Specific Relief Act 1950 s 22
s 22 Who may obtain specific performance
Except as otherwise provided by this Chapter, the specific performance of a contract may be obtained by—
(a) any party thereto;
(b) the representative in interest, or the principal, of any party thereto: Provided that, where the learning, skill, solvency, or any personal quality of the party is a material ingredient in the contract, or where the contract provides that his interest shall not be assigned, his representative in interest or his principal shall not be entitled to specific performance of the contract, unless where his part thereof has already been performed;
(c) where the contract is a settlement on marriage, or a compromise of doubtful rights between members of the same family, any person beneficially entitled thereunder;
(d) when a public company has entered into a contract and subsequently becomes amalgamated with another public company, the new company which arises out of the amalgamation; or
(e) when the promoters of a public company have, before its incorporation, entered into contract for the purposes of the company, and the contract is warranted by the terms of the incorporation, the company.
For whom Contracts cannot be Specifically Enforced
Malay text (authoritative)
Siapa boleh mendapatkan pelaksanaan spesifik
Kecuali sebagaimana yang diperuntukkan selainnya oleh Bab ini, pelaksanaan spesifik sesuatu kontrak itu boleh didapati oleh—
(a) mana-mana pihak kepada kontrak itu;
(b) wakil berkepentingan, atau prinsipal kepada mana-mana pihak kepada kontrak itu: Dengan syarat bahawa, jika pembelajaran, kemahiran, kesolvenan, atau apa-apa kualiti peribadi pihak itu unsur material dalam kontrak itu, atau jika kontrak itu memperuntukkan bahawa kepentingan pihak itu tidak boleh diserahhakkan, wakilnya yang berkepentingan atau prinsipalnya tidak berhak kepada pelaksanaan spesifik kontrak itu, melainkan jika bahagian pihak itu dalam kontrak itu telah dilaksanakan;
(c) jika kontrak itu merupakan suatu penyelesaian tentang perkahwinan, atau suatu kompromi mengenai hak yang diragukan antara anggota keluarga yang sama, manamana orang yang berhak secara benefisial di bawahnya;
(d) apabila sesuatu syarikat awam telah membuat suatu kontrak dan kemudiannya disatukan dengan syarikat awam yang lain, syarikat baru yang muncul daripada penyatuan itu; atau
(e) apabila penaja sesuatu syarikat awam sebelum pemerbadanannya, telah membuat kontrak bagi maksud syarikat itu, dan kontrak itu dibenarkan oleh terma pemerbadanan, syarikat itu.
Bagi siapa Kontrak tidak boleh Dikuatkuasakan secara Spesifik
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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
