Malaysia legislation
Section 5
Section 5
Section 76 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
by substituting for the shoulder note the following shoulder note:
“Names of members of the Bar Council, etc., to be published and confidentiality of deliberations”;
(b)
by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection:
“(2) Except and in so far as may be necessary for the purpose of publishing a report or giving effect to any resolution passed or decision taken, confidentiality of deliberations at all meetings, proceedings or inquiries of the Board, the Bar Council, the State Bar
Committee, the Disciplinary Board and the Disciplinary
Committee and in respect of all documents pertaining to the deliberative process shall be maintained by the members of the Board, the Bar Council, the State Bar
Committee, the Disciplinary Board and the Disciplinary
Committee and by their staff.”; and
(c)
in subsection (3)—
(i)
by substituting for the words “proceedings or matters conducted by them” the words “deliberations referred to in subsection (2)”; and
(ii)
by substituting for the words “proceedings or matters” the words “deliberations unless the court considers such disclosure essential in the interest of justice”.
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Amendment of section 80