Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
The Legal Profession Act 1976 [Act 166], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 4—
(a)
by renumbering the existing section as subsection (1);
(b)
in subsection (1) as renumbered, by substituting for the words “a body” the words “a body corporate”; and
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(c)
by inserting after subsection (1) as renumbered the following subsections:
“(2) The Board shall have perpetual succession and a common seal.
(3)
The Board may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
(4)
Subject to and for the purposes of this Act, the Board may, upon such terms as it deems fit—
(a)
enter into contracts;
(b)
acquire, purchase, take, lease, hold, sell and enjoy any movable and immovable property of every description or any interest in such property vested in the Board; and
(c)
convey, assign, surrender, yield up, charge, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or deal with, any movable or immovable property or any interest in such property vested in the Board.”.
Substitution of section 7