Malaysia legislation
Section 32
Section 32
Section 117 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
in subsection (1), in the proviso—
(i)
by substituting for the words “any agreement”
the words “such agreement”; and
(ii)
by inserting after the words “his own advocate and solicitor” the words “or the limited liability law partnership acting for him”;
(b)
in subsection (2), by inserting after the words “the advocate and solicitor” the words “or the limited liability law partnership”;
(c)
in subsection (3), by inserting after the words “an advocate and solicitor” the words “or a limited liability law partnership”; and
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(d)
by substituting for subsection (4) the following subsection:
“(4) A provision in any such agreement which states that the advocate and solicitor or the limited liability law partnership shall not be liable for negligence, or that the advocate and solicitor or the limited liability law partnership shall be relieved from any responsibility to which the advocate and solicitor or the limited liability law partnership would otherwise be subjected as an advocate and solicitor or a limited liability law partnership, shall be wholly void.”.
Amendment of section 118