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Go Forth and Conquer Apr-June 2013 www.malaysianbar.org.my Chronicle of the Malaysian Bar Go Forth and Conquer PLUS MB Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 Federal Court Lifts Bankrupts’ Burden Drumming the Point In In collaboration with For Malaysian Bar circulation only HOND-1211-001-CRA-020•Praxis.indd 1 18/03/13 3:50 PM Contents Contents PRAXIS CHRONICLE OF THE MALAYSIAN BAR President’s Message Editorial Features/Articles 6 The Extent of the Applicability of a Restriction in Interest to the Devolution Process for Immovable Properties 14 CPD Matters BAR COUNCIL MALAYSIA 16 Citation for Peter Mooney, Recipient of the Malaysian Bar Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 BAR COUNCIL 15 Leboh Pasar Besar 18 Opening Speech by Lim Chee Wee, President, Malaysian Bar, 50050 Kuala Lumpur Tel No: (603) 2050 2050 at the Seminar Entitled “The Struggles of the Orang Asli Fax No: (603) 2026 1313 / (603) 2034 2825 / (603) 2072 5818 Email: [email protected] and Other Minorities in Malaysia” Website: http://www.malaysianbar.org.my 20 Human Writes: Climate Change MEMBERS OF BAR COUNCIL MALAYSIA 2012/2013 24 Cross Border Transaction in Islamic Finance: Standardisation President: Christopher Leong Does Matter Vice-President: Steven Thiru Secretary: Richard Wee Thiam Seng 28 Federal Court Lifts Bankrupts’ Burden Treasurer: Karen Cheah Yee Lynn Events Abdul Fareed Abdul Gafoor | Abdullah Hamzah | Abdullah Johari Hamzah | Ahmad Zaini b Samsudin Amar Jit Singh s/o Jarnail Singh | Amirruddin Abu Bakar | Andrew Khoo Chin Hock 30 Forum Terbuka “Towards a Safer Malaysia” Burhanudeen Abdul Waheed | Desmond Ho Chee Cheong | Dipendra Harshad Rai | George Varughese Gnasegaran Egamparam | Hendon Mohamed | Hon Kai Ping | Indran V Kumaraguru 32 67th Annual General Meeting of the Malaysian Bar K Mohan K Kumaran | Kenny Lai Choe Ken | Kuthubul Zaman Bukhari | Lim Chee Wee Low Beng Choo | Mukhtar Abdullah | Norazham Yahaya | Puspanathan Sellam 34 Malaysian Bar Annual Dinner and Dance 2013 Rajpal Singh Mukhtiar Singh | Ramli Shariff | Ravi Nekoo | Ravinder Singh Dhalliwal S Gunasegaran | Sulaiman Abdullah | Syahredzan Johan | Tony Woon Yeow Thong | Vishnu Kumar 38 Red Carpet Vivekanandan Periasamy | Yasmeen Shariff 40 Bar Council Professional Standards & Development Committee EDITORIAL BOARD 2013 Events Bar Council LexisNexis Syamsuriatina Ishak & Raphael Tay Ivan Yap Min Kee – Associate Director, Lifestyle – Editors-in-Chief Contract Publishing Chua Ai Lin – Senior Editor Annie Yeoh – Associate Editor 42 Advertorial – Vega Residensi 1 Joe Chin – Editor Chandranie – Editor Nishta Jiwa & Sangheetha Kuppusamy Ryan Yee – Design & Production 44 Advertorial – Peugeot 408 – Marketing & Advertising Hasnizam Mohamad – Marketing & Advertising Aston Paiva, David Mathew, Janet Chai, 46 Susan Joseph & Selva Balan Sinnan — Drumming the Point In KS Shasha & Noor Arianti Osman – Editing Team 50 Advertorial – Car Review: Pajero Sport VGT Sports State Bar News LEXISNEXIS MALAYSIA SDN BHD By the Way ... 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However, Bar Council Malaysia reserves the right not to publish or to edit those published for content, clarity, style and space considerations. Contributions and enquiries may be directed to [email protected]. Circulation: 15,000 Printed in Malaysia by Vivar Printing Sdn Bhd (125107-D) Cover photo credit: Lot 25 & 27 Rawang Integrated industrial Park Vilashini Vijayan 48000 Rawang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia Tel: (603) 6092 7818, Fax: (603) 6092 8230 PRAXIS APR-JUNE 2013 1 President’s Message The Bar Continues to Forge Ahead Dear fellow Members of the bodies, diplomatic Malaysian Bar, corps, members of the public, our brothers It has been about two months and sisters in the Sabah now since I began my tenure as Law Association and President of the Malaysian Bar. I Advocates’ Association of am humbled by and yet proud of Sarawak, and our friends this honour and privilege granted in the various other to me to serve the Malaysian Bar. national and international bar associations and law In the relatively short period since societies. I assumed office we have had to deal with matters internal