Malaysia legislation
Section 65
Section 65
Civil jurisdiction of Sessions Courts
(a)
unlimited jurisdiction to try all actions and suits of a civil nature in respect of motor vehicle accidents, landlord and tenant and distress;
(b)
jurisdiction to try all other actions and suits of a civil nature where the amount in dispute or the value of the subject matter does not exceed *one million ringgit; and
*NOTE Previously “two hundred and fifty thousand ringgit” see the Subordinate Courts (Amendment)
Act 2010 [Act A1382].
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(c)
without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b), jurisdiction to try all actions and suits of a civil nature for the specific performance or rescission of contracts or for cancellation or rectification of instruments, within the jurisdiction of the Sessions Court.
(2)
(Deleted by Act A434).
(3)
When the parties to an action or suit which, if the amount in dispute or value of the subject matter thereof did not exceed the limit of the jurisdiction, would be cognizable by a Sessions Court, have entered into an agreement in writing that the Sessions Court shall have jurisdiction to try the action or suit, the Sessions Court shall have jurisdiction to try the same, although the amount of the subject matter thereof may exceed the value limit of jurisdiction.
(4)
Every such agreement shall be filed in the Sessions Court and, when it is so filed, the parties to it shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Sessions Court.
(5)
A Sessions Court may, in respect of any action or suit within the jurisdiction of the Sessions Court, in any proceedings before it—
(a)
grant an injunction; and
(b)
make a declaration, whether or not any other relief, redress or remedy is or could be claimed.
Counterclaims in Sessions Courts and transfers therefrom