD v. UNIVERSAL TRUSTEE (MALAYSIA) BHD & ORS [2020] 10 CLJ 462
HIGH COURT MALAYA, KUALA LUMPUR
AHMAD FAIRUZ ZAINOL ABIDIN J
[ORIGINATING SUMMONS NO: 24NCC-134-04-2014]
24 APRIL 2020

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Committal proceedings - Application for - Allegation of breach of consent order - Whether consent order superseded by subsequent sale and purchase agreement - Whether consent order to be enforced by civil proceedings - Whether consent order bore endorsement of penal notice - Whether failure to endorse penal notice fatal - Whether application against person not party to consent order ought to fail - Whether prima facie case for grant of committal order established - Rules of Court 2012, O. 52 r. 3

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1. Fong Kim Ho v. PP [2019] 1 LNS 696 (CA) affirming the High Court case of PP v. Fong Kim Ho [2018] 1 LNS 154

2. Seyed Mohamed Basheer Sathakatullah v. PP [2019] 1 LNS 690 (CA) affirming the High Court case of PP v. Seyed Mohamed Basheer Sathakatullah [Criminal Trial No: 45A-91-09/2014]

Legal Network Series

[2019] 1 LNS 656	ISMAIL JALI lwn. PP Kesalahan rogol dan seksual yang dilakukan oleh seorang bapa ke atas anak kandung adalah perbuatan yang amat keji dan tidak berperikemanusian. Justeru, hukuman yang dijatuhkan bagi setiap kesalahan perlu berjalan secara berasingan. PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Rayuan - Rayuan terhadap hukuman - Kesalahan seksual ke atas kanak-kanak - Hukuman 20 tahun penjara dan 10 kali sebatan untuk kesalahan rogol dan hukuman 12 tahun penjara dan 6 kali sebatan untuk kesalahan perlakuan seksual - Perbuatan oleh bapa ke atas anak kandung - Faktor pemberatan - Perbuatan keji dan tidak berperikemanusiaan - Sama ada hukuman bersifat pencegahan adalah munasabah dan berpatutan - Sama ada hukuman yang telah dijatuhkan hakim bicara adalah munasabah - Sama ada tertuduh perlu menjalani hukuman penjara secara serentak atau berasingan Bagi pihak perayu - Khairul Anuar Abu Hassan Ashaari; Peguambela lantikan Yayasan Bantuan Guaman Kebangsaan (YBGK) Bagi pihak responden - Siti Hajar Mustaffa, Timbalan Pendakwaraya
[2019] 1 LNS 659	PP lwn. MOHD ASRUL SUZANI ABDULLAH Kesalahan pemilikan dadah adalah satu kesalahan yang serius dan hukuman yang berat wajar dijatuhkan terhadap tertuduh walaupun tertuduh telah mengaku bersalah. PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Hukuman - Dadah berbahaya - Pemilikan - Pengakuan bersalah - Kesalahan serius - Sama ada hukuman yang berat wajar dijatuhkan bagi kesalahan dadah - Sama ada hukuman yang berat wajar dijatuhkan walaupun tertuduh telah mengaku bersalah Bagi pihak pendakwaan - TPR Siti Hajar Mustafa Bagi pihak pembelaan - Hamizi; T/n Jasmadi, Izhan & Azwani
[2019] 1 LNS 749	ABDUL RAHIM KANDALARI MUSTAN lwn. TIMBALAN MENTERI DALAM NEGERI MALAYSIA & SATU LAGI Permohonan writ habeas corpus boleh diputuskan melalui keterangan afidavit dan tanpa suatu perbicaraan apabila tiada sebarang cabaran dikemukakan oleh responden melalui afidavit jawapan. Permohonan writ habeas corpus boleh ditentukan jika responden gagal hadir dan setelah penyerahan dokumen berkaitan dengan permohonan habeas corpus terhadap responden adalah teratur. PENAHANAN PENCEGAHAN: Perintah tahanan - Permohonan untuk habeas corpus - Prinsip dan prosedur - Responden-responden tidak hadir dan tiada afidavit jawapan difailkan - Sama ada segala dakwaan pemohon yang melibatkan perintah tahanan telah dicabar - Sama ada permohonan habeas corpus memerlukan suatu perbicaraan - Sama ada serahan dokumen berkaitan dengan permohonan habeas corpus telah mematuhi keperluan undang-undang Bagi pihak pemohon - Muhamad Asri Abdul Hamid & Md Yusuf Md Idris; T/n Muhamad Asri & Co Bagi pihak responden-responden - Peguam Kanan Persekutuan; Pejabat Penasihat Undang-Undang, Kementerian Dalam Negeri
[2019] 1 LNS 1079	GCH RETAIL (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD v. KETUA PENGARAH KASTAM DAN EKSAIS Director General of Customs and Excise ('DG'), in compliance with the Goods and Services Act 2014 ('GST Act'), had rightly rejected the claimant's application for special refund of sales tax for goods held on hand pursuant to s. 109 of the GST Act upon discovering the information provided by the claimant in support of his application was inaccurate. In rejecting the claimant's application, the DG is not required to give any reasons for his decision. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: Judicial review - Certiorari - Application to quash decision of Director General of Customs and Excise ('DG') - DG rejected application for special refund of sales tax for goods held on hand - Information on claim false, inaccurate, misleading or misrepresented - Absence of reasons for rejection of claim - Whether claimant had satisfied conditions under ss 109(1)(b), (c) and 190(4) (c) of Goods And Services Tax Act 2018 - Whether DG had rightly refused claim where any information on claim provided was false, inaccurate, misleading or misrepresented - Whether DG must give reasons for his decision For the appellant - Jason Tan; M/s Lee Hishamuddin Allen & Gledhill For the respondent - SFC, Farah Ezlin Yusop Khan & FC, Syamimi Farhana Muhammad A Aziz; Bahagian Perundangan, Ibu Pejabat Kastam Diraja Malaysia
[2019] 1 LNS 1082	LATITUDE TREE FURNITURE SDN BHD v. SUHAIMI HUSIN & ANOR 1. The claimant's conduct of pulling his colleague's shirt collar is a clear evidence of physical aggression which amounts to misconduct warranting dismissal. 2. In judicial review proceedings, the High Court should only consider evidence adduced at the Industrial Court proceedings and not at the domestic inquiry proceedings. Any breach of rules of natural justice at a domestic inquiry has no consequence as the matter is heard de novo by the Industrial Court. LABOUR LAW: Dismissal - Misconduct - Claimant showed physical aggression towards his colleagues - Claimant was seen pulling complainant's shirt collar - Existence of past records of similar misconduct - Whether there was a clear evidence of aggression on part of claimant - Whether claimant had breached company's rules and regulations ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: Judicial review - Principles and procedures - Application to quash decision of Industrial Court - Evaluation of evidence - Whether High Court should take into account evidence during domestic inquiry or at Industrial Court proceedings - Whether there are consequences to breach of rules of natural justice at a domestic inquiry For the appellant - Marina Netto; M/s Christy Marina & Associates For the respondent - Auzan Hasanuddin Sazali & Marwan Abdullah; M/s Mu'az Aiman Halem Auzan & Associates

