← Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act 1958

Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act 1958 s 5

s 5 Cases in which registered judgments must, or may, be set aside

(1) On an application in that behalf duly made by any party against whom a registered judgment may be enforced, the registration of the judgment— (a) shall be set aside if the registering court is satisfied— (i) that the judgment is not a judgment to which this Part applies or was registered in contravention of this Act; (ii) that the courts of the country of the original court had no jurisdiction in the circumstances of the case; (iii) that the judgment debtor, being the defendant in the proceedings in the original court, did not (notwithstanding that process may have been duly served on him in accordance with the law of the country of the original court) receive notice of those proceedings in sufficient time to enable him to defend the proceedings and did not appear; (iv) that the judgment was obtained by fraud; (v) that the enforcement of the judgment would be contrary to public policy in Malaysia; or (vi) that the rights under the judgment are not vested in the person by whom the application for registration was made; and (b) may be set aside if the registering court is satisfied that the matter in dispute in the proceedings in the original court had previously to the date of the judgment in the original court been the subject of a final and conclusive judgment by a court having jurisdiction in the matter. (2) For the purposes of this section the courts of the country of the original court shall, subject to subsection (3), be deemed to have had jurisdiction— (a) in the case of a judgment given in an action in personam— (i) if the judgment debtor, being a defendant in the original court, submitted to the jurisdiction of that court by voluntarily appearing in the proceedings otherwise than for the purpose of protecting, or obtaining the release of, property seized, or threatened with seizure, in the proceedings or of contesting the jurisdiction of that court; (ii) if the judgment debtor was plaintiff in, or counterclaimed in, the proceedings in the original court; (iii) if the judgment debtor, being a defendant in the original court, had before the commencement of the proceedings agreed, in respect of the subject matter of the proceedings to submit to the jurisdiction of that court or of the courts of the country of that court; (iv) if the judgment debtor, being a defendant in the original court, was at the time when the proceedings were instituted resident in, or being a body corporate had its principal place of business in, the country of that court; or (v) if the judgment debtor, being a defendant in the original court, had an office or place of business in the country of that court and the proceedings in that court were in respect of a transaction effected through or at that office or place; (b) in the case of a judgment given in an action of which the subject matter was immovable property or in an action in rem of which the subject matter was movable property, if the property in question was at the time of the proceedings in the original court situate in the country of that court; and (c) in the case of a judgment given in an action other than any such action as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), if the jurisdiction of the original court is recognized by the law of Malaysia. (3) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2), the courts of the country of the original court shall not be deemed to have had jurisdiction— (a) if the subject matter of the proceedings was immovable property outside the country of the original court; (b) except in the cases mentioned in subparagraph (2)(a)(i), (ii), (iii) and paragraph (c), if the bringing of the proceedings in the original court was contrary to an agreement under which the dispute in question was to be settled otherwise than by proceedings in the courts of the country of that court; or (c) if the judgment debtor, being a defendant in the original proceedings, was a person who under the rules of public international law was entitled to immunity from the jurisdiction of the courts of the country of the original court and did not submit to the jurisdiction of that court.

Malay text (authoritative)

