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Issue #51/2020 10 December 2020

New This Week Case(s) of the Week YONG TSHU KHIN & ANOR v. DAHAN CIPTA SDN BHD & ANOR AND OTHER APPLICATIONS  Appeal Updates Appeal Updates Latest Cases Legal Network Series Articles LNS Article(s) Legislation Highlights Principal Acts Amending Acts PU(A) PU(B) Legislation Alert

YONG TSHU KHIN & ANOR v.
DAHAN CIPTA SDN BHD & ANOR AND OTHER APPLICATIONS
FEDERAL COURT, PUTRAJAYA
TENGKU MAIMUN TUAN MAT CJ; ZABARIAH YUSOF FCJ; HASNAH MOHAMMED HASHIM FCJ;
HARMINDAR SINGH DHALIWAL FCJ; RHODZARIAH BUJANG FCJ
[CIVIL APPLLICATIONS NO: 08(RS)-3-08-2018(W), 08(RS)-6-08-2018(W), 08(RS)-7-08-2018(W),
08(RS)-12-10-2018(B), 08(RS)-13-11-2018(W), 08(RS)-14-11-2018(A) & 08(RS)-17-12-2018(W)]
30 NOVEMBER 2020
[2020] CLJ JT(15)

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Courts – Federal Court – Review motions – Coram failure – Appointments of Federal Court Judges – Whether appointments could be collaterally challenged – Application of de facto doctrine – Whether doctrine preserves integrity of judicial decisions – Whether validity of appointments should have been raised during appeal – Whether de facto doctrine applies to constitutional appointments – Rules of the Federal Court 1995, r. 137

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Courts – Federal Court – Review motions – Coram failure – Judge prepared minority judgment before retirement – Another judge in panel 'adopted' minority judgment of retired judge – Whether majority judgment stands independently of minority judgment – Whether judgment read and agreed upon by all judges in panel was judgment of the court – Whether judgment pronounced by another judge in physical absence of judge signing judgment affected coram – Whether Federal Court obligated to provide written grounds in all appeals – Whether failure to provide grounds amounted to coram failure – Whether Federal Court could abstain from answering leave question upon considering merits of appeal – Whether coram failure established – Rules of the Federal Court 1995, r. 137 – Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s. 78(1)

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1. Luo Dan v. PP [2019] 1 LNS 677 (CA) affirming the High Court case of PP v. Luo Dan [Criminal Trial No: 45A-01-01/2015]

2. Pihak Berkuasa Kemajuan Pekebun Kecil Perusahaan Getah (RISDA) v. Gala Permai Sdn Bhd [2019] 1 LNS 593 (CA) overruling the High Court case of Gala Permai Sdn Bhd v. Pihak Berkuasa Kemajuan Pekebun Kecil Perusahaan Getah (RISDA) [Suit No.: 22NCVC-65-11/2014]

