Nov 1, 2014

Clarification to the Law Moot Question (BM)

MMU Internal Law Moot Competition 2014/2015
Malaysian Language Clarification Requests to the Moot Problem



**Note: If the response isNo response necessary,” this does not mean that it is not a good question. It merely means that you will have to prepare your submissions without the information and generally means that I do not think the information is material to the questions posed.



1.        Apakah yang dimaksudkan dengan "melakukan sebarang kesalahan"? Adakah ia dirujuk kepada perbuatan memunggut kutipan duit oleh pelajar atau menghadiri persidangan Sosialis di Chicago atau kedua-duanya?
What do you mean by committing any offence”? Is it referred to students’ action  of  collecting  donation  or  attendinthe  Socialism  conference  in Chicago or both?

You must determine this.

2.        Apakah  prosedur  atau  tatatertib  membuang  pelajar  di  Universiti  Highland?
Adakah ia selaras dengan Akta Universiti dan Kolej Universiti 1971?
What is the procedure to expel students from Highland University? Is it consistent with UUCA?

The procedure used in this case was consistent with the internal University procedures. You must determine the answer to the second question.

1.        Fakta mengatakan bahawa Encik Lee dan Cik Wong bercadang untuk membuat rayuan tentang keputusan Naib Canselor kepada Lembaga Pengarah. Tetapi, fakta tidak mengatakan bahawa mereka membuat rayuan tersebut pada hari yang ke berapa selepas menerima surat di buang universiti.
When did Mr. Lee and Ms. Wong appeal to the university after receiving the expulsion letter?

This question is answered in the English clarifications.

1.        Sejak bila HUPPS diiktiraf dan diluluskan oleh pihak universiti?
When did HUPPS been approved and recognized by the university?

No response necessary.

2.        Apakah releven persidangan itu pada masyarakat?
What is the relevancy of the conference to society?

You must determine this.




3.        Berapa banyak dana yang mereka mohon daripada STAD?
How much is the amount of fund that they applied from STAD?

The full amount.

4.        Kenapa  pembiayaan  itu  dinafikan  sedangkan  pembiayaan  lain  tidak  pernah dinafikan?
Why this funding application been denied by the university as other funding is not denied?

No reason was given.

5.  Adaka Bruc Le da Anna   Wong   mempunya apa-ap kuasa   yang membenarkan mereka untuk meminta pembiayaan dari pintu ke pintu?
Did they get any authority to collect money from door-to door?

No.

6.  Apakah kewarganegaraan Bruce Lee dan Anna Wong?
What are their nationalities?

Malaysian.

7.  Apakah bukti yang menunjukkan aduan yang dibuat oleh Vera Wang ?
Is there any evidence to confirm that there was a complaint made by Vera
Wang?

You can assume that the facts are true.

8.  Apakah yang dimaksudkan oleh Naib Canselor Chao apabila beliau mengatakan beliau tidak pernah suka idea tersebut?
What is the intention of Vice Chansellor Chao when she mentions I never did like the idea”?

You must interpret this.

9.  Apakah tindakan yang akan dikenakan?
What is the action imposed to?

This question is unclear. Malaysian lecturers have confirmed. Clarification was requested from student but none given.

10. Apaka peratura universit kerana   merek tida menyebut   AUKU   atau pengumpulan dana pelajar?


What is the Universitys rule as it does not mention the UUCA nor do they mention student fundraising?

You must draft your submissions without knowing all the University Rules. You must work with the ones given.



11. Apakah kesalahan yang mereka telah lakukan?
What offence been committed by them?

You must determine this.

12. Apakah sebab untuk pihak universiti menafikan rayuan untuk didengar?
What are the reasons given by the university when denying their appeal from being heard?

No reason was given. It was not the University. It was the Board of Directors.

13. Apakah  prosedur  oleh  pihak  universiti  untuk  membuang  pelajar  universiti tersebut?
What are the procedures of expelling students from the university?



The procedures in this case complied with the internal University Rules.

14. Adakah prosedur tersebut tertulis di dalam undang undang pihak universiti?
Did the procedures been written in the universitys rules?

Yes.

15. Adakah mereka mengikut prosedur tersebut?
Did they follow the procedures?

Yes.

