KERAJAAN NEGERI KELANTAN & ANOR vs WONG MENG YIT & ORS

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2012 MarsdenLR 499

COURT OF APPEAL, PUTRAJAYA
KERAJAAN NEGERI KELANTAN & ANOR – Appellant
Versus
WONG MENG YIT & ORS – Respondent

Table of Content
1. power of local authorities under local government act (Para 2 , 3)
2. authority and powers of local government in relation to lotteries. (Para 4 , 5)
3. respondents challenge the jurisdiction and power to ban lotteries. (Para 6 , 7)
4. challenge to state laws and jurisdiction (Para 10 , 11 , 12)
5. federal supremacy over state law (Para 13 , 14)
6. leave requirement for declaring laws invalid (Para 15 , 18 , 22)
7. requirements for declaring laws invalid under the federal constitution. (Para 19 , 20)
8. judicial review vs. civil claim distinction (Para 24 , 25)

[1] This is an appeal by the appellants/defendants against the decision of the learned High Court Judge dismissing the appellants' application to strike out the whole of the respondents' Originating Summons (OS) dated 6 June 2011 under O 18 r 19(1)(d) of the Rules of the High 1980 (RHC), on the ground that the said application was an abuse of the process of the Court.

Factual Background

[2] On 26 February 2011 officers from the 2nd appellant, Majlis Perbandaran Kota Bharu, Bandaraya Islam, raided the bookshops of the 1st and 2nd respondents in Kota Bharu and seized "Big Sweep" sweepstake lottery tickets from each o

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2012 MarsdenLR 499

COURT OF APPEAL, PUTRAJAYAKERAJAAN NEGERI KELANTAN & ANOR – AppellantVersusWONG MENG YIT & ORS – Respondent

Cases Referred (1)

COURT OF APPEAL, PUTRAJAYA
KERAJAAN NEGERI KELANTAN & ANOR – Appellant
Versus
WONG MENG YIT & ORS – Respondent