8 Feb 2022
PEGUAM NEGARA MALAYSIA MOHD KASSIM BIN ABD HAMID
- Citation
- B-06B-47-12/2020 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- B-06B-47-12/2020 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
A Magistrate holding an inquiry of death sits and acts as a court under the CPC and SCA 1948 and therefore has jurisdiction to punish for contempt both in the face of the court (facie curiae) and outside the court (ex facie curiae); the limitation in subordinate courts is on the prescribed quantum of punishment, not on jurisdiction to take cognizance of ex facie contempt.