Section 13e

to fill casual vacancies of the Executive

Committee and to appoint sub-committees;

to make rules for giving effect to the objects of the Law Society and to provide for all matters not expressly reserved to the Law

Society in a general meeting whether the same be expressed in its powers or not;

to answer questions affecting the practice and etiquette of the profession and the conduct of members;

to take cognizance of anything affecting the

Law Society or the professional conduct of its members and to bring before any general meeting of the Law Society any matter which it considers material to the

Law Society or to the interests of the profession and to make any recommendations and to take any action as it considers fit in relation to the recommendations;

to examine and, if it considers fit, to report upon current or proposed legislation and any other legal matters;

to represent members of the Law Society or any section of the Law Society or any particular member in any matter which may be necessary or expedient;

with the prior approval of the Law Society in a general meeting, to award prizes and scholarships for students of law and to lay down the conditions for their award;

to appoint officers, clerks, agents and servants for permanent, temporary or special services as it may from time to time consider fair and reasonable and to determine their duties and terms of service;

to purchase, rent or otherwise acquire and furnish suitable premises for the use of the Law Society;

to communicate from time to time with other similar bodies and with members of the profession in other places for the purpose of obtaining and communicating information on all matters likely to be beneficial or of interest to members;

Advocates Ordinance (Sabah) (Amendment)

to institute, conduct, defend, compound or abandon any legal proceedings by and against the Law Society or its officers or otherwise concerning the affairs of the Law

Society and to compound and allow time for payment or satisfaction of any debts due or of any claims or demands made by or against the Law Society;

to invest and deal with any money of the

Law Society from time to time in securities authorized for investment of trust funds by any written law;

from time to time to borrow or raise money by bank overdraft or otherwise by the issue of debentures or any other securities founded or based upon all or any of the property and rights of the Law Society or without any such security and upon such terms as to priority or otherwise as the

Executive Committee shall consider fit;

and

to exercise all such powers, privileges and discretions as are not by this Ordinance expressly and exclusively required to be exercised by the members of the Law

Society in a general meeting.

The rules referred to in paragraph (1)(b) shall only come into operation after the rules have been adopted by the general meeting.

Right to inspect files of proceedings in bankruptcy.