16. Mengikut fakta kes, permohonan yang dihantar oleh Encik Lee dan Cik Wong kepada Bahagian Hal Ehwal Pelajar telah ditolak dimana notis penolakan menyatakan, Pembiayaan tidak diluluskan.” Adakah sebarang alasan diberikan oleh pihak tersebut mengenai sebab atau alasan mengapa pembiayaan itu tidak diluluskan?
As per the facts, the application of funding was sent to the STAD but it was later denied. The denial notice stated “No funding permitted.” Did the university give any reasons for this (the denial/ rejection)?

No.


17. Kenapa hanya mereka,  BrucLee  dan  Anna Wong yang menjadi ahli  kelab tersebut?
Why only two of them were the members of the Club?

Because there were only two.

18. Adakah kerana club tersebut tidak memberi apa-apa kebaikan kepada pelajar ?
Is it because the Club did not give any benefit to students?

You should interpret whether this is true based on the facts.

19. Berdasarkan fakta yang mengatakan bahawa Naib Canselor perlu ke mesyuarat dalam masa 5 minit, adakah masa yang diberikan kepada mereka berdua hanyalah sekejap sahaja ?
The facts did mention that the Vice Chacellor needs to attend meeting within
5 minutes, does this means that the time given to them is just for a while/ not long?

You should interpret the time from the facts given.

20. Perlukah  LembagPengarah  memberikan alasan  mengapa  beliau  tidak  mahu mendegar rayuan mereka ?
Did the Board of Directors need to give reasons as to why they refused to hear the appeal?

They did not give reasons. The University complied with its own University Rules with respect to the procedure undertaken in this case.




21. Apakah maksud " dengan melakukan sebarang kesalahan ". Adakah ia merupakan satu kesalahan yang amat besar sehingga mereka perlu dibuang universiti ?
What is the meaning of committing any offence”? Did this mean they have done serious offence that lead to expulsion from the university?

You must determine this.

22. Bagaimana universiti tersebut membenarkan persatuan tersebut apabila university berkenaan mengetahui tentang penglibatan persatuan tersebut dalam isu isu politik ?
Why  the  university  did  approved  and  recognised  the  club  when  the university have knowledge that the club involvement in politics?

No response necessary.


23. Mengapa universiti tersebut tidak menghulurkan bantuan wang kepada persatuan tersebut apabila universiti tersebut membenarkan pembukaan persatuan tersebut ? Why the university denied allocation of funds to the club when the university approved the club to be operated in the university?

No response necessary.

24. Tiada sebarang kenyataan yang diberikan tentang status melakukan sebarang kesalahan. Penjelasan secara mendalam diperlukan ?
No further explanation/ statement relation to the status of committing any offence Detail explanation is needed?

The University Rules do not give any detailed explanation.

25. Naib  Cancelor  tidak  memberikan sebarang penjelasan  mengenai  pembuangan pelajar berkenaan ?
The Vice Chancellor did not give explanation on why the students were been expelled?

Refer to the facts.

26. Bahagian Hal Ehwal Pelajar tidak memberikan sebarang penjelasan mengenai penolakan permohonan yang dilakukan pelajar- pelajar tersebut ?
No explanation given by STAD relating to the denial of application of fund allocation?

No.




27. Berapa lama masa yang diberikan oleh Naib Canselor kepada pelajar pelajar berkenaan untuk menjelaskan situasi mereka?
How long was the time given by the Vice Chancellor to the students to explain their situations?

You must infer from the facts.

28. Adakah Semakan Kehakiman kes ini dikemukakan ke Mahkamah Tinggi Shah
Alam? Jika tidak, Mahkamah Tinggi manakah yang kes ini dikemukakan?
Did the judicial review application been filed in Shah Alam High Court? If no, in which High Court did the application been filed?

Yes, Shah Alam.

29. Adakah Sosialisme 2014 merupakan persidangan yang berkaitan dengan politik atau persidangan tersebut hanya berkaitan dengan perbincangan akademik?


Did the Socialism conference 2014 related to political or academic discussions?

You must determine this.

30. Berapakah umur pemohon-pemohon dalam kes ini?
How old is the applicant in this case?

This question is answered in the English clarifications.

31. Fakta mengatakan bahawa Encik Lee dan Cik Wong bercadang untuk membuat rayuan tentang keputusan Naib Canselor kepada Lembaga Pengarah. Tetapi, fakta tidak mengatakan bahawa mereka membuat rayuan tersebut pada hari yang ke berapa selepas menerima surat di buang universiti.
When did they appeal to the university after receiving the expulsion letter?

