Legal Profession Act 1976 · Updated to 1 Aug 2018 · Part IV · Privileges of Advocates and Solicitors
40B. Licence required for foreign law firm
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No foreign law firm shall practise in Malaysia unless it is licensed under this Part.
foreign law firm
Defined · s 40A
“foreign law firm” means a foreign law firm which provides legal services in foreign law and includes a corporation duly constituted for the purpose of practising law established or licensed to provide legal services by the appropriate licensing authority of a state or territory other than Malaysia;
(2)
Any foreign law firm which contravenes the provision of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit.