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Bid to make tribunal function more effectively

15/09/2003 The Star

Kuala Klawang: The Government is studying various ways to incorporate the "retrospective effect" in the housing tribunal to enable it to function more effectively, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.

"It is too easy for many quarters to blame the Act originators such as the Attorney-General and drafters of the law over a recent furore pertaining to the housing tribunal.

"But one must understand that the interpretation of the law can go one way or the other in court," he said here yesterday.

Early this month, Justice Datuk Md Raus Sharif allowed an application by Puncakdana Sdn Bhd and Westcourt Corp Sdn Bhd to seek judicial review against the awards given by the tribunal in favour of six house buyers who claimed damages for late delivery of their houses and failure to complete the common facilities.

The Attorney-General had since filed a notice of appeal against the decision declaring that the housing tribunal did not have jurisdiction to abjudicate disputes over property bought before Dec 1, last year.

 

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