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Section 28

Civil appeals from subordinate courts

of Courts of Judicature Act 1964

ActIn forceProvision 34 of 102
Section 28
(1)

No appeal shall lie to the High Court in any of the following cases:

(a)

subject to any other written law, from a decision of a subordinate court in any civil cause or matter where the amount in dispute or the value of the subject matter is ten thousand ringgit or less except on a question of law;

(b)

where a subordinate court dismissed any application for a summary judgment;

(c)

where a subordinate court dismissed any application to strike out any writ or pleading; and

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(d)

where a subordinate court allowed any application to set aside a judgment in default.

(2)

An appeal shall lie from any decision of a subordinate court in any proceedings relating to maintenance of wives or children, irrespective of the amount involved.