Anti-Sexual Harassment Act 2022 s 8
s 8 Exclusion of jurisdiction of court
(1) Where a complaint of sexual harassment is lodged by any person to the Tribunal, the issues in dispute in that complaint of sexual harassment, whether as shown in the initial complaint 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 complaint of sexual harassment was lodged with the Tribunal;
(b) the complaint of sexual harassment involves any conduct constituting a crime under the provisions of any written law; or
(c) the complaint of sexual harassment before the Tribunal is withdrawn or struck out.
(2) Where paragraph (1)(a) applies, the issues in dispute in the claim of sexual harassment 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of proceedings between the same parties before the Tribunal unless the claim of sexual harassment before the court is withdrawn or struck out.
Malay text (authoritative)
Pengecualian bidang kuasa mahkamah
(1) Jika suatu aduan gangguan seksual dibuat oleh mana-mana orang kepada Tribunal, isu yang dipertikaikan dalam aduan gangguan seksual itu, sama ada sebagaimana yang ditunjukkan dalam aduan yang mula-mula atau yang timbul dalam penjalanan pendengaran, tidak boleh menjadi perkara prosiding antara pihak yang sama dalam mana-mana mahkamah melainkan jika—
(a) prosiding di hadapan mahkamah telah dimulakan sebelum aduan gangguan seksual itu dibuat kepada Tribunal;
(b) aduan gangguan seksual itu melibatkan apa-apa kelakuan yang menjadi suatu jenayah di bawah peruntukan mana-mana undang-undang bertulis; atau
(c) aduan gangguan seksual di hadapan Tribunal itu ditarik balik atau dibatalkan.
(2) Jika perenggan (1)(a) terpakai, isu yang dipertikaikan dalam tuntutan gangguan seksual yang kepadanya prosiding itu berkaitan, sama ada sebagaimana yang ditunjukkan dalam tuntutan yang mula-mula atau yang timbul dalam penjalanan pendengaran, tidak boleh menjadi perkara prosiding antara pihak yang sama di hadapan Tribunal melainkan jika tuntutan gangguan seksual di hadapan mahkamah itu ditarik balik atau dibatalkan.
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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).
