Malaysia legislation
Section 12
Section 12
“Inquiry into application or complaint
(a)
by substituting for the shoulder note the following shoulder note:
“Effect of Disciplinary Board’s order of fine or restitution”;
(b)
by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1) Where the Disciplinary Board has ordered a fine to be paid by an advocate and solicitor or has ordered a restitution to be made by an advocate and solicitor, such fine shall be paid or such restitution shall be made within one month from the date of the order or such further date as the Disciplinary Board may allow, and in default thereof the Disciplinary Board may order suspension of the advocate and solicitor from practice until the payment of such fine or sum to be restituted or if the advocate and solicitor is currently not in possession of a practicing certificate, order that no Sijil Annual shall be issued to him until payment of the fine or sum to be restituted is made or in the case of a foreign lawyer, recommend to the Bar
Council to suspend his registration until the payment of such fine or sum to be restituted is made.”; and
(c)
in subsection (2), by substituting for the words “Disciplinary
Board” the words “Malaysian Bar”.
Amendment of section 103a