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E-COURT AND E-ENFORCEMENT: SUCCESSES AND OBSTACLES

OUTLINE

Introduction: Malaysian Legal System

Technology Use in Courts:

E-Court

E-Shariah

Successes

Obstacles/Challenges

Way forward –implementation framework

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INTRODUCTION


• System of government-

• Legal system• Based on English common law and equity• Also based on Civil Law Statutes

Doctrine of separation of power

Legislative Executive Judiciary

• Constitutional monarchy• Parliamentary democracy

System of government

• 1 federal government• 14 state govenmentsComposition

• Federal ConstitutionLaw of the Land

INTRODUCTION


• Hierarchy of Courts

Federal Court

COA

High Courts

Sessions Court

Magistrate Court

Appeal CourtsHigh Court

Lower Court

Civil Court System (Civil & Criminal jurisdiction)

Shariah Court System

Superior Courts

Subordinate Courts

E-COURT


‘E- Court’ in civil court system Implemented/tested in 5 locations: KL, Selangor, Penang, Johor & Putrajaya

Components:

E-COURT


• Allowing cases to be filed and managed online-towards paperless office

• Expediting case disposal, eliminating red tape- time,cost and energy saving – eg: online payment

• Saving storage space and human resource• Document searching and retrieval immediately during

case hearing• Document forgery is avoided

Benefits

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E-COURT


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Overall view of E- Court

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E-COURT


E-Court process workflow

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E-COURT


Online Case filing work process

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E-COURT


Queue Management System(QMS)

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E-COURT


Case Management System (CMS)

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E-COURT


CMS

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E-COURT


Court Recording & Transcribing System (CRT)

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E-COURT


E-Court: CRT

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E-COURT


CASE REGISTRATION AND DISPOSAL RATE- KL HIGH COURT

COURT CASE REGISTRATION 1.1.2010 - 30.9.2010

CASE DISPOSAL KES 1.1.2010- 30.9.2010

BALANCE OF CASE AT30.9.2010

CIVIL 3226 4483 5374FAMILY 1645 1751 489

COMMERCIAL(OLD)

1 1993 718

COMMERCIAL(IP)

69 106 104

COMMERCIAL(MUAMALAT)

791 859 203

NEW COMMERCIAL COURT

2898 2501 1390

APPEAL/SPECIALPOWER

3886 4893 1228

CRIMINAL 644 639 417

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CASE REGISTRATION AND DISPOSAL- KL LOWER COURT

COURTCASE REGISTRATION1.1.2010 - 30.9.2010

CASE DISPOSAL1.1.2010- 30.9.2010

BALANCE AT30.9.2010

CIVIL SESSIONS 33204 42078 3197

CIVIL MAGISTRATE 107507 112655 34709

COMMERCIAL CRIME 444 612 448

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 62 220 94

SPRM 12 38 52

SEXUAL 12 46 118

CRIME-SESSIONS 434 667 589

CRIME-MAGISTRATE 7672 9269 1330

DEPT. SUMMONS 1307 1277 88

JUVENILE 178 52 25

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Legal issues: Legal compliance

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Legal issues- Criminal Procedure Code• Magistrate Court- Section 266 of CPC deals with mode of taking notes in

summons cases and Section 267 deals with mode of recording evidence in other cases.

• Section 266 (1):“In summons cases tried before a Magistrate, the Magistrate shall, as the examination of each witness proceeds, make a note of the substance of what the witness deposes, and such note shall be written by the Magistrate with his own hand in legible handwriting and shall form part of the record”.

• Section 267:“In all other trials before a Magistrate’s Court, and in all inquiries…, the evidence of each witness shall be taken down in legible handwriting by the presiding Magistrate and shall form part of the record”

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• High Court - Section 272 of CPC: deals mode of taking notes in with criminal trial

“In all criminal cases tried before the High Court the Judge shall take down in writingnotes of the evidence adduced”.

• Section 272A allows a judge, besides having his own notes, to instruct any other person to verbatim notes of what each witness deposes.

• This section does not mention any other modes of recording evidence in court. Hence, an audio or video recording is not legally acknowledged as to form part of the trial record.

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Legal issues- CPC Amendment 2009• The rest of the provisions in this new act deals with:

• the transcription of electronic records(272F),

• safe custody of electronic record and transcript(272G), transcript to form part of record or notes of proceedings or evidence (272I),

• electronic filing, lodgement, submission and transmission of document (272J)

• and issuance of practice direction of court relating to the use of mechanical means and any matter related to it (272K).

• So now, the legal issue regarding the authenticity of electronic records in criminal court is resolved.

E-SHARIAH


E-SHARIAH


OBSTACLES :

• 14 different jurisdictions• Budgeting• Change management

E-ENFORCEMENT


• Civil Court: • EFS

• Shariah Court:• Manual filing • Family Support Dept (BSK)

FRAMEWORK


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CONCLUSION


• E-Court & E-Shariah - successfully implemented • Tremendous impact to case disposal rate

• Referred to by other countries (UK, Pakistan, India, UAE, Saudi)

• Rooms for improvement• Legal Framework - This generic model could be used as a point of

reference in ASEAN+3 countries, applying the local legal requirements in the respective countries. The requirements could be compared with Malaysia’s. Can be a foundation for partnership between two or more courts in different jurisdictions

• Human resource- CIO

THANK YOU

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