Section 8

in subsection (3)—

by substituting for paragraph (a) the following paragraph:

“(a) the chairman of the Disciplinary Board appointed by the Chief Judge after consultation with the Bar Council for a term of two years and such person shall be a retired Judge of the High Court or the Court of Appeal or the Federal Court or any other person who is qualified to be a Judge of the High Court or the Court of Appeal or the Federal Court:

Provided that the Chief Judge may, after consultation with the Bar Council, extend such term of appointment for another two years and may reappoint for another period not exceeding two years;”; and

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by substituting for the words “fifteen years’

standing” the words “ten years’ standing”;

and

in the proviso, by deleting the words “and may reappoint them”;

by deleting subsection (3a);

in subsection (4a), by deleting the words “or his representative”;

by substituting for subsection (4b) the following subsection:

“(4b)  If the President of the Malaysian Bar also disqualifies himself from deliberating on any complaint pursuant to subsection (4c) or is unable, through illness or any other cause, to attend the meeting, the members present shall elect one of their number to preside at the meeting for the purposes of the complaint.”; and

by substituting for subsection (4c) the following subsection:

“(4c)  The Chairman of the Disciplinary Board, the President of the Malaysian Bar and any other member of the Disciplinary Board shall, where it is necessary in the interest of justice, disqualify himself from deliberating on any complaint.”.

Amendment of section 94