Malaysia legislation
Section 32
Section 32
(a)
serve a notification to the other party in accordance with the rules of the court regarding the application; and
(b)
file the notification in accordance with the rules of the court without paying any filing fee.
32
Act 878
(2)
The court shall, upon receiving the notification from the
Director General under subsection (1), order the proceedings to be stayed for a period of one month from—
(a)
the date of filing of the notification; or
(b)
any mention or hearing date as directed by the court, to enable the Director General to decide whether the applicant is eligible to be provided with legal aid under this Act.
(3)
For the purposes of subsection (2), the court may—
(a)
allow the period of stay to be reduced or extended; or
(b)
revoke the order for a stay if the court finds that the application for legal aid made under this Act is an act of abuse of the court process by the applicant.
(4)
Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (3), in the interests of justice, the court may allow—
(a)
an interlocutory order to be granted, enforced or executed for an injunction;
(b)
an interlocutory order for the appointment of a receiver or manager, or receiver and manager;
(c)
an order to maintain the validity of a caveat to prevent any dealing of alienated land; or
(d)
any other order that the court has to make fairly and equitably for the benefit of the other party in the proceedings.
(5)
Sections 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31
shall apply mutatis mutandis to an application for legal aid under subsection (1).
Appeal of aided person against decision of court