A contract in writing may be first rectified and then, if the plaintiff has so prayed in his plaint and the court thinks fit, specifically enforced.
A contracts in writing to pay his solicitor, B, a fixed sum in lieu of costs. The contract contains mistakes as to the name and rights of the client, which, if construed strictly, would exclude B from all rights under it. B is entitled, if the court thinks fit, to have it rectified, and to an order for payment of the sum, as if at the time of its execution it had expressed the intention of the parties.
Malay text (authoritative)
Penguatkuasaan spesifik kontrak yang dibetulkan
Sesuatu kontrak bertulis boleh pada mulanya dibetulkan dan kemudiannya, jika plaintif telah memohon sedemikian dalam plaintnya dan mahkamah fikirkan patut, dikuatkuasakan secara spesifik.
A berkontrak secara bertulis untuk membayar peguam caranya, B, suatu jumlah wang yang tetap sebagai ganti kos. Kontrak itu mengandungi kesilapan mengenai nama dan hak klien itu, yang, jika ditafsirkan dengan ketat, B akan hilang semua hak di bawah kontrak itu. B adalah berhak, jika mahkamah fikirkan patut, untuk membetulkan kontrak itu, dan kepada suatu perintah bagi pembayaran jumlah wang itu, seolah-olah pada masa penyempurnaan kontrak itu ia telah menyatakan niat pihak itu.
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).
