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s 65 Civil jurisdiction of Sessions Courts
(1) Subject to the limitations contained in this Act, a Sessions Court shall have—
(a) unlimited jurisdiction to try all actions and suits of a civil nature in respect of motor vehicle accidents, landlord and tenant and distress;
(b) jurisdiction to try all other actions and suits of a civil nature where the amount in dispute or the value of the subject matter does not exceed one million ringgit; and
(c) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b), jurisdiction to try all actions and suits of a civil nature for the specific performance or rescission of contracts or
for cancellation or rectification of instruments, within the jurisdiction of the Sessions Court.
(2) (Deleted by Act A434).
(3) When the parties to an action or suit which, if the amount in dispute or value of the subject matter thereof did not exceed the limit of the jurisdiction, would be cognizable by a Sessions Court, have entered into an agreement in writing that the Sessions Court shall have jurisdiction to try the action or suit, the Sessions Court shall have jurisdiction to try the same, although the amount of the subject matter thereof may exceed the value limit of jurisdiction.
(4) Every such agreement shall be filed in the Sessions Court and, when it is so filed, the parties to it shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Sessions Court.
(5) A Sessions Court may, in respect of any action or suit within the jurisdiction of the Sessions Court, in any proceedings before it—
(a) grant an injunction; and
(b) make a declaration,
whether or not any other relief, redress or remedy is or could be claimed.
Malay text (authoritative)
Bidang kuasa sivil Mahkamah Sesyen
(1) Tertakluk kepada batasan yang terkandung dalam Akta ini, Mahkamah Sesyen hendaklah mempunyai—
(a) bidang kuasa yang tidak terhad untuk membicarakan segala tindakan dan guaman daripada jenis sivil berkenaan dengan kemalangan kenderaan motor, tuan tanah dan penyewa dan distres; dan
(b) bidang kuasa untuk membicarakan segala tindakan dan guaman lain daripada jenis sivil jika amaun yang dipertikaikan atau nilai hal perkara itu tidak melebihi dua ratus lima puluh ribu ringgit.
(2) (Dipotong oleh Akta A434).
(3) Apabila pihak-pihak kepada suatu tindakan atau guaman yang boleh diberi kognisans oleh Mahkamah Sesyen, jika amaun yang dipertikaikan atau nilai hal perkara itu tidak melebihi had bidang kuasa, telah membuat perjanjian bertulis bahawa Mahkamah Sesyen hendaklah mempunyai bidang kuasa untuk membicarakan tindakan atau guaman itu, Mahkamah Sesyen hendaklah mempunyai bidang kuasa untuk membicarakan tindakan atau guaman itu, walaupun amaun hal perkara itu mungkin melebihi had nilai bidang kuasa.
(4) Tiap-tiap perjanjian sedemikian hendaklah difailkan di Mahkamah Sesyen dan apabila perjanjian difailkan sedemikian, pihak-pihak kepadanya hendaklah tertakluk kepada bidang kuasa Mahkamah Sesyen.
Text as at 1 May 2013 (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).
