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1. Summary and Facts<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In Golden Wheel Credit Sdn Bhd v Dato\u2019 Siah Teong Din [2021] 12 MLJ, the plaintiff, a licensed moneylender, entered into two loan agreements with the defendant personally for a total of RM3.5 million. Although the loans were documented with the defendant, the funds were in fact disbursed to Instant Bonus Development Sdn Bhd, a company where the defendant was a director and shareholder, for its business purposes. After deducting transaction costs, the net amount advanced was RM3,383,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the loan agreements failed to comply with the strict statutory requirements under the Moneylenders Act 1951, they were void and unenforceable. The plaintiff then reframed its claim, not under the loan agreements, but instead under the doctrines of money had and received and\/or unjust enrichment pursuant to the Contracts Act 1950, arguing that the defendant had benefited from the loan monies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The defendant applied to strike out the suit on the basis that it was, in substance, an attempt to enforce an illegal and unenforceable moneylending transaction contrary to the Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Legal Issues<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Whether a licensed moneylender can recover the principal amount under a loan agreement that is void ab initio for statutory illegality through a claim in unjust enrichment or money had and received.
\u2022 Whether Sections 66 and 71 of the Contracts Act 1950 apply to a claim arising from a void ab initio loan agreement in contravention of the Moneylenders Act 1951.
\u2022 Whether the principle of stultification operates to bar restitutionary recovery in cases of statutory illegality under the Moneylenders Act 1951.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Court\u2019s Findings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 The Court allowed the striking out application.
\u2022 Section 66 of the Contracts Act 1950 was not applicable because the moneylending agreements were void ab initio under the Moneylenders Act 1951.
\u2022 The claim for unjust enrichment failed because the loan sums were disbursed to Instant Bonus Development Sdn Bhd, not to the defendant personally.
\u2022 The Court declined to follow cases allowing recovery of the principal under an illegal moneylending contract, holding that permitting such recovery would still amount to enforcing an illegal loan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Practical Implications<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This decision affirms several important legal principles governing the rights and liabilities of licensed moneylenders and borrowers, particularly when a loan agreement is void for non-compliance with the Moneylenders Act 1951:
\u2022 The lender cannot recover the outstanding principal or interest, not even by reframing the claim as unjust enrichment.
\u2022 The stultification principle applies, where the court will not allow any claim that would indirectly enforce an illegal loan, as it would oppose the MLA\u2019s purpose and public policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Golden Wheel Credit Sdn Bhd v Dato\u2019 Siah Teong Din [2021] 12 MLJ, the Court considered whether a licensed moneylender, whose loan agreements were void for non-compliance with the Moneylenders Act 1951, could nevertheless pursue restitutionary remedies. The plaintiff, having advanced RM3.5 million which was channelled to the defendant\u2019s company, sought recovery on grounds of money had and received and unjust enrichment under the Contracts Act 1950. The defendant applied to strike out the claim, arguing that it was merely an indirect attempt to enforce an illegal loan. The case illustrates the delicate balance between statutory illegality under the Moneylenders Act and the equitable principles underpinning restitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1568],"tags":[2999,2286,2896,3698,3572],"class_list":["post-5939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contract-law","tag-civil-procedure","tag-contract-law","tag-illegality","tag-moneylenders-act","tag-unjust-enrichment"],"yoast_head":"\nMONEYLENDERS ACT 1951- UNJUST ENRICHMENT OR ILLEGAL LOAN? 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