Consumer Protection Act 1999 · Updated to 1 Nov 2021 · Part XII · The Tribunal for Consumer Claims
101. Abandonment to bring claim within jurisdiction
Feedback & supportA claimant may abandon so much of a claim as exceeds fifty thousand ringgit in order to bring the claim within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal.
Tribunal
“Tribunal” means the Tribunal for Consumer Claims established under section 85.
Where a part of a claim has been abandoned under subsection (1), the Tribunal’s record of an agreed settlement under subsection 107(3) or the Tribunal’s award under section 112, as the case may require, in relation to the claim shall operate to discharge the person—
record
“record” includes account books, bank books, vouchers, receipts, correspondence and any other document regardless of whether the record is on paper or is in electronic, photographic or other form but does not include patient medical record;
who is a party to that agreed settlement; or
against whom the claim and the subsequent award are made, from liability in respect of the amount so abandoned.