Legal Profession Act 1976 · Updated to 1 Aug 2018 · Part II · Legal Profession Qualifying Board
28A. Attorney General’s power to issue Special Admission Certificates
Feedback & supportThe Attorney General may issue a special certificate for admission as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court (hereinafter referred to as a “Special Admission Certificate”) to any person who, in his opinion, satisfies the following requirements:
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
is a qualified person; or
is not a qualified person, but is in possession of a qualification which renders him eligible to practise as a barrister, or as a solicitor, or as an advocate and solicitor, or otherwise as a legal practitioner by whatever name called, or to be employed in a legal or judicial capacity in the service of any government, in any country, or in a part or division of any country, or in any territory or place, outside
Malaysia; and
has been practising as a barrister, or as a solicitor, or as an advocate and solicitor, or otherwise as a legal practitioner by whatever name called, or has been employed in a legal or judicial capacity by any government or by any authority, organization or body, constituted under any law, or has been sometimes so practising or sometimes so employed, wholly or partly within Malaysia or wholly or partly outside
Malaysia, for a period of, or for periods which amount in the aggregate to, not less than seven years.
*NOTE—This Part comes into force on 1 February 1999–see P.U. (B) 33/1999.
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Where the Attorney General issues a Special Admission
Certificate he shall specify therein the period for which the person issued with such Certificate shall be admitted as an advocate and solicitor.
A Special Admission Certificate shall be conclusive evidence that the requirements of paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) have been satisfied, and the validity of such Certificate shall not be reviewed or called in question in any court.
Court
“Court” means the High Court or a Judge thereof when sitting in open Court, and “Judge” means a Judge of the High Court sitting in Chambers;
In subsection (1)—
“government” includes—
the Government of Malaysia;
the Government of any State in Malaysia; and
the government of any country, or of a part or division of any country, or of any territory or place, outside Malaysia;
and
“law” includes—
written law as defined in section 3 of the Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967 [Act 388]; and
the law of any country, or of a part or division of any country, or of any territory or place, outside Malaysia.
Admission and enrolment as an advocate and solicitor of a person issued with a Special Admission Certificate