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Issue #54/2020 31 December 2020

New This Week Case(s) of the Week ORCHARD CIRCLE SDN BHD v. PENTADBIR TANAH DAERAH HULU LANGAT & ORS [2021] 1 CLJ 1 Appeal Updates Appeal Updates Latest Cases Legal Network Series CLJ 2021 Volume 1 (Part 1) Articles LNS Article(s) Legislation Highlights Principal Acts Amending Acts PU(A) PU(B) Legislation Alert

ORCHARD CIRCLE SDN BHD v. PENTADBIR TANAH DAERAH HULU LANGAT & ORS [2021] 1 CLJ 1
FEDERAL COURT, PUTRAJAYA
VERNON ONG LAM KIAT FCJ; ABDUL RAHMAN SEBLI FCJ; ZABARIAH MOHD YUSOF FCJ
[CIVIL APPEAL NO: 01(f)-63-12-2017(B)]
13 NOVEMBER 2020

LAND LAW: Acquisition of land - Award - Land Acquisition Act 1960, s. 8(4) - Applicability - Whether Form D issued to compulsorily acquire lands lapsed or declared null and void - Whether acquisition of land could lapse or cease after formal possession had been taken - Whether purposive interpretation of s. 8(4) required as opposed to literal interpretation - Whether ought to be read in holistic fashion with ss. 8(5) & 35 - Doctrine of estoppel and res judicata - Whether applicable

STATUTORY INTERPRETATION: Interpretation - Land Acquisition Act 1960, s. 8(4) - Whether purposive interpretation of s. 8(4) required as opposed to literal interpretation - Whether ought to be read in holistic fashion with ss. 8(5) & 35 - Whether strict interpretation would cause grave injustice and absurdity

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1. Sham Chin Yen & Ors v. Mansion Properties Sdn Bhd [2019] 1 LNS 781 (CA) overruling the High Court case of Sham Chin Yen & Ors v. Mansion Properties Sdn Bhd [Originating Summons Nos: PA-24NCC-4-02/2018 & PA-24NCC-19-10/2017]

2. Unsung Rasad v. PP [2019] 1 LNS 662 (CA) affirming the High Court case of PP v. Unsung Rasad [Criminal Trial No: 45B-6/12-2016]

Legal Network Series

[2018] 1 LNS 764	SOHAIL KHAN lwn. PP 1. Percakapan yang dibuat oleh saksi di bawah s. 112 Kanun Prosedur Jenayah boleh diterima masuk sebagai keterangan jika pihak pendakwaan tidak berupaya untuk mengemukakan saksi yang telah membuat percakapan tersebut ke mahkamah dan jika saksi tersebut bukan material kepada naratif kes pendakwaan. 2. Pihak polis tidak harus dipersalahkan jika tiada siasatan dibuat terhadap penama-penama lain yang dicadangkan oleh tertuduh apabila notis Alcontara yang diberikan kepada pihak polis adalah tidak sempurna. KETERANGAN: Percakapan - Kebolehterimaan - Percakapan di bawah s. 112 Kanun Prosedur Jenayah - Saksi yang membuat percakapan tidak hadir ke mahkamah untuk memberi keterangan - Saksi telah diusir ke negara asal oleh pihak imigresen - Saksi bukan material - Sama ada pihak pendakwaan berupaya mengemukakan saksi ke mahkamah - Sama ada pra syarat di bawah s. 32 Akta Keterangan 1950 telah dipenuhi - Sama ada kegagalan pihak pendakwaan mengemukakan saksi telah menarik pemakaian anggapan di bawah s. 114(g) Akta Keterangan 1950 terhadap kes pendakwaan PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Pemeriksaan - Seksyen 65 Kanun Tatacara Jenayah - Pemeriksaan terhadap bilik tertuduh yang dilakukan oleh pegawai serbuan tidak disaksikan oleh tertuduh dan penghuni rumah yang lain - Sama ada s. 65 Kanun Tatacara Jenayah adalah prosedur yang mandatori KETERANGAN: Saksi - Kebolehterimaan - Pertuduhan pengedaran dadah berbahaya - Tertuduh mengakui pemilik beg yang berisi dadah - Dadah jenis yang sama ditemui dalam kuantiti yang kecil di dalam poket seluar penghuni rumah yang lain - Sama ada keterangan penghuni yang lain wajar ditolak PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Pendakwaan - Kes pendakwaan - Jurang dalam keterangan - Pertuduhan pengedaran dadah berbahaya - Dadah dijumpai di dalam beg yang disimpan di dalam bilik tertuduh - Tertuduh mendakwa pihak polis gagal menyiasat beberapa penghuni rumah yang lain - Tertuduh dan peguambela tidak memberikan maklumat lanjut berkenaan penghuni-penghuni yang lain - Sama ada pegawai siasatan berupaya membuat penyiasatan berkenaan penghuni-penghuni yang lain - Sama ada notis Alcontara telah diberikan secara sempurna kepada pihak polis - Sama ada pihak polis wajar dipersalahkan atas kegagalan menyiasat penghuni-penghuni yang lain Bagi pihak perayu - Afifuddin Mohd Hafifi; T/n Salehuddin Saidin & Associates Bagi pihak responden - Tengku Intan Suraya Tengku Ismail, Timbalan Pendakwa Raya; Bahagian Perbicaraan dan Rayuan, Jabatan Peguam Negara
[2018] 1 LNS 843	JVC EMAS SDN BHD lwn. PREMIUM ELASTIC SDN BHD Penamatan perjanjian menjadi tidak sah apabila notis penamatan gagal menyatakan alasan-alasan penamatan dan tidak mematuhi klausa perjanjian yang memperuntukkan perkara penamatan. Percubaan defendan untuk memberikan alasan penamatan ketika perbicaraan hanyalah sekadar menafikan hak plaintif untuk menuntut ganti rugi akibat penamatan secara salah. KONTRAK: Penamatan - Penamatan secara salah - Tuntutan ganti rugi - Notis penamatan tidak menyatakan alasan-alasan penamatan perjanjian - Alasan penamatan ditimbulkan ketika perbicaraan - Sama ada notis penamatan telah mematuhi klausa perjanjian yang memperuntukkan perkara penamatan - Sama ada notis penamatan adalah sah - Sama ada pengakuan penerimaan notis penamatan semata-mata telah menjadikan kandungan notis penamatan tidak dipertikaikan - Sama ada alasan penamatan yang diberikan oleh defendan ketika perbicaraan adalah penafian hak plaintif untuk menuntut ganti rugi akibat penamatan secara salah KETERANGAN: Pembuktian - Taksiran ganti rugi - Kerugian perniagaan akibat perlanggaran terma-terma perjanjian - Penyandaran kepada laporan penyata kewangan - Sama ada jumlah yang dinyatakan di dalam penyata kewangan semata-mata boleh membuktikan kerugian - Sama ada buku akaun dan dokumen-dokumen lain perlu dikemukakan melalui juruaudit yang menyediakan laporan kewangan untuk membuktikan kerugian Bagi pihak plaintif - Mathan M Anandaram; T/n R Nethaji Rayer & Co Bagi pihak defendan - Kumarappan Ramasamy; T/n Jeeva Partnership
[2019] 1 LNS 1133	BONG SHIANG FONG v. LEE JOON THIN & ORS The jurisdiction of the Subordinate Court is ascertained using two tiers i.e. first by looking at the cause or matter arising from the State as stated under s. 76(2) of the Subordinate Court Act 1948 and then followed by division of districts under para 2(1) Third Schedule of the Subordinate Court Act 1948. Hence, the plaintiff is entitled to file action in Kuching although the accident had occurred in Bau. CIVIL PROCEDURE: Jurisdiction - Forum conveniens - Subordinate Court - Constitution and territorial jurisdiction of Magistrates' Courts - Accident happened in Bau but action was filed in Kuching - Whether plaintiff was entitled to file action in Kuching - Whether jurisdiction of Subordinate Court is first ascertained by looking at the cause or matter arising from the State and then followed by division of districts - Subordinate Court Act 1948, s. 76(2) - Subordinate Court Act 1948, Third Schedule, pare 2(1) For the appellant - Sarbjit Singh & Joseph Baleng; M/s Khaira & Co For the respondent - William Wang; M/s Terang Manjit Azmi and Hardip Singh & Co
[2019] 1 LNS 1134	ADRIAN SIM YANG BIN v. PP A single incident which had yielded several charges relating to drug offences is itself evidence of the seriousness of that single incident which would not warrant a lenient sentence. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Appeal - Appeal against sentence - Possession of dangerous drugs - Same incident yielded several charges - Convictions from same incident was taken into account as past convictions - Accused pleaded guilty and seeking for lenient sentence - Whether a single incident that had yielded several charges was itself evidence of seriousness of that single incident - Whether lenient sentence warranted For the appellant - Steven Beti Anom; M/s Sapiee Donald & Co For the respondent - DPP Hayda Faridzal Abu Hassan; Attorney General Chambers
[2019] 1 LNS 1135	PP v. YUSUF MOHAMAD A medical report is not an essential condition or sine qua non for the offence of causing grievous hurt under s. 323 of the Penal Code. Where there appears to be discrepancies in the medical report or the evidence of the examining doctor is in conflict with his medical report, the Court should completely disregard the conflicting evidence and consider any other evidence to prove the ingredients of the offence. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Appeal - Appeal against acquittal and discharge - Accused was acquitted and discharged at end of prosecution's case - Offence of voluntarily causing hurt - Trial judge placed too much consideration on absence of supplementary medical report - Evidence of examining doctor was in conflict with medical report - Whether medical report was a sine qua non for an offence under s. 323 of Penal Code - Whether trial judge ought to have completely disregarded evidence with discrepancies and considered any other evidence to prove ingredients of offence For the petitioner - DPP Hayda Faridzal Abu Hassan; Attorney General Chambers For the respondent - Abdul Rahman Hazmi; M/s Christopher Bada & Co