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CLJ 2020 Volume 10 (Part 4)

On a literal interpretation of Order 52 r. 2B of the Rules of Court 2012, a notice to show cause which is to be personally served on the proposed contemnor, is required to be issued before and not after an application for leave to commence committal proceedings. Such notice need not be issued by the court as such an obligation is not anticipated by the said rules.
Lokman Noor Adam v. PP [2020] 10 CLJ 435 [CA]

• SUBJECT
• CORAM
• COUNSEL

Apabila tertuduh tidak diwakili oleh peguam dan menghadapi pertuduhan yang serius, hakim bicara perlu benar-benar memastikan tertuduh faham pertuduhan yang dihadapinya, dan kebenaran fakta kes yang dibentangkan yang menzahirkan kesalahan yang dilakukan serta bentuk hukuman yang akan dikenakan terhadapnya jika pengakuan bersalahnya diterima oleh mahkamah. Penerimaan pengakuan salah tertuduh tanpa pematuhan pada keperluan-keperluan s. 137 Kanun Tatacara Jenayah boleh menyebabkan satu ketidakadilan dan membuatkan sabitan tidak selamat.
Shaiful Azmi Sabri lwn. PP [2020] 10 CLJ 445 [CA]

• SUBJECT
• CORAM
• COUNSEL

By incorporating the salient terms of the consent order between the parties into an agreement and filing a civil suit to enforce the same, the parties indicated their clear intention to be bound by the agreement and not the consent order which was superseded. Thus, the basis for contempt proceedings for breach of the consent order failed, more so, when the consent order was not endorsed with a penal notice.
Greenpower Value Sdn Bhd v. Universal Trustee (Malaysia) Bhd & Ors [2020] 10 CLJ 462 [HC]

