Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Act 2007 s 57
s 57 Awards of the Tribunal
(1) The Tribunal shall make its award without delay and, where practicable, within sixty days from the first day the hearing before the Tribunal commences.
(2) An award of the Tribunal under subsection (1) may require one or more of the following:
(a) that a party to the proceedings pay money to any other party;
(b) that money be awarded to compensate for any loss or damage suffered by the claimant;
(c) that costs to or against any party be paid;
(d) that interest be paid on any sum or monetary award at a rate not exceeding eight per centum per annum, unless it has been otherwise agreed between the parties;
(e) that the claim is dismissed.
(3) Nothing in paragraph (2)(d) or (e) shall be deemed to empower the Tribunal to award any damages for any non-pecuniary loss or damage.
(4) The Tribunal may at any time rectify or correct clerical mistake in any award or errors arising from any accidental slip or omission.
Malay text (authoritative)
Award Tribunal
(1) Tribunal hendaklah membuat awardnya tanpa kelengahan dan, jika dapat dilaksanakan, dalam masa enam puluh hari dari hari pertama pendengaran bermula di hadapan Tribunal.
(2) Sesuatu award Tribunal di bawah subseksyen (1) boleh menghendaki satu atau lebih daripada yang berikut:
(a) supaya suatu pihak kepada prosiding itu membayar wang kepada mana-mana pihak lain;
(b) supaya wang diawardkan untuk memampasi bagi apa-apa kerugian atau kerosakan yang ditanggung oleh orang yang menuntut;
(c) supaya kos untuk atau terhadap mana-mana pihak dibayar;
(d) supaya bunga dibayar atas apa-apa jumlah wang atau award kewangan pada kadar tidak melebihi lapan peratus setahun, melainkan jika telah dipersetujui selainnya antara pihak itu;
(e) supaya tuntutan itu ditolak.
(3) Tiada apa-apa jua dalam perenggan (2)(d) atau (e) boleh disifatkan memberi Tribunal kuasa untuk mengaward apa-apa ganti rugi bagi apa-apa kerugian atau kerosakan bukan wang.
(4) Tribunal boleh pada bila-bila masa membaiki atau membetulkan kesilapan taipan dalam apa-apa award atau ralat yang berbangkit daripada apaapa kesilapan atau peninggalan yang tidak disengajakan.
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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).
