Legal Profession Act 1976 · Updated to 1 Aug 2018 · Part II · Legal Profession Qualifying Board
13. Exemption from period and qualification for pupillage
Feedback & supportSubject to subsection (4) a pupil shall serve his period of pupillage with an advocate and solicitor who is and has been in active practice in Malaysia for a total period of not less than seven years immediately preceding the date of commencement of his pupillage:
advocate and solicitor
“advocate and solicitor” includes the executors, administrators and assignees of the advocate and solicitor in question. Legal Profession 141 Advocate and solicitor entitled to charge on property for costs
Provided that the Bar Council may on special grounds allow a pupil to serve his period of pupillage with an advocate and solicitor of less than seven years’ standing.
Bar Council
“Bar Council” and “Council” mean the central council of the Malaysian Bar established under section 47;
The Bar Council may allow a qualified person to serve different parts of his period of pupillage with different masters.
qualified person
“qualified person” means any person who— NOTE—The Companies Act 1965 has since been repealed by the Companies Act 2016 w.e.f. 31 January 2017–see subsection 620(1)…
The Bar Council may, in its sole discretion, exempt a qualified person from any period up to six months’ pupillage upon application made to it supported by satisfactory evidence that—
there are special circumstances justifying a shortening of the period of pupillage; or
the applicant has for a period of not less than six months been a pupil or read in the chambers of a legal practitioner in active private practice, in the Commonwealth, of more than seven years’ standing; or
the applicant is an articled clerk in Malaysia: or
the applicant has been engaged in active practice as a legal practitioner by whatever name called in any part of the
Commonwealth for a period of not less than six months.
A qualified person who has served in the Judicial and Legal
Service for at least one year shall be exempted from serving any period of pupillage provided his application for admission as an advocate and solicitor is supported by a certificate from the Attorney General to the effect that he is a fit and proper person to be admitted as an advocate and solicitor.
(Deleted by Act A1444).
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