to the It is important that Bar as well as address issues of we continue with public interest. I am mindful of such engagement and the many challenges that we cooperation to achieve face and the responsibilities of common objectives this office and of the Malaysian and goals for the Bar. These are responsibilities furtherance of the rule and challenges that I readily of law, administration take on, and which we, as the of justice, and good Malaysian Bar, should by now governance. In building be accustomed to undertaking relationships, it is normal and facing. In this regard, I am to encounter differences reminded of the citation by the and disagreements. While United Nations for the Malaysian such disagreements may sometimes be in Bar, for the United Nations Malaysia We have a proud tradition of being a strong terms, and harsh words exchanged, “Organization of the Year 2012” Award strong and independent Bar. Our strength this must not be seen to negate the value on 24 Oct 2012, as follows: and independence do not arise from any of that relationship, the importance of physical attribute or numerical advantage, continuing engagement and cooperation, Throughout its 66-year existence, the but rather from an indomitable will, and of building upon commonalities. In Malaysian Bar has admirably fulfilled steadfast belief in the rule of law, and the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “Honest its role as guardian of the rule of law, our unhesitating response to a call to disagreement is often a good sign of and defender of human rights and duty. The strength and standing of the progress.” the public interest, in Malaysia. The Bar in Malaysia today are testament to Malaysian public has come to know the efforts of so many of our Members In this first message from me in Praxis, I it and look towards it for guidance on who have served on the Bar Council and wish to report on a few events as follows: what the law is, what the law should its committees, to the tireless work of our be, and what the law must never be. Secretariat staff, to the general support Events in Lahad Datu of Members for our initiatives, and to the As a statutory body set up under leadership of our previous Presidents. Earlier this year, on or about 9 Feb 2013, the Legal Profession Act 1976, the violence erupted in Sabah when there was Malaysian Bar is tasked to “uphold the The work of the Malaysian Bar is also an armed intrusion by foreign elements in cause of justice without regard to its enhanced by the mutual engagement and the areas of Lahad Datu and Semporna. own interests or that of its Members, cooperation with the Judiciary, Attorney The armed intruders were reported to be uninfluenced by fear or favour”, General’s Chambers, enforcement followers of the self-styled Sulu Sultan and to “protect and assist the public agencies such as the Royal Malaysia Jamalul Kiram III. The group ultimately in all matters touching ancillary or Police and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption numbered over 230 persons. incidental to the law”. The Malaysian Commission, Government and its various Bar has been exemplary in discharging ministries, Parliament, non-governmental A standoff ensued up until early March its responsibilities. organisations, various other professional 2013, when the Malaysian authorities 2 PRAXIS APR-JUNE 2013 President’s Message launched an assault to eject the intruders. roll. While I will not comment on the Continuing Professional Development Ten members of our security forces (eight merits of any cases filed, such cases bring police officers and two soldiers) were killed to the fore the problem created by section The upcoming term will also see in the course of duty. The Malaysian Bar 9A of the Elections Act 1958, which continuing efforts to raise standards at is deeply saddened by their deaths, and prohibits judicial scrutiny of the gazetted the Bar. The two-day Advocacy Training salutes our fallen heroes who have paid the electoral roll. Section 9A was introduced Course continues to be popular under the highest price in defence of our nation and as a reaction to the High Court’s 2001 capable management of Brendan Navin territory.
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