Circular No 152/2012 Dated 12 July 2012: Rules of Court 2012 and Court Forms: Update on 12 July 2012

Circular No 152/2012
Dated 12 July 2012

To Members of the Malaysian Bar

Rules of Court 2012 and Court Forms: Update on 12 July 2012

Reference is made to Circular No 142/2012 dated 2 July 2012 and Circular No 146/2012
dated 3 July 2012.

We wish to reiterate that the Bar Council Task Force on Combined Rules of Court (Task
Force”), together with the Attorney General’s Chambers (“AGC”) and the Judiciary finalised the Rules of Court 2012 (“Rules”) and Court Forms on 21 June 2012.
On 26 June 2012, the Statutory Rules Committees for the High Court and the Subordinate Courts chaired by the Chief Justice, comprising the Judiciary; AGC; Presidents of the Malaysian Bar, Sabah Law Association and the Advocates’ Association of Sarawak convened a meeting to approve the Rules and Court Forms, which will come into effect on 1 Aug 2012.

The Rules and Court Forms will replace the Rules of the High Court 1980 and the
Subordinate Courts Rules 1980.

Members can access the Rules and Court Forms at http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my

We urge Members to take cognisance of the Rules and Court Forms as it would have
tremendous ramifications and implications in the way litigation is practised in the courts in Malaysia.

Whilst the Rules and Court Forms have been gazetted, some typographical/editorial errors have been detected and these are in the process of being corrected by the Drafting Division of the AGC.

We will in due course, provide Members with a list of the corrections that have
been made to the Rules since the date of the gazette. Members are urged to forward any other errors to the officers named below for the Task Force’s further action.
We append the following documents for Members’ easy reference:

(a) A press statement dated 2 July 2012 issued by the Judiciary; and
(b) Summary of Substantive Changes to the Rules.

Should you require any clarification, please do not hesitate to contact Sumitha Shaanthinni Kishna (03-2050 2090; sumitha@malaysianbar.org.my) or Vilashini Vijayan (03-2050 2095; vila@malaysianbar.org.my).

Thank you.

Cecil Abraham
Chairperson
Task Force on Combined Rules of Court