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Debtors Act 1957 s 5

Debtors Act 1957 s 5

s 5 Power of court to order discharge of debtor

(1) If at any time it appears to the satisfaction of a court that any debtor arrested or confined in prison by order of the court is unable from any cause to pay any sum recovered against him (whether by way of satisfaction of a claim or counterclaim or by way of costs or otherwise), or any instalment thereof, and ought to be discharged, the court may order his discharge upon such terms (including liability to re-arrest if the terms are not complied with) as the court thinks fit. (2) Where an order of commitment issued by one court has been sent to another court for execution, that other court shall have the same power as the court in which the order of commitment was made of ordering the discharge of the debtor under this section.

Malay text (authoritative)

Kuasa mahkamah memerintahkan supaya penghutang dilepaskan

(1) Jika pada bila-bila masa adalah didapati dengan memuaskan hati mahkamah bahawa mana-mana penghutang yang ditangkap atau dikurung dalam penjara menurut perintah mahkamah tidak mampu kerana apa-apa sebab membayar mana-mana jumlah wang yang didapatkan kembali daripadanya (sama ada dengan cara penyelesaian tuntutan atau tuntutan balas atau dengan cara kos atau selainnya), atau apa-apa ansurannya, dan patut dilepaskan, mahkamah boleh memerintahkan supaya dia dilepaskan menurut apa-apa terma Penghutang (termasuk liabiliti untuk ditangkap semula jika terma-terma itu tidak dipatuhi) sebagaimana difikirkan patut oleh mahkamah. (2) Jika perintah pemenjaraan yang dikeluarkan oleh satu mahkamah telah dihantar ke mahkamah lain bagi pelaksanaan, mahkamah lain itu adalah mempunyai kuasa sama ada sebagaimana mahkamah yang mana perintah pemenjaraan itu dibuat bagi memerintahkan supaya penghutang itu dilepaskan di bawah seksyen ini.

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Find Act 256 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

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).

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