Malaysia legislation
Section 14i
Section 14i
(2)
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), a licence under this Part shall be suspended or revoked if—
(a)
the appropriate licensing authority of a state or territory other than Sabah suspends or revokes the licence of the constituent foreign law firm in the international partnership or the qualified foreign law firm as a result of criminal, civil or disciplinary proceedings;
(b)
there is any change in respect of any information regarding the foreign law firm which was submitted for the purposes of obtaining the international partnership licence or the qualified foreign law firm licence including but not limited to—
(i)
a change of any international partnership name without the prior approval of the Law Society;
(ii)
a merger of the international partnership with any other firm or body corporate;
or
(iii)
a change of up to one-half in the number of the partners in any international partnership;
(c)
the international partnership or qualified foreign law firm fails to comply with any requirement imposed under this Ordinance;
(d)
the foreign law firm in the international partnership or the qualified foreign law firm is dissolved or is in liquidation or the Sabah law firm in the international partnership is dissolved;
(e)
the international partnership or qualified foreign law firm fails to comply with any of the conditions imposed on its licence;
(f)
the international partnership has been reconstituted without the approval of the
Law Society; or
(g)
the international partnership is dissolved for any reason whatsoever.
(3)
The international partnership and the qualified foreign law firm shall inform the Law Society of the occurrence of any of the events referred to in subsection (2) as soon as they become aware of the same.
(4)
A licence shall not be suspended or revoked without the international partnership or qualified foreign law firm being given a reasonable opportunity to make representations to the Law Society.
Registration of a foreign lawyer to practise in an international partnership, a qualified foreign law firm or a
Sabah law firm.