Malaysia legislation

Section 8

of ANTI-SEXUAL HARASSMENT ACT 2022

Section 8

(a)

the proceedings before the court were commenced before the complaint of sexual harassment was lodged with the Tribunal;

(b)

the complaint of sexual harassment involves any conduct constituting a crime under the provisions of any written law; or

(c)

the complaint of sexual harassment before the Tribunal is withdrawn or struck out.

(2)

Where paragraph (1)(a) applies, the issues in dispute in the claim of sexual harassment to which those proceedings relate, whether as shown in the initial claim or emerging in the course of the hearing, shall not be the subject of proceedings between the same parties before the Tribunal unless the claim of sexual harassment before the court is withdrawn or struck out.

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