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s 26 Stay of proceedings upon making of application for legal aid
(1) Where litigation has been instituted and any party makes an application for legal aid under this Act the Director General shall, as soon as practicable after the application is made, notify the other party or each of the other parties, and file in the court in which the litigation is pending a memorandum of such notification and no fee shall be charged in respect of the filing of the memorandum.
(2) Where any memorandum is so filed, then, unless otherwise ordered by a judge of the court in which the litigation is pending, all proceedings in the litigation shall, by virtue of this section be stayed for a period of fourteen days, and during such period (unless otherwise ordered by any such judge) time fixed by or under any written law or by or under any rules of court, regulations or otherwise for the doing of any act or the taking of any step in the proceedings shall not run:
Provided, however—
(a) that the filing of the memorandum shall not operate to prevent the making of—
(i) an interlocutory order for an injunction or for the appointment of a receiver or manager or receiver and manager;
(ii) an order to prevent the lapse of a caveat against dealings with land; or
(iii) any other order which, in the opinion of a judge of the court in which the litigation is pending is necessary to prevent an irremediable injustice;
(b) that, unless otherwise ordered by a judge of the court in which the litigation is pending, the filing of the memorandum shall not operate to prevent the institution or continuance of proceedings to obtain, enforce or otherwise
carry into effect any such order as is mentioned in paragraph
(a) of this proviso or a decree to the like effect.
(3) The time during which proceedings are stayed by virtue of this section may be reduced or extended by order of a judge of the court in which the litigation is pending.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Jika guaman telah di-mulakan dan mana? pehak Pempermohonan bantuan guaman di-bawah Akta ini bicharaan di-gantong apabila boleh sa-lepas permohonan itu di-buat, memberitahu pehak permohonar bantuar menunggu pertimbangan suatu memorandam mengenaï pemberitahu itu dan tiada apa2 bayaran boleh dı-kenakan rub•AAN88/03 berkenaan dengan memfail memorandam itu.
(2) Jika sa-suatu memorandam di-failkan sa-demikian maka, melainkan jıka sa-lain-nya di-perentah oleh sa-orang hakim bagi mahkamah di-mana guaman itu menunggu pertimbangan, segala pembicharaan mengenaï guaman itu hendak-lan, menurut sekshen in1, di-gantong sa-lama tempoh empat belas hari, dan dalam tempoh itu (melainkan jika sa-lain-nya di-perentah oleh mana? hakim tersebut) pereorag a lantl ag mdlk tkan yaer gangiua mari mengambil apa2 langkah dalam pembicharaan itu tidak-lah berjalan: Dengan sharat, bagaimana pun—
(a) pemfailan memorandam itu tidak berkuatkuasa melarang daripada di-buat—
(i) suatu perentah sambilan untok menegah atau untok melantek sa-orang penerima atau pengurus atau penerima dan pengurus; atau 1) suatu perentah melarang keluputan sa-suat aveat terhadap urusan mengenaï tanah: ata i11) apa2 perentah lain yang, pada pendapa akim bagi mahkamah di-mana guaman it
[Bhg. IV, S. 26-28] menunggu pertimbangan, perlu untok menglak tidak aapatdiaman yang tidak adil dan Rayuan2 oleh orang2 yang dı- bantu. sub-bay A4578 Kaedah2 mahkamab. tu tidak boleh berkuatkuasa melarang daripad li-mulakan atau di-teruskan pembicharaan unto Karengaa perentm sharat ini aisu sa-atu dikri yang bermaksud demikian itu.
(3) Tempoh lama-nıya pembicharaan di-gantong di-bawah sekshen ini boleh di-kurangkan atau di-lanjutkan dengan perentah sa-saorang hakim bagi mahkamah di-mana guaman menunggu pertimbangan.
Text as at 1 November 2013 (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).
