Mahkamah Persekutuan melalui kes Boo Are Ngor (P) v. Chua Mee Liang (P) (Sued As public officer of Kim Leng Tze Temple) [2009] 6 CLJ 617 telah menggunapakai dapatan Mahkamah Rayuan Singapura di dalam kes Gabriel Peter & Partners (suing as a firm) v. Wee Chong Jin & Ors yang menyatakan tentang prinsip "penyalahgunaan proses Mahkamah"- [22] The term, 'abuse of the process of the court', in O. r. 19 (1)(d), has given a wide interpretation by the courts. It includes considerations of the public policy and the interest of justice. This term signifies that the process of the court must be used bona fide and properly and must not be abused. The court will prevent the improper use of its machinery. It will prevent the judicial process from being used a s a means of vexation and oppression in the process of litigation... if an action was not brought bona fide for the purpose of obtaining relief but for some other ulterior or collateral purpose, it might be struck out as an abuse of the process of the court.