Public Policy Under The Contracts Act 1950
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public policy, Contracts Act 1950Abstract
The Malaysian court have, in a number of case considered the question of law of whether certain agreements were void as being opposed to public policy. In one of the earliest cases reported, Engku Leh v Che Wok, a guarantee, the effect of which was to stifle a criminal prosecution, was hled to be void by the Court of Appeal as being contrary to public policy. In Yap Chee Meng v Aji-no-moto (Malaysia) Berhad, Harun J. in the High Court refused to set aside a settlement negotiated by a solicitor on behalf of his client on the ground of public policy.
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1981-06-01
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Sinnadurai, V. (1981). Public Policy Under The Contracts Act 1950. Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law, 8(1 and 2), 1–20. Retrieved from https://fiqh.um.edu.my/index.php/JMCL/article/view/15254
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