Malaysia legislation
Section 17
Section 17
Settlement of disputes
(i)
among members, member-units, past members, past member-units and persons claiming through members, member-units, past members, past member-units and deceased members;
(ii)
between a member, member-unit, past member, past member-unit or person claiming through a member, member-unit, past member, past
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member-unit or deceased member, and such
Farmers’ Organization or its Board of Directors;
or
(iii)
between such Farmers’ Organization and any other Farmers’ Organization, such dispute shall be referred to the Registrar for decision.
(b)
A claim by any Farmers’ Organization for any debt or demand due to it from a member, member-unit, past member, past member-unit or the nominee, heir or legal representative of a deceased member or liquidator of a dissolved member-unit or a claim by the higher level
Farmers’ Organization for any debt or demand due from a lower level Farmers’ Organization shall be deemed to be a dispute touching the business of such Farmers’
Organization.
(2)
The Registrar may, on receipt of a reference under subsection (1)—
(a)
decide the dispute himself; or
(b)
refer it for disposal to an arbitrator.
(3)
An appeal against the decision of the Registrar or the arbitrator under subsection (2) shall lie to the Minister and shall be made within two months from the date of the decision.
(4)
A decision of the Minister in an appeal under subsection (3)
shall be final and shall not be called in question in any court.
(5)
Any decision of the Registrar or the arbitrator or under subsection (2) or, if there be an appeal therefrom, the decision as confirmed or varied by the Minister, shall be enforced in the same manner as if the decision had been a judgment of a Sessions Court.
20 Laws of Malaysia ACT 109
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