Evidence Act 1950 s 13

s 13 Facts relevant when right or custom is in question

Where the question is as to the existence of any right or custom the following facts are relevant: (a) any transaction by which the right or custom in question was created, claimed, modified, recognized, asserted or denied or which was inconsistent with its existence; (b) particular instances in which the right or custom was claimed, recognized or exercised or in which its exercise was disputed, asserted or departed from. ILLUSTRATION The question is whether A has a right to a fishery. A document conferring the fishery on A’s ancestors, a pledge of the fishery by A’s father, a subsequent grant of the fishery by A’s father irreconcilable with the pledge, particular instances in which A’s father exercised the right, or in which the exercise of the right was stopped by A’s neighbours, are relevant facts.

Malay text (authoritative)

Fakta yang berkaitan apabila hak atau adat dipersoalkan

Jika soalnya adalah tentang kewujudan apa-apa hak atau adat, fakta yang berikut adalah berkaitan: (a) apa-apa transaksi yang dengannya hak atau adat yang dipersoalkan itu telah diwujudkan, dituntut, diubahsuaikan, diiktiraf, ditegaskan atau dinafikan, atau yang tidak selaras dengan kewujudan hak atau adat itu; (b) hal-hal tertentu yang dalamnya hak atau adat itu telah dituntut, diiktiraf atau digunakan atau yang dalamnya penggunaan hak atau adat itu telah dipertikaikan, ditegaskan atau tidak diikuti. Soalnya adalah sama ada A mempunyai hak menangkap ikan. Suatu dokumen yang memberikan hak menangkap ikan itu kepada nenek moyang A, suatu ikrar ke atas hak menangkap ikan itu yang dibuat oleh bapa A, pemberian kemudiannya akan hak menangkap ikan itu oleh bapa A yang tidak selaras dengan ikrar itu, hal tertentu yang dalamnya bapa A telah menggunakan hak itu, atau yang dalamnya penggunaan hak itu telah dihentikan oleh jiran A, ialah fakta berkaitan.

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Text as at 1 May 2017 (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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