Specific Relief Act Malaysia

Common law case law for all matters related to tenancy.

Specific relief act malaysia. Specific relief 7 laws of malaysia act 137 specific relief act 1950 an act relating to specific relief. However the section is not an exclusive right of a claimant because the court is given a discretionary power to award this remedy. Section 65 1 of the subordinate courts act 1948 gives jurisdiction to a sessions court to resolve civil disputes between the landlord and tenant. Percetakan nasional malaysia berhad for the purposes of section 61 of the interpretation acts 1948 and 1967.

Malacca penang sabah and sarawak 1 july 1974 act a238 parti. This act may be called the specific relief act 1877. Abstract in malaysia a remedy of specific performance is governed by the specific relief act 1950. Short title extent and commencement 1 this act may be called the specific relief act.

4 the specific relief act 1963 act no. Part ii cite specific relief chapter i cite recovering possession of property. Specific relief act 1950 act 137 table of contents. Specific relief act 1950 landlords are prohibited from evicting the tenant change the locks etc without a court order.

Section 7 of the specific relief act 1950 requires a landlord to obtain a court order before he can recover possession of the property from a tenant. Be it enacted by parliament in the fourteenth year of the republic of india as follow part i preliminary 1. 2 it extends to the whole of pakistan. Legislation from this website is not a copy of the gazette printed by the government printer percetakan nasional malaysia berhad for the purposes of section 61 of the interpretation acts 1948 and 1967 act 388 and does not constitute prima facie evidence of the contents of the gazette by virtue of the section.

Relief not granted to enforce penal law specific relief cannot be granted for the mere purpose of enforcing a penal law. Section 11 of the specific relief act 1950 does provide the cases which specific performance may be granted. 47 of 1963 13th december 1963 an act to define and amend the law relating to certain kinds of specific relief. It is hereby enacted as follows.

Unannotated statutes of malaysia principal acts specific relief act 1950 act 137 specific relief act 1950 act 137 6 relief not granted to enforce penal law 6. Part i preliminary 1. 10 laws of malaysia act359 in which a principal being a private person is liable for any wrongful act done or any neglect or default committed by his agent and for the purposes of this section and without prejudice to the generality thereof any public officer acting or purporting in good faith to be acting in pursuance of a duty imposed by law shall be deemed to be the agent of and to be acting under the instructions of the government.