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Kaedah-kaedah ini bolehlah dinamakan Kaedah-Kaedah Akaun Peguam Cara
(Pindaan) 2013.
Kaedah baru 7A
P.U. (A)In force
Kaedah-Kaedah Akaun Peguam Cara (Pindaan) 2013
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Kaedah-Kaedah Akaun Peguam Cara (Pindaan) 2013 is Malaysia P.U. (A), cited as P.U. (A) 109 2013, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2013.
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P.U. (A) 109
WARTA KERAJAAN PERSEKUTUAN
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
GAZETTE
KAEDAH-KAEDAH AKAUN PEGUAM CARA
(PINDAAN) 2013
SOLICITORS’ ACCOUNT (AMENDMENT) RULES 2013
DISIARKAN OLEH/
JABATAN PEGUAM NEGARA/
ATTORNEY GENERAL’S CHAMBERS
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AKTA PROFESION UNDANG-UNDANG 1976
KAEDAH-KAEDAH AKAUN PEGUAM CARA (PINDAAN) 2013
Opening note
Preamble
- PADA menjalankan kuasa yang diberikan oleh subseksyen 78(1) dan (2) Akta Profesion Undang-Undang 1976 [Akta 166], Majlis Peguam membuat kaedah-kaedah yang berikut: Nama
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Kaedah-Kaedah Akaun Peguam Cara 1990 [P.U. (A) 301/90], yang disebut
“Kaedah-Kaedah ibu” dalam Kaedah-Kaedah ini, dipinda dengan memasukkan selepas kaedah 7 kaedah yang berikut:
“Penandatangan kepada akaun klien
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Penandatangan kepada akaun klien hendaklah seorang atau lebih daripada orang yang berikut:
(a)
seorang peguam bela dan peguam cara yang menjalankan amalan sebagai seorang pemilik tunggal;
(c)
seorang pembantu undang-undang yang diberi kuasa secara nyata oleh seorang pemilik atau seorang pekongsi atau pekongsi-pekongsi sesuatu firma peguam cara.”.
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Pindaan kaedah 8
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Kaedah 8
Kaedah-Kaedah ibu dipinda dengan memasukkan selepas perenggan (2) perenggan yang berikut:
“ (3)
Tiada wang boleh dikeluarkan daripada akaun klien melalui cek tunai atau cek pembawa kecuali bagi pembayaran bayaran ganti yang telah dibelanjakan atau telah didahulukan khusus bagi sesuatu transaksi atau perkara yang peguam cara itu telah ditempah untuk bertindak oleh seorang klien.
(4)
Tiada wang boleh dikeluarkan daripada akaun klien melalui —
(c)
khidmat perbankan atas talian kecuali bagi membuat apa-apa pembayaran secara elektronik kepada pihak berkuasa yang berkenaan atau badan bagi duti setem, cukai keuntungan harga tanah, fi carian, fi pemfailan atau fi pendaftaran atau maksud lain yang diluluskan oleh Majlis
Peguam dari semasa ke semasa.
(5)
Wang yang dipegang bagi seorang klien tidak boleh digunakan bagi pembayaran klien lain tanpa arahan bertulis klien yang baginya wang itu dipegang.”.
Pindaan kaedah 11
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Kaedah 11 Kaedah-Kaedah ibu dipinda—
(a)
dengan menggantikan subperenggan (2)(ii) dengan subperenggan yang berikut:
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“(ii)
lejar klien yang berasingan, atau ruang klien pada bahagian kredit atau bahagian debit (mengikut mana yang sesuai)
dalam sesuatu lejar bagi setiap klien;”;
(b)
dengan memasukkan selepas perenggan (2) dengan perenggan yang berikut:
“(2A) Semua catatan dalam lejar klien mestilah bertarikh dan termasuk rujukan yang mengenal pasti sumber atau gelaran jawatannya dan membolehkan ia dikesan ke belakang dan ke hadapan.”; dan
(c)
dengan menggantikan perenggan (5) dengan perenggan yang berikut:
“(5)
Tiap-tiap peguam cara hendaklah mengekalkan segala buku, akaun dan rekod yang disimpan olehnya di bawah kaedah ini selama sekurang-kurangnya enam tahun dari tarikh apabila fail atau perkara yang berkenaan ditutup atau tiada urusan yang belum selesai selanjutnya.”.
