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Malaysia embarks on court e-filing system

By Clarice Africa | 27 May 2011

The state of Penang has adopted an e-filing system as part of the on-going effort to modernise the administration of the country’s courts in the digital age.

Penang is the second state after Kuala Lumpur court complex to implement the system since 1 March 2011. The next phase of the implementation will be at the Johor Bharu courts, and the Court of Appeal and Federal Court in Putrajaya.

With the introduction of the e-filing system, it is expected that courts will no longer be burdened with the physical process of browsing through large stacks of files or documents and even maintain a file room.

“This will save time, costs and eventually, reduced manpower. With e-filing, a case may be filed anywhere in the country where the facility is made available,” Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Arifin Zakaria said in an official statement.

Zakaria admits that despite the challenges, they are confident that they would be able to pull it through the same way that judicial courts in the United States of America, Singapore, and Hong Kong have done.

A trial run of the system will be carried out until May 31 where training would be provided to the lawyers.

“All parties involved including court staff and judicial officers must be trained to handle the system efficiently. Lawyers should also be given a reasonable amount of time to take measures to familiarise themselves and to adapt to the system as it involves substantial changes in our job scope,” Zakaria said.

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