Six things make EFS return a document. Each has a fix, and LHT DMS applies all six in one pass.
EFS, the e-Filing System of the courts of Peninsular Malaysia, checks a PDF when you upload it. It returns a document that has landscape pages, pages that are not A4, a lock, annotations, hyperlinks, or a file size over 50 MB. It does not always say which page is at fault.
LHT DMS is a desktop program for Windows and macOS. When it compiles a bundle, it applies every one of these requirements in a single pass, so that the bundle is ready to upload. We are not aware of any other software that produces an EFS-compliant bundle in a single pass.
EFS returns a PDF for any of the following. The fix named is the option in LHT DMS that deals with it.
Flatten Annotations keeps your highlights and notes visible but makes them part of the page, which EFS accepts. Clear Annotations removes highlights, comments, text boxes and other mark-up altogether. It never removes form fields or links.
Use Clear Annotations when the notes are your own and are not meant for the court. On the Process Files tab your originals are copied to a DMS Backup folder first, so they keep their mark-up.
These requirements are those of Peninsular Malaysia. In Sabah and Sarawak, EKSS accepts a PDF of up to 20 MB and does not impose the annotation, hyperlink and rotation restrictions. For a licence registered for Sabah & Sarawak, LHT DMS arrives with rotation and link clearing switched off and the volume split set at 19.7 MB.
You do. LHT DMS prepares the bundle on your own computer; you upload it and you file it. Nothing is submitted to a court in your name. Nothing is uploaded to Legal Hi Tech or to any third party, and the software uses no generative AI.
50 MB for each PDF. The limit was raised from 35 MB to 50 MB with effect from 1 January 2022, as notified in Malaysian Bar Circular No 004/2022.
Not always. That is why it is quicker to apply every requirement to the whole document than to hunt for the page.
No. Flattening keeps them visible and fixes them to the page. Clear Annotations is the option that removes them.
The index and the bookmarks remain, but with Clear Links ticked the index is not hyperlinked, because EFS does not accept links.
No. EKSS accepts a PDF of up to 20 MB and does not impose the annotation, hyperlink and rotation restrictions.
The desktop app is free for all of 2026, with every feature and no limit on the number or size of files. Annual licensing begins in January 2027. Prices are on the pricing page.
No. LHT DMS is independent software from Legal Hi Tech Limited. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Malaysian judiciary.
Free for all of 2026, for Windows and macOS.
Download LHT DMS →Peninsular Malaysia: how to download from EFS. Size limits: how to split a bundle into volumes. The index: how to create a court bundle index in Word from your file names. The full list of what the desktop app does is on the features page, and more answers are in the FAQ.
EFS is the court e-filing system of the Malaysian judiciary for Peninsular Malaysia. The requirements described are those the portal applies on upload as known to us from practice; check the court's current directions. LHT DMS is independent software from Legal Hi Tech Limited and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Malaysian judiciary.