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CLJ 2021 Volume 1 (Part 1)

(1) Section 8(4) of the Land Acquisition Act 1960 ('LAA') does not apply when the acquisition proceedings is completed and the lands are already vested in the State Authority; it only applies to cases where proceedings are taken or being taken within the period of two years if the land acquisition had not been completed. Further, a purposive interpretation of s. 8(4) of the LAA is required as opposed to a literal interpretation in order to prevent abuse of s. 8(4) of the Land Acquisition Act 1960 where, inter alia, quashing Form D would send the wrong message and create an unhealthy precedent where proprietors of land could seek to invalidate acquisition of land by filing judicial review applications and thereafter delaying the proceedings and claiming damages.

(2) When issues regarding the validity of the acquisition proceedings and whether a proprietor is still the lawful proprietor of the lands has been previously raised in a first judicial review application, it would be an abuse of court process to allow the proprietor to renew its challenge on the propriety of the land acquisition proceedings in a second judicial review proceeding. Further, the conduct of the proprietor in not appealing against a High Court order estopped it from raising the issues in a second judicial review proceeding.
Orchard Circle Sdn Bhd v. Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Hulu Langat & Ors [2021] 1 CLJ 1 [FC]

• SUBJECT
• CORAM
• COUNSEL

The power of attorney which was rendered invalid for breach of non-delegation rule and ultra vires the constitution of the society, under whose name the lands were registered, rendered transfer of the land void.
Manian K Marappan & Anor v. Sinwufu Enterprise Sdn Bhd; Mashudan Kamar & Ors (Third Parties) And Another Appeal [2021] 1 CLJ 36 [CA]

• SUBJECT
• CORAM
• COUNSEL

The habeas corpus order obtained against the restriction order of a detainee under s. 4A(1) of the Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance 1969 (No 5), although not constituting conclusive evidence, nevertheless formed strong evidence in a civil claim for general damages for unlawful imprisonment. The decision of the lower court based on an ouster clause can be challenged on grounds of procedural non-compliance.
Shahrudi Abidin v. Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri Kementerian Dalam Negeri Malaysia & Ors [2021] 1 CLJ 52 [CA]

• SUBJECT
• CORAM
• COUNSEL

Forum yang sesuai untuk prosiding fitnah melibatkan fitnah dalam talian adalah tempat di mana fitnah dilakukan dan bukan tempat di mana pernyataan fitnah diakses.
Dr Zakir Abdul Karim Naik lwn. Raveentharan Subramaniam [2021] 1 CLJ 63 [HC]

• SUBJECT
• CORAM
• COUNSEL

Order 42 r. 7(1) and (2) of the Rules of Court 2012 provides that a judgment or order takes effect from the date on which it is pronounced. In circumstances where the service of a sealed copy of the judgment/order is dispensed with, the judgment/order is still effective especially since the terms of the draft/access would have been agreed to by the parties themselves or their solicitors.
J v. J [2021] 1 CLJ 74 [HC]

• SUBJECT
• CORAM
• COUNSEL

(1) In matters of granting pardon where the Yang di-Pertuan Agong ('YDPA') acts on the advice of the Pardons Board and the Attorney General, this power is justiciable. From reading arts. 39, 40 and 42 of the Federal Constitution, it is surmised that in granting pardon, the YDPA is acting in his executive capacity, and not in the personal discretion of the YDPA.

