Bintulu Port Authority Act 1981 s 42
s 42 Power of High Court to consolidate claims
Where any liability is alleged to have been incurred by the Authority in respect of loss of life, personal injury or loss of or damage to vessels, trains, vehicles, animals, goods or other things whatsoever, and several claims are made or apprehended in respect of that liability, then the Authority may apply to the High Court, and that Court may determine the amount of the Authority’s liability and may distribute that amount rateably among the several claimants, and may stay any proceedings pending in any other court in relation to the same matter, and may proceed in such manner and subject to such rules as to making persons interested parties to the proceedings, and as to the exclusion of any claimants who do not come in within a certain time, and as to requiring security from the Authority, and as to payment of any costs as the Court thinks just.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kuasa Mahkamah Tinggi menyatukan tuntutan
Jika apa-apa jua tanggungan dikatakan tertanggung pada Lembaga mengenai kehilangan nyawa, bencana diri atau kehilangan atau kerosakan pada vesel, kereta api, kereta, binatang, barang-barang atau apa-apa jua benda lain, dan beberapa tuntutan dibuat atau dijangka mengenai tanggungan itu, maka Lembaga boleh memohon kepada Mahkamah Tinggi, dan Mahkamah itu boleh menentukan amaun tanggungan Lembaga dan boleh membahagikan amaun itu mengikut kadarnya antara beberapa orang pihak menuntut, dan boleh menggantung apa-apa jua pembicaraan yang belum selesai dalam mana-mana mahkamah lain berhubung dengan perkara yang sama, dan boleh meneruskan, dengan apa-apa cara dan tertakluk kepada apa-apa kaedah, mengenai menjadikan orang yang berkepentingan sebagai pihak dalam perbicaraan itu, dan tidak memasukkan mana-mana pihak menuntut yang tidak menjadi pihak dalam masa tertentu, dan menghendaki sekuriti daripada Lembaga, dan mengenai pembayaran apa-apa kos yang difikirkan patut oleh Mahkamah.
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Text as at 1 July 2015 (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).