Legal Network Series

[2018] 1 LNS 417	MOHD AL KHUSAINI ZAKARIA lwn. PP 1. Pertikaian berkenaan kewujudan kesan koyakan lama pada selaput dara mangsa tidak menjejaskan kes pendakwaan apabila pembelaan tidak mempertikaikan kewujudan perlakuan seks oleh tertuduh ke atas mangsa. 2. Perhubungan seks yang dilakukan oleh tertuduh ke atas mangsa adalah tanpa kerelaan mangsa yang telah akur dan menurut kehendak nafsu tertuduh setelah tertuduh mengugut untuk mengancam hak peribadi mangsa dengan menyebarkan gambar-gambar mangsa ke internet. Tindakan ugutan tertuduh terjumlah kepada satu paksaan ke atas mangsa untuk melakukan perhubungan seks. 3. Kerelaan mangsa adalah tidak penting bagi kesalahan persetubuhan luar aturan tabii. Justeru, pembelaan tidak boleh bergantung kepada isu kerelaan mangsa bagi melepaskan tertuduh daripada pertuduhan. UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH: Rogol - Kemasukan - Percanggahan keterangan mangsa dengan pegawai perubatan - Pegawai perubatan mengesahkan selaput dara mengalami kesan koyakan lama - Pembelaan tidak mempertikaikan kewujudan perhubungan seks - Sama ada percanggahan menjejaskan kewibawaan keterangan mangsa - Sama ada pertikaian berkenan kesan koyakan selaput dara bermerit apabila pembelaan tidak mempertikaikan perhubungan seks yang dilakukan tertuduh - Sama ada laporan DNA merupakan keperluan untuk membuktikan kesalahan rogol - Sama ada keterangan mangsa bagi kesalahan seksual memerlukan keterangan sokongan UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH: Rogol - Kerelaan - Tertuduh mendakwa perhubungan seks dilakukan secara sukarela - Tertuduh mengugut untuk menyebarkan gambar-gambar mangsa yang berpakaian tidak bermoral ke internet sehari sebelum kejadian - Sama ada tertuduh telah memaksa mangsa untuk melakukan perhubungan seks - Sama ada mangsa telah akur dan menuruti kehendak nafsu tertuduh setelah hak peribadi mangsa diancam oleh tertuduh UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH: Persetubuhan luar aturan tabii - Kesalahan di bawah s. 377B Kanun Keseksaan - Liwat - Sampel DNA ke atas swab yang diambil dari dubur mangsa menunjukkan kewujudan air mani tertuduh - Sama ada kemasukan kemaluan tertuduh dalam dubur mangsa telah dibuktikan - Sama ada isu kerelaan penting bagi kesalahan persetubuhan luar aturan tabii - Sama ada pembelaan boleh bergantung kepada isu kerelaan mangsa bagi melepaskan daripada pertuduhan Bagi pihak perayu - Rosman Azwan Osman; T/n Ummi Zakaria & Partners Bagi pihak responden - Zabidah Ahmad, Timbalan Pendakwa Raya; Pejabat Penasihat Undang-Undang Negeri Kedah
[2018] 1 LNS 457	ADRIEN JURAD CHAMRON lwn. MOHD HIZUWAN JEFRI 1. Plaintif adalah terikat kepada versi kemalangan seperti yang diplidkan di dalam pernyataan tuntutan dan tidak boleh beralih kepada versi kemalangan yang lain ketika memberikan keterangan. 2. Plaintif yang menunggang motorsikal dari arah belakang mempunyai tugas yang lebih berbanding dengan kenderaan di hadapannya dan perlu lebih berhati-hati dengan tindak tanduk kenderaan di hadapannya. PROSEDUR SIVIL: Pliding - Prinsip dan prosedur - Pihak-pihak terikat dengan pliding - Penentuan liabiliti - Keterangan plaintif ketika bicara berkenaan versi kemalangan berlainan dengan pliding - Sama ada keterangan plaintif adalah bercanggah dengan pliding - Sama ada plaintif boleh beralih kepada versi kemalangan yang lain selain daripada versi yang diplidkan LALULINTAS JALAN: Kecuaian - Kemalangan