Malaysia legislation

Section 22

of COMPETITION ACT 2010

Section 22

(2)

Where—

(a)

the Commission makes a requirement under section 18 of an advocate and solicitor in respect of any information or document; and

(b)

the information or document contains a privileged communication made by or on behalf of or to the advocate and solicitor in his capacity as an advocate and solicitor, the advocate and solicitor is entitled to refuse to comply with the requirement unless the person to whom or by or on behalf of whom the communication was made or, if the person is a body corporate that is under receivership or is in the course of being wound up, the receiver or the liquidator, as the case may be, agrees to the advocate and solicitor complying with the requirement, but where the advocate and solicitor so refuses to comply with the requirement, the advocate and solicitor shall forthwith furnish in writing to the Commission the name and address of the person to whom or by whom the communication was made.

Giving false or misleading information, evidence or document