s 167 Service of process in maintenance proceedings
(1) Any process to be served on an officer or serviceman of the regular forces (hereinafter referred to as “the defendant”) in connection with proceedings for any such order of a civil court in Malaysia as is mentioned in subsection 164(1), or for the variation, revocation or revival of such an order, shall be deemed to be duly served on him if served either on him or his commanding officer and may, without prejudice to any other method of service, be so served by registered post.
(2) Where any such process as is mentioned in subsection (1) is served in Malaysia and the defendant will be required to appear in person at the hearing, then if his commanding officer certifies to the civil court by which the process was issued that the defendant is under orders for active service or (where the defendant is an officer or rating of the Navy) is under orders for service on a foreign station (that is to say, service based on a port outside Malaysia) and that in the commanding officer’s opinion it would not be possible for the defendant to attend the hearing and return in time to embark for that service, the service of the process shall be deemed not to have been effected.
Malay text (authoritative)
Penyampaian proses dalam prosiding nafkah
(1) Apa-apa proses yang kena disampaikan kepada seseorang pegawai atau askar-lasykar angkatan tetap (kemudian daripada ini disebut “defendan”) berkaitan dengan prosiding bagi apa-apa perintah mahkamah awam di Malaysia sebagaimana yang disebut dalam subseksyen 164(1), atau bagi mengubah, membatalkan atau menghidupkan semula sesuatu perintah itu, hendaklah disifatkan telah disampaikan dengan sewajarnya kepadanya jika telah disampaikan
kepadanya atau pegawai memerintahnya dan, dengan tidak menyentuh apa-apa kaedah penyampaian yang lain, boleh disampaikan sedemikian melalui pos berdaftar.
(2) Jika apa-apa proses itu sebagaimana yang disebut dalam subseksyen (1) disampaikan di Malaysia dan defendan itu dikehendaki hadir sendiri pada pendengaran itu, maka jika pegawai memerintahnya memperakui kepada mahkamah awam yang mengeluarkan proses itu bahawa defendan itu diperintahkan untuk berkhidmat dalam perkhidmatan giat atau (jika defendan itu seorang pegawai atau lasykar dalam Tentera Laut) diperintahkan untuk berkhidmat di stesen luar negeri (iaitu, perkhidmatan yang bertempat di suatu pelabuhan di luar Malaysia) dan bahawa pegawai memerintah itu berpendapat defendan itu tidak boleh menghadiri pendengaran itu dan pulang dalam masa untuk memulakan perkhidmatan itu, maka penyampaian proses itu hendaklah disifatkan telah tidak dilaksanakan.
Text as at 15 July 2022 (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).
