Malaysia legislation
Section 22
Section 22
Section 89 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
in the shoulder note, by deleting the words “in the possession of advocate and solicitor”; and
(b)
in subsection (1)—
(i)
by substituting for paragraph (a) the following paragraph:
“(a) a complaint is made to the Bar Council that there has been undue delay on the part of—
(i)
an advocate and solicitor in connection with any matter in which the advocate and solicitor or his firm has been instructed on behalf of his or his firm’s client;
(ii)
a limited liability law partnership in connection with any matter in which the limited liability law partnership has been instructed on behalf of its client;
(iii)
any matter which relates to the administration of a trust of which the advocate and solicitor is the sole trustee or co-trustee with one or more of his partners, clerks or servants; or
(iv)
any matter which relates to the administration of a trust of which the limited liability law partnership is the sole trustee or co-trustee with one or more of its clerks or servants;”;
(ii)
in paragraph (b), by inserting after the words
“the advocate and solicitor” the words “or the limited liability law partnership”;
(iii)
in paragraph (c), by inserting after the words
“the advocate and solicitor” the words “or the limited liability law partnership”;
(iv)
by substituting for paragraph (d) the following paragraph:
“(d) the advocate and solicitor or the limited liability law partnership has been notified in writing by the Bar Council that the advocate and solicitor or the limited liability law partnership has failed to give an explanation,”;
(v)
by substituting for the word “Schedule” wherever appearing the words “First Schedule”;
(vii)
by inserting after the words “in relation to that advocate and solicitor” the words “or limited liability law partnership”; and
Legal Profession (Amendment)
(viii)
in the proviso, by inserting after the words “in that advocate and solicitor’s” the words “or limited liability law partnership’s”.
Amendment of section 90