Kes yang penghakiman berdaftar mesti, atau boleh, diketepikan

(1) Apabila permohonan yang bermaksud demikian dibuat dengan sewajarnya oleh mana-mana pihak yang terhadapnya penghakiman berdaftar boleh dikuatkuasakan, pendaftaran penghakiman itu— (a) hendaklah diketepikan jika mahkamah yang mendaftar berpuas hati— (i) bahawa penghakiman itu bukan suatu penghakiman yang baginya Bahagian ini terpakai atau telah didaftarkan berlanggaran dengan Akta ini; (ii) bahawa mahkamah negara mahkamah asal tidak mempunyai bidang kuasa dalam hal keadaan kes itu; (iii) bahawa penghutang penghakiman, sebagai defendan dalam prosiding di mahkamah asal, tidak (walaupun proses itu mungkin telah disampaikan dengan sewajarnya kepadanya mengikut undang-undang negara mahkamah asal) menerima notis prosiding itu dalam masa yang mencukupi untuk membolehkannya membela prosiding itu dan telah tidak hadir; (iv) bahawa penghakiman itu telah diperoleh secara fraud; (v) bahawa penguatkuasaan penghakiman itu akan bertentangan dengan polisi awam di Malaysia; atau (vi) bahawa hak di bawah penghakiman itu tidak terletak hak pada orang yang olehnya permohonan bagi pendaftaran itu dibuat; dan (b) boleh diketepikan jika mahkamah yang mendaftar berpuas hati bahawa perkara yang dipertikaikan dalam prosiding di mahkamah asal, sebelum dari tarikh penghakiman di mahkamah asal, telah diputuskan sebagai penghakiman muktamad dan konklusif oleh mahkamah yang mempunyai bidang kuasa dalam perkara itu. (2) Bagi maksud seksyen ini, mahkamah negara mahkamah asal hendaklah, tertakluk kepada subseksyen (3), disifatkan mempunyai bidang kuasa— (a) dalam hal penghakiman yang diberikan dalam suatu tindakan in personam— (i) jika penghutang penghakiman, sebagai defendan di mahkamah asal, patuh kepada bidang kuasa mahkamah itu dengan secara sengaja hadir dalam prosiding itu bagi apa-apa maksud melainkan bagi maksud melindungi, atau mendapat pelepasan, harta yang disita, atau diancam dengan penyitaan, dalam prosiding itu atau bagi mempertikaikan bidang kuasa mahkamah itu; (ii) jika penghutang penghakiman ialah plaintif dalam, atau membuat tuntutan balas dalam, prosiding dalam mahkamah asal; (iii) jika penghutang penghakiman, sebagai defendan di mahkamah asal, sebelum prosiding dimulakan telah bersetuju, berkenaan dengan hal perkara prosiding itu, untuk patuh kepada bidang kuasa mahkamah itu atau mahkamah negara mahkamah itu; (iv) jika penghutang penghakiman, sebagai defendan di mahkamah asal, pada masa prosiding itu dimulakan bermastautin, atau sebagai suatu pertubuhan perbadanan, mempunyai tempat utama perniagaannya, dalam negara mahkamah itu; atau (v) jika penghutang penghakiman, sebagai defendan di mahkamah asal, mempunyai pejabat atau tempat perniagaan dalam negara mahkamah itu dan prosiding dalam mahkamah itu berkenaan dengan transaksi yang dibuat melalui atau di pejabat atau tempat itu; (b) dalam hal suatu penghakiman yang diberikan dalam suatu tindakan yang hal perkaranya ialah harta tak alih atau dalam suatu tindakan in rem yang hal perkaranya ialah harta alih, jika harta yang berkenaan pada masa prosiding dalam mahkamah asal itu terletak dalam negara mahkamah itu; dan (c) dalam hal suatu penghakiman yang diberikan dalam tindakan, selain mana-mana tindakan yang disebut dalam perenggan (a) atau (b), jika bidang kuasa mahkamah asal itu diiktiraf oleh undang-undang Malaysia. (3) Walau apa pun apa-apa jua dalam subseksyen (2) mahkamah negara mahkamah asal tidak disifatkan mempunyai bidang kuasa— (a) jika hal perkara prosiding itu ialah harta tak alih yang berada di luar negara mahkamah asal; (b) kecuali dalam hal yang disebut dalam subperenggan (2)(a)(i), (ii) dan (iii) dan perenggan (c), jika pembawaan prosiding dalam mahkamah asal berlawanan dengan perjanjian yang di bawahnya pertikaian berkenaan kena diselesaikan selain melalui prosiding dalam mahkamah negara mahkamah itu; atau (c) jika penghutang penghakiman, sebagai defendan dalam prosiding asal, ialah seorang yang di bawah kaedah-kaedah undang-undang antarabangsa awam berhak mendapat kekebalan daripada bidang kuasa mahkamah negara mahkamah asal dan dia tidak patuh kepada bidang kuasa mahkamah itu.

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (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).

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