• SUBJECT
• CORAM
• COUNSEL

Leave to commence a derivative action ought to be allowed against a director who has breached his fiduciary duties when there is proof that he has obtained financial benefits personally through other companies, firms or businesses, or when he hides his interest or involvement in a transaction where the transaction is entered into by him for and on behalf of a third party in which he has an interest and the said third party competes with the company in respect of the business carried out by the company.
Lau Kean Leong v. LITS Solutions Sdn Bhd & Ors [2020] 10 CLJ 481 [HC]

• SUBJECT
• CORAM
• COUNSEL

The exercise of the power of detention without trial, which involves personal liberty, must be clear and unequivocal; any procedural non-compliance would render the detention order invalid. The absence of any indication that the applicant was associated with a substantial body of persons in carrying out the activities relating to trafficking in dangerous drugs, led to the non-compliance with mandatory procedures under the Dangerous Drugs Act (Special Preventive Measures Act) 1985 and the Federal Constitution, and thus rendered the detention order against the applicant invalid.
Mohd Fadzlynizan Mohd Nasir v. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri & Anor [2020] 10 CLJ 510 [HC]

• SUBJECT
• CORAM
• COUNSEL

The Attorney General/Public Prosecutor may appoint, subject to s. 376(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), an advocate whom he personally deems as 'fit and proper persons' to be a Deputy Public Prosecutor or Senior Deputy Public Prosecutor. The language of s. 376(3) being broad and permissive, the Attorney-General/Public Prosecutor may choose, appoint or authorise any advocate to appear on his behalf in any court of law and is not expressly limited to appointing legal officers from the judicial and legal services under s. 379 of the CPC.
Muhammad Shafee Md Abdullah v. Peguam Negara/Pendakwa Raya Malaysia & Ors And Another Case [2020] 10 CLJ 532 [HC]

• SUBJECT
• CORAM
• COUNSEL

Section 4(3)(b) of the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 ('Act') provides the court with the power to order the dissolution of a marriage, not only registered under the Act, but also those registered under regimes or systems other than under the Act. However, the dissolution is conditional upon an application by the parties to a marriage; the court is not endowed with the power to dissolve marriages in the absence of a decree nisi or an identical order.
Ong Chai Hoon v. Tan Ah Nek & Ors [2020] 10 CLJ 556 [HC]

• SUBJECT
• CORAM
• COUNSEL

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LNS Article(s)

1. KEPERLUAN MEMBERI ALASAN BERHUBUNG KEPUTUSAN JAWATANKUASA PERANCANG NEGERI DI BAWAH AKTA PERANCANGAN BANDAR DAN DESA 1976 [AKTA 172] ^{[Read excerpt]}
   oleh Charanjit Singh a/l Mahinder Singh* [2020] 1 LNS(A) cxxxiii

[2020] 1 LNS(A) cxxxiii



MALAYSIA

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KEPERLUAN MEMBERI ALASAN BERHUBUNG KEPUTUSAN JAWATANKUASA PERANCANG NEGERI DI BAWAH AKTA PERANCANGAN BANDAR DAN DESA 1976 [AKTA 172]

oleh
Charanjit Singh a/l Mahinder Singh*

Pengenalan

1. Jawatankuasa Perancang Negeri dan fungsinya adalah diperuntukkan dalam Akta Perancangan Bandar Dan Desa 1976 [Akta 172] yang mana Seksyen 4 Akta 172 memperuntukkan seperti yang berikut:

“4. The State Planning Committee and its functions.

(1) There shall be established for the State a State Planning Committee consisting of-

(a) a Chairman, being the Menteri Besar or Chief Minister of the State;

(b) a Deputy Chairman, being a member of the State Executive Council, to be appointed by the State Authority;

(ba) not more than three members to be appointed by the State Authority from amongst the members of the State Executive Council, at least one of whom shall be the member responsible for and whose portfolio is related to town and country planning in the State;

(c) the State Secretary;

. . .

* Pegawai Undang-Undang Negeri Pulau Pinang, bekas Timbalan Pendakwa Raya & Penggubal Undang-Undang Parlimen, Jabatan Peguam Negara, Peguambela & Peguamcara Mahkamah Tinggi Malaya, Barrister at Law; Lincoln's Inn, LLB (First Class Honours) Northumbria at Newcastle.