jalan raya - Penentuan liabiliti - Kecuaian sumbangan - Perlanggaran antara motorsikal dan kereta - Kemalangan berlaku ketika kereta defendan bergerak terus sebelum membelok ke lorong kanan - Motorsikal plaintif datang dari arah belakang kereta - Motorsikal cuba memotong dua garisan berkembar - Sama ada plaintif mempunyai tugas yang lebih berbanding dengan kereta defendan yang berada di hadapan - Sama ada plaintif sewajarnya lebih berhati-hati dengan tindak tanduk kenderaan di hadapannya - Sama ada plaintif lebih bertanggungan di dalam kemalangan berbanding dengan defendan Bagi pihak perayu/defendan - Latifah Omar; T/n Hoe & Ahmad Zaki Bagi pihak responden/plaintif - Hamdi Zainol; T/n NM Tiong & Co
[2018] 1 LNS 502	PETRON FUEL INTERNATIONAL SDN BHD v. AHMAD ZUHAIRI MOHD YUSOFF Tuntutan keuntungan masa hadapan adalah ganti rugi khas yang perlu dibuktikan secara tepat dan khusus oleh plaintif. Hak untuk menuntut keuntungan masa hadapan perlu dinyatakan secara jelas di dalam perjanjian antara pihak-pihak. KONTRAK: Kemungkiran - Ganti rugi - Ganti rugi khas - Tuntutan keuntungan masa hadapan - Plaintif tidak mempunyai formula khas untuk mengira dengan tepat jumlah keuntungan masa depan - Sama ada plaintif telah membuktikan dengan jelas bagaimana jumlah keuntungan masa hadapan diperolehi - Sama ada perjanjian antara pihak-pihak membenarkan plaintif untuk menuntut keuntungan masa hadapan KONTRAK: Terma-terma - Pelepasan cagaran - Baki terhutang telah dilunaskan - Sama ada plaintif adalah terikat untuk melepaskan cagaran selepas baki terhutang telah dilunaskan oleh defendan Bagi pihak plaintif/perayu - Yannie Th'ng Yan Nie; T/n Raja Darryl & Loh Bagi pihak defendan/responden - Takiyuddin Hassan, Wan Jawahir Harun & Khuzaimi Mohd Salleh; T/n Wan Jawahir & Takiyuddin
[2019] 1 LNS 1114	LEE WON KYU v. AHMAD SYUKRI ZOLKIFLEE & ORS A notice of claim for seized monies made after one calendar month from the date of seizure is not valid and the seized monies are deemed to be forfeited by operation of law. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE: Forfeiture - Forfeiture of monies seized - Forfeiture by operation of law - Deemed forfeiture - Notice of claim made after one calendar month from date of seizure - Whether seized monies deemed to be forfeited - Whether notice of claim made after one calendar month from date of seizure was valid - Customs Act 1967, ss 128 & 129 For the appellant - PS Segara; M/s PS Segaran & Co For the respondents - Shahrina Noor Azman, Senior Federal Counsel
[2019] 1 LNS 1115	KARTIYANY JEYARAMAN v. KANNAN MUNUSAMY The jurisdiction of the court to order division of matrimonial assets is limited to the time when a decree of divorce is granted. Thus, an application for variation of a decree nisi order concerning matrimonial assets after a decree of divorce has been granted fails in limine. FAMILY LAW: Decree nisi - Variation - Jurisdiction of court to vary terms of decree nisi order - Variation concerning matrimonial asset - Application made after a decree of divorce was granted - Application premised on s. 83 of Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1973 ('LRA') - Whether reliance on s. 83 of LRA as a basis to vary decree nisi order concerning matrimonial property was misconceived - Whether application for variation ought to fail in limine For the petitioner wife - VM Muthu; M/s VM Muthu & Co For the respondent husband - K Bharathi; M/s Kamarudin Yusof & Associates