(2) When a suit raises a number of triable issues such as the validity and correctness of advise given by the Pardons Board resulting in the granting of full pardon, and as to whether the Executive could encroach into the powers of the Judiciary by setting aside a conviction of an accused who had been convicted after a full due process of the law, these were life issues that need to be determined and was not a case which could be summarily dismissed under O. 18 r. 19 of the Rules of Court 2012.
Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz v. Lembaga Pengampunan Wilayah Persekutuan & Anor [2021] 1 CLJ 94 [HC]

• SUBJECT
• CORAM
• COUNSEL

Procedural non-compliance in the exercise of the power of detention vis-a-vis the defect in the detention order which amounted to more than a mere formal defect, and denying the detainee a right to legal representation, renders the detention order invalid.
Norazmi Ali v. Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & Ors [2021] 1 CLJ 105 [HC]

• SUBJECT
• CORAM
• COUNSEL

The primary objective of the provisions providing for bail should not be to detain and arrest an accused person but to ensure appearance of the accused at trial and to make sure, if fould guilty, the accused would be available to suffer the consequences of the offence as such committed, in terms of punishment in accordance with the law. To deprive an aged accused person with health issues her liberty during pendency of a criminal proceeding against her would be unjust and unfair, especially when the proviso of s. 388(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code allows the granting of bail in such circumstances.
Puan Saad v. PP [2021] 1 CLJ 121 [HC]

• SUBJECT
• CORAM
• COUNSEL

A failure to state the clear and unequivocal grounds in support of an application for pre-trial discovery creates, in all likelihood, a situation akin to a case of an applicant embarking upon a 'fishing expedition', which is not the purpose of O. 24 r. 7A of the Rules of Court 2012, and certainly falls short of the requirements necessary for a successful application.
Rizsilla Global Sdn Bhd v. Lembaga Kemajuan Tanah Persekutuan [2021] 1 CLJ 130 [HC]

• SUBJECT
• CORAM
• COUNSEL

The law makes it an offence, where penal consequences are anticipated, for purchasers to occupy a house before the issuance of the certificate of fitness for occupation and to carry out renovations without first obtaining the permission of the local authority. In such a case, the conduct of these eager purchasers amounts to a breach of the law and, therefore, disentitles and estops them from claiming for losses/damages allegedly suffered ie, liquidated ascertained damages. No one can be permitted to take advantage of the existence of a state of things which he himself brought forth.
Zara Aida Razali & Ors v. Sungei Lalang Development Sdn Bhd [2021] 1 CLJ 144 [HC]

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• CORAM
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LNS Article(s)

1. ETHICAL AND LEGAL CONCERNS ABOUT HEALTH INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET IN MALAYSIA ^{[Read excerpt]}
   by Nur Amalina Bt Faizol*, Dr Ummi Hani' Binti Maso'od** [2020] 1 LNS(A) cl

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MALAYSIA

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ETHICAL AND LEGAL CONCERNS ABOUT HEALTH INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET IN MALAYSIA

by
Nur Amalina Bt Faizol*
Dr Ummi Hani' Binti Maso'od**

Abstract

Nowadays, many Malaysians use the Internet to look for health and medical information. However, the rapid proliferation and uncontrolled health information that is prevalent on the Internet are problematic for medical practitioners and the authorities. This study uses qualitative methods including semi-structured interviews to examine legal and ethical concerns about seeking health information on the Internet in Malaysia. The study found that medical practitioners in Malaysia are mainly concerned with the consequences of false online medical information to the public. Health information on the Internet also interrupts the relationship between doctors and patients. Some patients tend to favour online health information rather than their doctors. Latest regulatory developments from Russia and Singapore in dealing with online health false information are also examined and compared to the laws in Malaysia. This study suggests the need to review the current healthcare regulations in Malaysia in dealing with this problem.

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* LL.B (Hons) (UWE Bristol, UK), Postgraduate Student (LLM) (UiTM).

** LL.B (Hons) (UiTM), LL.M (Universiteit Leiden, the Netherlands), PhD (University of Leeds, UK), Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Law (UiTM).

