Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 s 30
Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 s 30
s 30 Direct payment from principal
(1) If a party against whom an adjudication decision was made fails to make payment of the adjudicated amount, the party who obtained the adjudication decision in his favour may make a written request for payment of the adjudicated amount direct from the principal of the party against whom the adjudication decision is made.
(2) Upon receipt of the written request under subsection (1), the principal shall serve a notice in writing on the party against whom the adjudication decision was made to show proof of payment and to state that direct payment would be made after the expiry of ten working days of the service of the notice.
(3) In the absence of proof of payment requested under subsection (2), the principal shall pay the adjudicated amount to the party who obtained the adjudication decision in his favour.
(4) The principal may recover the amount paid under subsection (3) as a debt or set off the same from any money due or payable by the principal to the party against whom the adjudication decision was made.
(5) This section shall only be invoked if money is due or payable by the principal to the party against whom the adjudication decision was made at the time of the receipt of the request under subsection (1).
Malay text (authoritative)
Pembayaran langsung daripada prinsipal
(1) Jika sesuatu pihak yang terhadapnya suatu keputusan adjudikasi dibuat tidak membayar amaun teradjudikasi itu, pihak yang memperoleh keputusan adjudikasi yang berpihak kepadanya boleh membuat suatu permintaan bertulis bagi bayaran amaun teradjudikasi itu secara langsung daripada prinsipal pihak yang terhadapnya keputusan adjudikasi dibuat.
(2) Apabila diterima permintaan bertulis di bawah subseksyen (1), prinsipal hendaklah menyampaikan suatu notis secara bertulis kepada pihak yang terhadapnya keputusan adjudikasi dibuat bagi
menunjukkan bukti pembayaran dan menyatakan bahawa bayaran langsung akan dibuat selepas tamat sepuluh hari bekerja daripada penyampaian notis itu.
(3) Jika tiada bukti pembayaran diminta di bawah subseksyen (2), prinsipal hendaklah membayar amaun teradjudikasi kepada pihak yang memperoleh keputusan adjudikasi yang berpihak kepadanya.
(4) Prinsipal boleh mendapatkan balik amaun yang dibayar di bawah subseksyen (3) sebagai hutang atau tolak amaun itu daripada apa-apa wang yang terhutang atau kena dibayar oleh prinsipal kepada pihak yang terhadapnya keputusan adjudikasi dibuat.
(5) Seksyen ini hanya boleh digunakan jika wang itu terhutang atau kena dibayar oleh prinsipal kepada pihak yang terhadapnya keputusan adjudikasi dibuat pada masa penerimaan permintaan di bawah subseksyen (1).
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).
