Chang Min Tat FJ (delivering the judgment of the Court):

The defendant Haron bin Mohd Zaid (Haron) applies for the leave of this Court to appeal to His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong from two orders made by this Court, the first an order made on 27 February 1979 and the second an order made on 16 May 1979.

Appeals to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong are governed by the provisions of s. 74 of the Courts of Judicature Act, 1964. An appeal lies with the leave of the Federal Court,

"74(1)(a) from any final judgment or order in any civil matter where

(i) the matter in dispute in the appeal amounts to or is of the value of twentyfive thousand dollars or upwards;

(ii) the appeal involves, directly or indirectly, some claim or question to or respecting property or some civil right of like amount or value; or

(iii) the case is from its nature a fit one for appeal; and

(b) from any interlocutory judgment or order which the Federal Court considers a fit one for appeal.

Section 75(1) sets a time limit of six weeks for an application for leave from the date on which the decision appealed against was made. Time may however be extended by the Federal Court. Section 75(2) spells out th