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COURTS’ RESUMPTION OF OPERATIONS Further to the Prime Minister’s announcement of the Conditional Movement Control Order on 01/05/2020 [“CMCO”], the Legal Affairs Division of the Prime Minister’s Department (Bahagian Hal Ehwal Undang-Undang Jabatan Perdana Menteri) [“BHEUU”] issued guidelines which legal firms are to comply with when they re-open their offices [“BHEUU Guidelines”] [APPENDIX – 9A].

JBC Circular No: 18/2020 dated 01/05/2020 [“JBC 18/20”] refers. COURT MATTERS PEMAKLUMAN PENUTUPAN MAHKAMAH SEPANJANG TEMPOH PERINTAH KAWALAN PERGERAKAN (PKP) [APPENDIX – 8A] In JBC 18/2020, we stated that the instructions pertaining to the rescheduling of cases were to remain pending instructions from the Chief Registrar. The Corporate Communications Unit of the Chief Registrar’s Office

JBC Circular No: 16/dated 29/04/2020 [“JBC 16/20”] refers. PM’s ANNOUNCEMENT ON 1/5/2020 Please take note that these instructions were given prior to the PM’s address on 01/05/2020. We have been made to understand that the Johore Courts too are awaiting instructions from the Chief Registrar and that in the absence of any notifications from them,

Consequent to the extension of the Movement Control Order of 16/03/2020 [“MCO”] to 12/05/2020 [“Extended MCO Period”], the updates consequential to the Extended MCO Period are referred to below, with the corresponding circulars/announcements attached, which are self-explanatory. COURT MATTERS UPDATE ON COVID-19 | HEARINGS TO BE CONDUCTED ONLINE DURING THE MOVEMENT CONTROL ORDER  – BC