Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Act 2007 s 50
s 50 Exclusion of jurisdiction of court
(1) Where a claim is lodged with the Tribunal and the claim is within the Tribunal’s jurisdiction, the issues in dispute in that claim, whether as shown in the initial claim or as emerging in the course of the hearing, shall not be the subject of proceedings between the same parties in any court unless—
(a) the proceedings before the court were commenced before the claim was lodged with the Tribunal; or
(b) the claim before the Tribunal is withdrawn, abandoned or struck out.
(2) Where paragraph (1)(a) applies, the issues in dispute in the claim to which those proceedings relate, whether as shown in the initial claim or emerging in the course of the hearing, shall not be the subject of proceedings between the same parties before the Tribunal unless the claim before the court is withdrawn, abandoned or struck out.
Malay text (authoritative)
Penyingkiran bidang kuasa mahkamah
(1) Jika sesuatu tuntutan dikemukakan kepada Tribunal dan tuntutan itu berada dalam bidang kuasa Tribunal, isu yang dipertikaikan dalam tuntutan itu, sama ada sebagaimana yang ditunjukkan dalam tuntutan yang mula-mula atau muncul semasa pendengaran, tidak boleh menjadi perkara dalam prosiding antara pihak yang sama dalam mana-mana mahkamah melainkan jika—
(a) prosiding di hadapan mahkamah itu telah dimulakan sebelum tuntutan itu dikemukakan kepada Tribunal; atau
(b) tuntutan di hadapan Tribunal telah ditarik balik, ditinggalkan atau dibatalkan.
(2) Jika perenggan (1)(a) terpakai, isu yang dipertikaikan dalam tuntutan yang dimaksudkan oleh prosiding itu, sama ada sebagaimana yang ditunjukkan dalam tuntutan yang mula-mula atau muncul semasa pendengaran, tidak boleh menjadi perkara dalam prosiding antara pihak yang sama di hadapan Tribunal melainkan jika tuntutan di hadapan mahkamah telah ditarik balik, ditinggalkan atau dibatalkan.
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Text as at 1 November 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).