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LNS Article(s)

1. HE-CON SDN BHD v. BULYAH BT ISHAK & ANOR [2020]:^[1]
   EXTENSION TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DEFERRED INDEFEASIBILITY?
   A CASE NOTE* ^{[Read excerpt]}
   by Datin Jeyanthini Kannaperan, Koo Yin Soon [2020] 1 LNS(A) cxxxvi

[2020] 1 LNS(A) cxxxvi



MALAYSIA

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HE-CON SDN BHD v. BULYAH BT ISHAK & ANOR [2020]:^[1]
EXTENSION TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DEFERRED INDEFEASIBILITY?
A CASE NOTE*

by
Datin Jeyanthini Kannaperan
Koo Yin Soon

The Legal Backdrop

Indefeasibility of title is the immunity obtained by a registered proprietor or interest holder in property. This concept is encoded in Section 340 of the National Land Code 1965 (“Section 340”) which sets out both how such immunity operates and the exceptions to the immunity.

Previous debate on whether the proviso in Sect ion 340 (“Proviso”) applied to immediate purchasers (giving rise to an “immediate indefeasibility”) or subsequent purchasers (“deferred indefeasibility”) ended with the Federal Court in Tan Yin Hong v. Tan Sian San^[2] unanimously holding that a correct reading of Section 340 only allowed subsequent purchasers to rely on the Proviso.

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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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2. TO WHAT EXTENT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF A SEARCH LIST BEING CONTEMPORANEOUS DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE IN A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING? ^{[Read excerpt]}
   by Mohd Taufik bin Mohd@Mohd Yusoff* [2020] 1 LNS(A) cxxxvii

[2020] 1 LNS(A) cxxxvii



MALAYSIA

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TO WHAT EXTENT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF A SEARCH LIST BEING CONTEMPORANEOUS DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE IN A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING?

by
Mohd Taufik bin Mohd@Mohd Yusoff*

[1] Before we delve further into the discussion of the subject, it is very important for us to identify the details stated in a search list.

[2] Being on the bench, what I always observe is the content in the search list, among others: (1) the column for nature the of the item(s) found; (2) the column to state where the item(s) were found; (3) the time of the search; (4) the name of the searched person; (5) the signature part for the person who conducted the search and the witness; and (6) the signature part for the searched person.

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*The author is currently serving as a Judge in the Sessions Court at Miri.

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3. THE BALANCE BETWEEN CONFIDENTIALITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION IN MALAYSIA ^{[Read excerpt]}
   by Vijayamalar Arumugam* [2020] 1 LNS(A) cxxxviii

[2020] 1 LNS(A) cxxxviii



MALAYSIA

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THE BALANCE BETWEEN CONFIDENTIALITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION IN MALAYSIA

by
Vijayamalar Arumugam*

Abstract

For several decades, confidentiality has been an issue of contention in international commercial arbitration. Stakeholders in the arbitration process appear to lean more towards transparency in a process that historically has been confidential and private in its entirety.^[1] While arbitral stakeholders are still divided to a great extent on whether to continue with the current approach that is highly confidential or adopt a transparent approach, this article will not seek to fuel any further contention on the issue. Instead, the article will focus on establishing a viable equilibrium between the two approaches to improve the arbitral process in international commercial arbitration in the Asia-Pacific region and, more specifically, Malaysia.

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*Advocate and Solicitor, High Court of Malaya.

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4. OVERVIEW OF THE APPLICATION OF EMERGENCY LAWS IN THE PAST AND WHETHER PROCLAMATION OF EMERGENCY FOR COVID-19 IS NECESSARY, IN THE PRESENT? ^{[Read excerpt]}
   by Parvinder Kaur Harbindar Singh,^[i] Harneshpal Karamjit Singh,^[ii] Pamynder Kaur Manjit Singh^[iii] [2020] 1 LNS(A) cxxxix

[2020] 1 LNS(A) cxxxix



MALAYSIA

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OVERVIEW OF THE APPLICATION OF EMERGENCY LAWS IN THE PAST AND WHETHER PROCLAMATION OF EMERGENCY FOR COVID-19 IS NECESSARY, IN THE PRESENT?

by
Parvinder Kaur Harbindar Singh^[i]
Harneshpal Karamjit Singh^[ii]
Pamynder Kaur Manjit Singh^[iii]

INTRODUCTION

On 23rd October 2020, various news media agencies reported that as a result of the spike in the Covid-19 cases, and in an attempt to put a pause to political squabbles, a state of emergency was expected to be declared. It was reported widely that the Cabinet had decided to propose the declaration of an emergency following a special meeting convened in the afternoon of Friday, 23rd October 2020.^[1]

It was further reported that Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, had an audience with the His Majesty Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, at his Istana Abdulaziz in Kuantan, Pahang, on the same day to propose the declaration of an emergency.

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[i],[ii] &[iii] Advocates and solicitors of the High Court of Malaya, M/s Hakem Arabi & Associates.

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