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2. SWW V. KETUA PENGARAH HASIL DALAM NEGERI—
   THE GRANTING OF JUDICIAL REVIEW BY THE HIGH COURT OF MALAYA IN TAX PROCEEDINGS
   A CASE NOTE* ^{[Read excerpt]}
   by Abhilaash Subramaniam [2020] 1 LNS(A) cxxxiv

[2020] 1 LNS(A) cxxxiv



MALAYSIA

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SWW V. KETUA PENGARAH HASIL DALAM NEGERI—
THE GRANTING OF JUDICIAL REVIEW BY THE HIGH COURT OF MALAYA IN TAX PROCEEDINGS
A CASE NOTE*

by
Abhilaash Subramaniam

Introduction

In the recent case of SWW v. Ketua Pengarah Hasil Dalam Negeri, the High Court of Malaya granted the taxpayer leave to apply for judicial review, a stay of proceedings pending the disposal of the taxpayer’s application for judicial review and subsequently allowed the taxpayer’s judicial review application on the merits, ordering a prohibition on all collection and enforcement action relating to disputed taxes and assessments raised by the Inland Revenue Board (“Revenue”).

Facts

The taxpayer was a property development company that was established for the purposes of being the master developer of a Petrochemical and Maritime Industrial Centre (“TMI Centre”) in Johor. The Johor State Government alienated a number of plots of leasehold land to the taxpayer for it to undertake the establishment and development of the TMI Centre.

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*Published with kind permission of M/s Shearn Delamore & Co.

(Disclaimer: This article is presented for information purpose only and covers legal issues in a general way. The contents are not intended to constitute advice on any specific matter and should not be relied upon as a substitute for detailed legal advice. © 2020 Shearn Delamore & Co. All rights reserved.)

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3. THE CONVENIENT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE LEGAL PROFESSION ACT AND THE ADVOCATES ORDINANCE (SABAH CAP 2) AS AMENDED BY ACT A1528 ^{[Read excerpt]}
   by Chris KH Kwan* [2020] 1 LNS(A) cxxxv

[2020] 1 LNS(A) cxxxv



MALAYSIA

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THE CONVENIENT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE LEGAL PROFESSION ACT AND THE ADVOCATES ORDINANCE (SABAH CAP 2) AS AMENDED BY ACT A1528

by
Chris KH Kwan*

Summary

This paper is about the amendments to the Sabah Advocate s Ordinance ( “SAO”) in 2006 that came into force on 1 July 2017 bringing in new measures and features found in the Legal Profession Act (“LPA”) which is applicable in West Malaysia , for lawyers in Sabah. The aim was the establishment of the Sabah Law Society ( “Law Society”) catering for around 800 membe rs to be on equal footing with the Malaysian Bar with more than 14,000 members or 18 times larger. In summary, we found the selective grafting of sections from the LPA onto the Sabah Advocate s Ordinance was formulated to defuse the need to extend the entir e LPA into Sabah, period. For that reason alone, it has worked , at least for now. But its effects have not been satisfactory and in most cases the rights and opportunities for lawyers in Sabah ha ve taken a step-backward as compared, had the extension been allowed by repealing the SAO.

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*Advocate & Solicitor

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4. A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
   COVID-19 LEGISLATION AND THE ACT HUMAN RIGHTS ACT ^{[Read excerpt]}
   by Ellis Silove* [2020] 1 LNS(A) cxxxii

[2020] 1 LNS(A) cxxxii



AUSTRALIA

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A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
COVID-19 LEGISLATION AND THE ACT HUMAN RIGHTS ACT

by
Ellis Silove*

Ellis Silove of Allygroup discusses the intersection of Covid laws and human rights, and how the lessons learned here in Canberra offer an opportunity to lead Australia in thoughtful and ethical pandemic legislation.

At the time of writing, the ACT holds the Australian record for the longest straight days without any new confirmed cases of Covid‑19.^[1] Totalling three times the record of the runner -up jurisdiction (the Northern Territory), the ACT has not had a new case in over a month.

As Victoria is ravaged by a tragic second wave, NSW experiences numerous outbreaks, and New Zealand sees its first cases in months,^[2] the ACT may be optimistic to think the worst is over.

Providing warnings against unnecessary travel to NSW and postponing certain elements of the restriction easing process, Chief Minister Barr’s recent media releases have painted a picture of caution and preparation, even laying the groundwork for the recommendation of widescale maskuse.^[3]

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*Paralegal, Allygroup.

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