3. Amendment of section 37
Feedback & supportSection 37 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
in subsection (2), by inserting after the words “subsection (1)”
the words “and (2a)”;
(b)
by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:
“(2a) Any unauthorized person who either directly or indirectly, does or solicits the right to do any act which is customarily within the function or responsibility of an advocate and solicitor, including but not limited to advising on law (whether Malaysian or otherwise)
shall, unless he proves that the act was not done for or in expectation of any fee, gain or reward, be guilty of an offence under this subsection.”; and
(c)
in subsection (4), by inserting after the words “subsection (2)”
the words “, (2a)”.