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3. Amendment of section 2

The Ordinance is amended in section 2—

(a)

in subsection (1)—

(i)

by inserting before the definition of “Chief Judge”

the following definitions:

‘ “advocate” means a person admitted and enrolled as an advocate under this Ordinance;

“Annual Certificate” means the Annual

Certificate issued by the Law Society pursuant to section 7c;

“certificate to practise” means the certificate to practise issued by the Registrar under section 9;’;

(ii)

by inserting after the definition of “Chief Judge”

the following definitions:

‘ “Law Society” means the Sabah Law Society established under section 7a;

“master” means an advocate who has been lawfully practising in Sabah for a period of not less than seven years immediately prior to taking in a pupil;

“pupil” means a person having the qualifications set out in subsection 4(1) serving under a master prior to his admission as an advocate under this Ordinance;’;

(iii)

in the definition of “to practise in Sabah”—

(A)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (a);

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(B)

by inserting at the end of paragraph (b)

the word “or”; and

(C)

by inserting after paragraph (b) the following paragraph:

“(c) any of the functions authorized under this Ordinance;”;

(iv)

by inserting before the definition of “Registrar”

the following definition:

‘ “Register of Advocates” means the annual register kept by the Registrar under section 9b;’;

(v)

in the definition of “roll”, by substituting for the word “3” the word “7”;

(vi)

by substituting for the full stop at the end of the definition of “roll” a semicolon; and

(vii)

by inserting after the definition of “roll” the following definition:

‘ “Sabah”, except for subsection 2(2), includes the Federal Territory of Labuan.’; and

(b)

in subsection (2)—

(i)

by inserting after the word “he” the words “is a

Malaysian citizen or permanent resident who”;

and

(ii)

in paragraph (a), by inserting after the word “Sabah”

the words “or the Federal Territory of Labuan”.

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