Malaysia legislation
Section 9
Section 9
Section 94 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection:
“(2) Any advocate and solicitor who has been guilty of any misconduct shall be liable to one or more of the following penalties or punishments:
(a)
to be struck off the Roll;
(b)
to be suspended from practice for any period not exceeding five years;
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(c)
to be ordered to pay a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit; or
(d)
to be reprimanded or censured.”;
(b)
by inserting after subsection (4) the following subsection:
“(4a) Notwithstanding subsection (2), any registered foreign lawyer who has been guilty of any misconduct shall be liable to be suspended, for any period not exceeding five years, or revocation of his registration or reprimanded or censured or ordered to pay a fine, as the case may be.”;
(c)
in subsection (5)—
(i)
by inserting after the words “an advocate and solicitor” the words “, and any reference to advocate and solicitor in this Part shall mutatis mutandis include a pupil”; and
(ii)
by substituting for the words “petitioning the Court”
the words “proceeding with any petition”; and
(d)
by inserting after subsection (5) the following subsection:
“(6) For the purpose of this section, “pupil” includes a person who has completed the prescribed period of pupillage and has yet to be admitted as an advocate and solicitor.”.
Amendment of section 99