Dibuat 15 Mac 2013
[BC/M/16/2012(BC/PA/C/112/2012); PN(PU2)314/XIV]
LIM CHEE WEE
Presiden
Majlis Peguam Malaysia
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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1976
SOLICITORS’ ACCOUNT (AMENDMENT) RULES 2013
Opening note
Preamble
- IN exercise of the powers conferred by subsections 78(1) and (2) of the Legal Profession Act 1976 [Act 166], the Bar Council makes the following rules: Citation 1. These rules may be cited as the Solicitors’ Account (Amendment) Rules 2013. New rule 7A
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The Solicitors’ Account Rules 1990 [P.U. (A) 301/90], which is referred to as the
“principal Rules” in these Rules, are amended by inserting after rule 7 the following rule:
“Signatories to client account
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Signatories to a client account shall be one or more of the following persons:
(c)
a legal assistant expressly authorized by a proprietor or a partner or partners of a firm of solicitors.”.
Amendment of rule 8 3.
Rule 8 of the principal Rules is amended by inserting after paragraph (2) the following paragraphs:
“(3)
No money shall be drawn from a client account by a cash cheque or a bearer cheque except for payment of disbursement expended or advanced
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specifically for a transaction or matter for which the solicitor has been retained to act by a client.
(4)
No money shall be drawn from a client account by —
(c)
online banking service except for making any electronic payment to the appropriate authority or body for stamp duty, real property gains tax, search fees, filing fees or registration fees or other purposes approved by the Bar
Council from time to time.
(5)
Money held for a client must not be used for payment of another client without prior written instruction of the client for whom the money is held.”.
Amendment of rule 11 4.
Rule 11 of the principal Rules is amended—
(a)
by substituting for subparagraph (2)(ii) the following subparagraph:
“(ii)
a separate client’s ledger, or a client’s column on the credit side or debit side (as may be appropriate) of a ledger for each client;”;
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(b)
by inserting after paragraph (2) the following paragraph:
“(2A)
All entries in a client’s ledger must be dated and include references that identifiy their sources or designation and enable them to be traced backward and forward.”; and
(c)
by substituting for paragraph (5) the following paragraph:
“(5)
Every solicitor shall preserve all books, accounts and records kept by him under this rule for at least six years from the date when the file or matter concerned is closed or no further pending business.”.
Made 15 March 2013
[BC/M/16/2012(BC/PA/C/112/2012); PN(PU2)314/XIV]
LIM CHEE WEE
President
Bar Council Malaysia
Common questions
- What is Kaedah-Kaedah Akaun Peguam Cara (Pindaan) 2013?
- Kaedah-Kaedah Akaun Peguam Cara (Pindaan) 2013 is Malaysia P.U. (A), cited as P.U. (A) 109 2013, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2013.
- Is Kaedah-Kaedah Akaun Peguam Cara (Pindaan) 2013 still in force?
- Yes — Kaedah-Kaedah Akaun Peguam Cara (Pindaan) 2013 is currently in force.
- When did Kaedah-Kaedah Akaun Peguam Cara (Pindaan) 2013 take effect?
- Kaedah-Kaedah Akaun Peguam Cara (Pindaan) 2013 was first recorded in 2013.
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- Kaedah-Kaedah Akaun Peguam Cara (Pindaan) 2013 contains 7 sections.
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- The official text of Kaedah-Kaedah Akaun Peguam Cara (Pindaan) 2013 is published at lom.agc.gov.my.
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