This question is answered in the English clarifications.

32. "Dalam  fakta  mut  hanya  mengatakan  bahawa  Bruce  Lee  dan  Anna  Wong melanggar 15A dalam UUCA, namun demikian fakta tidak menyatakan adakah mereka didakwa oleh pendakwa raya dan disabitkan kesalahan oleh Mahkamah? " The facts did mention that Mr. Lee and Ms. Wong violated Section 15A of the UUCA, however the facts is silent on whether they been charged by the prosecution and been convicted by the Court?

They have not been charged or convicted.




33. Dalam  persoalan  pertama  soalan  mut,  persoalannya ialah  samaada  keputusan universiti  untuk  membuang  permohon-pemohon adalah  tidak  sah  atas  alasan alasan ketidakpatuhan prosedur...
In the first moot problem, the question is whether the decision by the University to expel the applicants was invalid on the grounds of procedural impropriety




34. Soalan kami ialah, prosedur yang disebutkan dalam persoalan pertama soalan mut merujukkan kepada apa prosedur?
The procedure in the first moot question is referred to what procedures?

I assume the previous two questions are connected. You must determine this.


35. Adakah  sememangnya  mereka  berdua  sahaja  ahl persatuan  sains   politik kemasyarakatan  Universiti  Highland?  Adakah  tiada  ahli  lain  selain  mereka berdua?
Is it only two of them are the members of the Club? Are there any other members in the club?

Please refer to the facts.

36. Bolehkah meletakkan petikan kes Bahasa Inggeris di dalam memorial Bahasa
Malaysia?
Can we place the English moot problem in the B.M. moot memorial?

You should place the BM Moot Problem in the BM memorial.

37. Dalam kes ini ada menyatakan, mereka telah dibuang dari university kerana melanggar S 15 A (1) Akta Universiti-universiti dan Akta Universiti dan Kolej Universiti 1971. Persoalannya adakah Seksyen tersebut merujuk kepada Akta Universiti-universiti atau pun Akta Universiti dan Kolej Universiti (AUKU)?
Moot problem did mention that they being expelled from the University for violating Section 15A(1) of the Universities and University Colleges Act
1971 (UUCA).” The question is whether that section referred to Universities
Act or University Colleges Act 1971 (UUCA)?

Yes.

38. Apa jenis Citation” yang digunakan untuk memorial.
What is the ‘citation used for the memorial.

You should use the format adopted by FOL: OSCOLA.



39. Adakah versi Akta Universiti Universiti dan Akta Universiti dan Kolej
1971 (“UUCA) ini boleh dirujuk. Saya menganggap versi Akta ini versi terbaru. Can we refer to the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (UUCA). I assume the version of the Act is the new version?

Use the applicable law as if this were a real case.

40. The second clarification is that since the malay moot question stated that the Lembaga Pengarah University "boleh, tidak semestinya, memilih " untuk mendengar rayuan ... , does it mean that the Lembaga Pengarah sometimes have the right to choose and sometimes do not have the right to choose to hear .. and if it is not in their discretionary power to choose, then whether this case is the type that they have the right to choose to hear or do not have the right to choose to hear which it must be heard by the Lembaga Pengarah.


The second clarification is that since the malay moot question stated that the The Board may, but need not, choose to hear the appeal ...,  does it mean that the Lembaga Pengarah sometimes have the right to choose and sometimes do not have the right to choose to hear .. and if it is not in their discretionary power to choose, then whether this case is the type that they have the right to choose to hear or do not have the right to choose to hear which it must be heard by the Lembaga Pengarah.

This means that the Board can hear the appeal if it wants. If it does not want, it does not have to hear the appeal.



41. From the BM version of mooting question, it is stated  Akta Universiti-Universiti dan Akta Universiti dan Kolej 1971 (UUCA). However, the  statute that i found is named as Akta Universiti dan Kolej Universiti 1971 (AUKU). So, which name should i use in my submission? Is the one in the mooting question wrong?
From the B.M. version of mooting question, it is stated that Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (UUCA). However, the statute that I found is named as Akta Universiti dan Kolej Universiti 1971 (AUKU). So which name should I use in my submission? Is the one in mooting question wrong?


Please use AUKU instead of UUCA

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