Malaysia legislation
Section 3
Section 3
Amendment of section 2
The Ordinance is amended in section 2—
(a)
in subsection (1)—
(i)
by inserting before the definition of “Chief Judge”
the following definitions:
‘ “advocate” means a person admitted and enrolled as an advocate under this Ordinance;
“Annual Certificate” means the Annual
Certificate issued by the Law Society pursuant to section 7c;
“certificate to practise” means the certificate to practise issued by the Registrar under section 9;’;
(ii)
by inserting after the definition of “Chief Judge”
the following definitions:
‘ “Law Society” means the Sabah Law Society established under section 7a;
“master” means an advocate who has been lawfully practising in Sabah for a period of not less than seven years immediately prior to taking in a pupil;
“pupil” means a person having the qualifications set out in subsection 4(1) serving under a master prior to his admission as an advocate under this Ordinance;’;
(iii)
in the definition of “to practise in Sabah”—
(A)
by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (a);
Advocates Ordinance (Sabah) (Amendment)
(B)
by inserting at the end of paragraph (b)
the word “or”; and
(C)
by inserting after paragraph (b) the following paragraph:
“(c) any of the functions authorized under this Ordinance;”;
(iv)
by inserting before the definition of “Registrar”
the following definition:
‘ “Register of Advocates” means the annual register kept by the Registrar under section 9b;’;
(v)
in the definition of “roll”, by substituting for the word “3” the word “7”;
(vi)
by substituting for the full stop at the end of the definition of “roll” a semicolon; and
(vii)
by inserting after the definition of “roll” the following definition:
‘ “Sabah”, except for subsection 2(2), includes the Federal Territory of Labuan.’; and
(b)
in subsection (2)—
(i)
by inserting after the word “he” the words “is a
Malaysian citizen or permanent resident who”;
and
(ii)
in paragraph (a), by inserting after the word “Sabah”
the words “or the Federal Territory of Labuan”.
Deletion of section 3