Gambling debts cannot be used to enforce a bankruptcy, High Court rules in citing last year’s apex court decision
KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): Malaysian law considers gambling debts as “debts of honour” with no legal obligation to make good the debt. Although a gambling debt may be lawful and enforceable in a foreign jurisdiction where it arose, it remains unenforceable in Malaysia because Section 26 of the Civil Law Act 1956 embodies the public…

