Married Women and Children (Enforcement of Maintenance) Act 1968 s 8
Married Women and Children (Enforcement of Maintenance) Act 1968 s 8
s 8 Additional powers of court in attachment of earnings order proceedings
(1) Where proceedings relating to an attachment of earnings order are brought in any court, the court may either before or at the hearing—
(a) order the defendant to give to the court, within such period as may be specified by the order, a statement signed by him of—
(i) the name and address of his employer, or of each of his employers if he has more than one;
(ii) such particulars as to the defendant’s earnings as may be so specified; and
(iii) such prescribed particulars as may be so specified for the purpose of enabling the defendant to be identified by his employer; and
(b) order any person appearing to the court to be an employer of the defendant to give to the court, within such period as may be specified by the order, a statement signed by him or on his behalf of such particulars as may be specified by the order, of all earnings of the defendant which are to be paid by that person during such period as may be so specified.
(2) A document purporting to be such a statement as is mentioned in subsection (1) shall, in any such proceedings as are so mentioned, be received in evidence and be deemed to be such a statement without further proof unless the contrary is shown.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kuasa tambahan mahkamah dalam prosiding perintah penahanan pendapatan
(1) Jika prosiding yang berhubungan dengan suatu perintah penahanan pendapatan dibawa dalam mana-mana mahkamah, mahkamah itu boleh sama ada sebelum atau pada pendengaran itu—
(a) memerintahkan supaya defendan memberi mahkamah, dalam tempoh yang dinyatakan oleh perintah itu, suatu pernyataan yang ditandatanganinya mengenai—
(i) nama dan alamat majikannya, atau setiap majikannya jika dia mempunyai lebih daripada seorang majikan;
(ii) apa-apa butir tentang pendapatan defendan sebagaimana yang dinyatakan itu; dan
(iii) apa-apa butir yang ditetapkan yang dinyatakan sedemikian bagi maksud membolehkan defendan dikenal pasti oleh majikannya; dan
(b) memerintahkan supaya mana-mana orang yang ternyata kepada mahkamah ialah majikan defendan memberi mahkamah, dalam apa-apa tempoh yang dinyatakan oleh perintah itu, suatu pernyataan yang ditandatanganinya atau bagi pihaknya tentang apa-apa butir yang dinyatakan oleh perintah itu, mengenai semua pendapatan defendan yang kena dibayar oleh orang itu dalam apa-apa tempoh yang dinyatakan sedemikian dalam perintah itu.
(2) Suatu dokumen yang berupa sebagai suatu pernyataan yang disebut dalam subseksyen (1) hendaklah, dalam mana-mana prosiding yang disebut sedemikian, diterima sebagai keterangan dan disifatkan sebagai suatu pernyataan sedemikian tanpa apa-apa bukti lanjut melainkan jika ditunjukkan sebaliknya.
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).
