Can a service provider collect rental after disconnecting a customer’s line?
A READER has a query regarding the disconnection of telephone lines. He says that when a person’s telephone line has been disconnected, the following message is heard when he picks up the phone: “Sorry, your fixed line has been temporarily disconnected. Please settle your bill and call 100 for reconnection.”
He wants to know if the providers of telephone services (which I shall refer to as service providers) can continue charging rental even after disconnecting a subscriber’s line? If so, on what basis can they do so?
A customer in such a situation may feel aggrieved that he was billed during the period when he did not have the full benefit of the facility.
The provision of a telephone line by the service provider to the customer is a purely contractual arrangement entered into between the parties. What the customer is entitled to and what his obligations are, depends on the contract that has been entered into.
MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek has challenged Pakatan Rakyat to include its stand on hudud and its implementation in its general election manifesto and common agenda.
Pakatan, especially PAS, he said, should be transparent in its stand.
“Right now, there are conflicting signals from Pakatan leaders. Hudud should be in their common agenda since they always never do anything without consulting their partners.
“If the rakyat votes for PAS, DAP or PKR knowing full well that they will implement hudud law, then we should respect it as it is the voters' choice,” he said at a forum entitled “Hudud and its Implications on Non-Muslims in Malaysia” yesterday.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 — Putrajaya’s speed in passing a new law that bans street demonstrations has stunned the Bar Council and the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) who revealed they were given a far different account of its contents at the draft stage.
The two statutory bodies disclosed too that Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail had sought their views over the controversial Peaceful Assembly Bill but failed to provide them with written copies of the draft before its tabling in Parliament last November 22.
“The Bar Council was not given a copy of the Peaceful Assembly Bill during the consultation stage,” its president Lim Chee Wee told The Malaysian Insider when contacted over the weekend.
He said there were good reasons why the copy was not provided, but could not disclose these because they had sworn to keep it confidential.
PETALING JAYA: The Barisan Nasional government is determined to keep the country's peace and stability through teamwork among the races, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
In assuring the Chinese community of this, he said this included sharing of political power and cooperation in the economic field.
“The Government is responsive and attentive to the welfare and happiness of its citizens and is always ready to hear views from them, regardless of their race or religion,” he said at the Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia's (Hua Zong) 20th anniversary dinner and central committee oath-taking ceremony last night.
THE effects of hudud law on non-Muslims are very real.
International Movement for a Just World president Prof Dr Chandra Muzaffar said parties that subscribed to hudud should not be empowered.
He said most countries which adopted hudud law had failed to protect their people or their rights.
“What is the meaning of hudud if there is so much corruption at the top but there are strict rules at the bottom?” he said, adding that some had a very narrow interpretation of hudud.
MALAYSIA is a secular country and anyone who wants to change the laws should remember that it should not be restrictive or affect the rights of any community, lawyer Philip Koh said.
He noted that every faith may have ideas as to how it wanted the laws to be framed to govern society, but it should not impede the rights of those of other faiths.
Koh said the Reid Commission, which was the basis on which the Federal Constitution was formulated, clearly stated that Malaysia is a secular nation.
MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek has challenged Pakatan Rakyat to include its stand on hudud and its implementation in its general election manifesto and common agenda.
Pakatan, especially PAS, he said, should be transparent in its stand.
“Right now, there are conflicting signals from Pakatan leaders. Hudud should be in their common agenda since they always never do anything without consulting their partners.
2012 Hotel Corporate Rates Attending seminars? Going for a holiday? Click on the link above to check out the list of hotel corporate rates for Members of the Bar, which is updated regularly.
Talk on Intellectual Property Law (10 Feb 2012) Organised by the Selangor Bar Committee, the talk on “Intellectual Property Law” will take place at 5:00 pm, at the Selangor Bar Committee Auditorium, on 10 Feb 2012 (Friday). The talk will feature Bahari Yeow Tien Hong. Click on the link above for more details.
The Case of the Missing Penang Lawyer: Charity Treasure Hunt 2012 (12 Feb 2012) Organised by the Penang Bar Committee Social Subcommittee in aid of the National Autism Society of Malaysia (NASOM), this event will take place at Straits Quay, Penang, on 12 Feb 2012 (Sunday). Deadline for registration is 6 Feb 2012 (Monday). Click on the link above for more details.
Seminar on the Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Proceedings (21 Feb 2012) Organised by the Kuala Lumpur Bar Professional Development Committee, the seminar on “The Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Proceedings”, featuring Sanjeev Kumar Rasiah, will take place at 3:00 pm, at the Kuala Lumpur Bar Auditorium, on 21 Feb 2012 (Tuesday). Click on the link above for more details.
Seminar on the Fundamentals of Conveyancing (24 Feb 2012) Organised by the Kuala Lumpur Bar Professional Development Committee, this seminar featuring Jeremiah R Gurusamy will take place at 3:00 pm, at the Kuala Lumpur Bar Auditorium, on 24 Feb 2012 (Friday). Click on the link above for more details.
Mediation Skills Training Course (29 Feb to 4 Mar 2012) Organised by Bar Council, the Mediation Skills Training Course will take place at 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, at Raja Aziz Addruse Auditorium, Bar Council, on 29 Feb to 4 Mar 2012 (Wednesday to Sunday). Deadline for registration and payment is 17 Feb 2012 (Friday). Click on the link above for more details.
Talk on “Land Fraud: An Australian Perspective” (13 Mar 2012) Organised by IGIL, GSGSG and UUM COLGIS, this free talk featuring Quintin George Rozario of Delta Law, Brisbane, Australia, will take place at 9:00 am, at Dewan Seminar A, Pusat Konvensyen, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, on 13 Mar 2012 (Tuesday). To RSVP, contact Mr Abutt (04-928 4397; abutt@uum.edu.my).
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Circular No 019/2012: Change of Address for Pejabat Pengarah Tanah dan Galian Wilayah Persekutuan
