The Federal Court has recently held in PP v Sa'ari Jusoh [2007] 2 CLJ 197 that it is a fundamental principle in the construction of statutes that the whole and every part of the statute must be considered in the determination of the meaning of any of its parts. In the subsequent Federal Court case of Sri Bangunan Sdn Bhd v Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang & Anor [2007] 5 AMR 541, it was held by the apex court that in construing a statute, the duty of the court is limited to interpreting the words used by the Legislature and to give effect to the words used by it. The court is not entitled to read words into a statute unless clear reason for it is to be found in the statute itself.
*Abbreviations HC = high court COA = court of appeal FC = federal court Ngu Toh Tung & 7 Ors v Superintendent of Lands & Survey, Kuching Division, Kuching & Anor [COA] administrative law; land acquisition J & C New Poly Catering Sdn Bhd v TTMP Bakun Consortium Sdn Bhd [HC] The general rule is that a high court will not issue an injunction to restrain the execution of another high court order. However, the high court possesses inherent jurisdiction to do justice in each case. Thus, an interim injunction could be issued to restrain execution of a decree if it could be shown that the execution would result in an injury to the party against whom the execution was directed at. As a matter of practice, applications for a garnishee order are made before the sar or dr and the decision is appealable to a judge in chambers. Even though under the rules of the high court 1980, service of originating process or other court documents on a corporation...