Service of process is the procedure employed to give legal notice to a person (such as a defendant) of a court or administrative body’s exercise of its jurisdiction over that person so as to enable that person to respond to the proceeding before the court, body or other tribunal. Usually, notice is furnished by delivering a set of court documents (called “process”) to the person to be served. Proper service of process initially establishes personal jurisdiction of the court over the person served. If the defendant ignores further pleadings or fails to participate in the proceedings, then the court or administrative body may find the defendant in default and award relief to the claimant, petitioner or plaintiff.
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A.R – Did You Get My Notice?
If You Think The Police Station Is Safe…. Think Again!
Recently, I had a chat with with an old friend of mine. He’s currently practising law in the state of Sarawak, East Malaysia. He was my ex-course-mate at the Law Faculty, University Of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia. It’s been a while since I last saw him. In fact we only met once after graduated from the oldest university in Malaysia. So, it was very nice to see him again.
During the two-hour chat, he told me a very interesting story that really happened in Sarawak. It’s kinda bizzare, strange and a bit funny too. It’s about a civil suit in Sarawak not long ago, whereby, a local bank sued their customer who defaulted in his hire purchase payment.
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Should We Enforce Suicide Law In Malaysia?
About a month ago, I posted an article on Assisted Sucide. The article was about a woman in UK who suffers from multiple sclerosis lost a legal challenge over whether her husband could be prosecuted if he helps her to commit suicide. As stated in article, Assisted suicide is illegal in many legal jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom. In England and Wales there is a possibility of up to 14 years imprisonment for anybody assisting a suicide. Nevertheless, suicide itself is legal in UK and has never been illegal under Scotland’s laws.
There are plenty of interesting development in Malaysia in regards to suicide law. Unlike our UK counterparts, suicide is illegal in this country. Section 309 of the Penal Code stated that anyone guilty of attempted suicide could face imprisonment of up to a year or fined or both. To date, this section has never been enforced by the police. According to Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar “…attempted suicide, as a crime, was unlike other illicit acts and needed to be dealt with delicately”. Therefore, it was remains to date as a law only. This situation however is set to change in wake of the increasing cases of attempting suicide in this country.
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