Malaysia legislation
Section 10
Section 10
Section 99 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
in subsection (2) in the national language text, by substituting for the word “Perindustrian” the word
“Perusahaan”;
Legal Profession (Amendment)
(b)
by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:
“(3a) No complaint concerning the conduct of any advocate and solicitor or of any pupil shall be inquired into by the Disciplinary Board after the expiration of six years from the date when the right of action to bring the complaint accrued:
Provided that where—
(a)
the complaint is based upon the fraud of the advocate and solicitor or his agent or of any person through whom he or his agent claims;
or
(b)
the right of action to bring the complaint is concealed by the fraud of the advocate and solicitor or of his agent or any person through whom he or his agent claims, the period of limitation shall not begin to run until the complainant has discovered the fraud, or could with reasonable diligence have discovered it.”; and
(c)
by inserting after subsection (5) the following subsection:
“(6) For the purpose of this section, “legal firm”
includes an international partnership or a qualified foreign law licensed under Part IVa.”.
Substitution of section 100