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2. IMPORTANT CLAUSES IN A CLINICAL TRIAL AGREEMENT ^{[Read excerpt]}
   by Nurul Atiqah Abd Rahman^[i], Siti Nuralis Abd Muis^[ii], Siti Nur Hafizah Adnan^[iii] [2020] 1 LNS(A) cxlvii

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MALAYSIA

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IMPORTANT CLAUSES IN A CLINICAL TRIAL AGREEMENT

by
Nurul Atiqah Abd Rahman^[i]
Siti Nuralis Abd Muis^[ii]
Siti Nur Hafizah Adnan^[iii]

Introduction

An Agreement plays a vital role in any transaction including, Clinical Trial. It must be made in writing and is voluntarily entered into by the parties involved. The Agreement that governs a Clinical Trial is known as Clinical Trial Agreement (CTA). CTA is an essential document that must be negotiated in detail, finalized, and signed before any Clinical Trial/Study can commence at the selected Clinical Trial/Study sites. This article emphasizes some of the necessary provisions or clauses that should be included in the Sponsored Research CTA to address the Clinical Trial/Study, and clear expression of the Parties' rights and obligations under the CTA.

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[i],[ii] &[iii] Clinical Research Malaysia (Legal & Regulatory Affairs Department).

[Clinical Research Malaysia exists to advance global health solutions for a brighter, more hopeful future for the people by providing speedy and reliable end-to-end clinical research support for quality studies. More information about the organization may be found at https://clinicalresearch.my/].

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3. MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 ^{[Read excerpt]}
   by TANG JIA YEARN*, HAZLINA SHAIK MD NOOR ALAM** [2020] 1 LNS(A) cxlviii

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MALAYSIA

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MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE TIME OF COVID-19

by
TANG JIA YEARN*
HAZLINA SHAIK MD NOOR ALAM**

ABSTRACT

Since the beginning of time, history has witnessed people willing to be subjected to experimental treatments, and some are even willing to go on a quest to search for secrets of health and beauty. As with any human nature, the desire to heal and live longer is often as addictive as the medicine itself. When people are desperate for a cure, they will seek for it, often using any means necessary. This humanistic nature becomes even more obvious, due to the pandemic, the novel Corona virus or COVID-19. Fear is paramount as the threat of the COVID-19 spreads. As countries succumb into lockdowns and billions of people lose their livelihoods; pharmaceutical companies are speeding up efforts to produce a vaccine which could put an end to this catastrophe. Amidst the calamity however, growing numbers of fake medicines and so-called ‘homeremedies’ linked to COVID-19 have been put on sale. These products are rampantly sold, and are often associated with fraudulent taglines. Given the fact that the current COVID-19 pandemic fuelled a surge in fake medicines, questions such as how Malaysian and Singaporean regulators have been quick to highlight and regulate misleading advertisements have yet to be elaborated.

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*Undergraduate, Faculty of Law, National University Malaysia.

**Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, National University Malaysia.

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4. A CRITICAL STUDY OF SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PHILIPPINES, MALAYSIA AND BRUNEI ^{[Read excerpt]}
   by Nehaluddin Ahmad^[i], Norulaziemah Binti Zulkiffle^[ii], Nurul Ramizah Binti Rosland^[iii] [2020] 1 LNS(A) cxlix

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INTERNATIONAL

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A CRITICAL STUDY OF SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PHILIPPINES, MALAYSIA AND BRUNEI

by
Nehaluddin Ahmad^[i]
Norulaziemah Binti Zulkiffle^[ii]
Nurul Ramizah Binti Rosland^[iii]

ABSTRACT

South China Sea, a semi-enclosed sea surrounded by China and several other sovereign powers such as Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan. They have reached an impasse as a result of heightened tensions in the recent past and is often seen as the ‘Hot Spot’ for states seeking to extend their sovereignty and jurisdictional claims over more than a hundred islets, reefs and rocks and their surrounding waters. The source of tension mostly originated from the People’s Republic of China’s famous “nine-dash line” that stretches hundreds of kilometers south and east of its southern Hainan Island, covering 90% of the South China Sea. This article aims to study the complex territorial dispute between the People’s Republic of China and the other involved parties, the origin of the conflict, the rulings of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the conflict with the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei and Malaysia and the role of UNCLOS in the attempt to settle the dispute. The article also evaluates existing approaches directed towards solving the South China Sea disputes.

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[i] MA, LL.B., LL.M. (Lucknow University, India), LL.M. (Strathclyde University, UK), LL.D. (Meerut University, India); Professor of Law, Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University (UNISSA), Brunei Darussalam; Email: ahmadnehal@yahoo.com

[ii] LLB & Bachelor of Shariah (BSL); LL.M (Stn) Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University (UNISSA), Brunei Darussalam.

[iii] LLB & Bachelor of Shariah (BSL); LL.M (Stn) Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University (UNISSA), Brunei Darussalam.

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