Section 14
Exemption from pupillage
of Syarie Legal Profession (Federal Territories) Act 2019
The Majlis Peguam Syarie may, on special grounds, allow a pupil to serve his period of pupillage with a Peguam Syarie who is practising in other States or has been practising less than seven years.
(2)
The Majlis Peguam Syarie may allow any qualified person to serve different parts of his period of pupillage with different masters.
(3)
The Majlis Peguam Syarie may exempt any qualified person who has served as a syariah officer for a period of at least one year from serving any period of pupillage under section 13.
(4)
For the purposes of subsection (3), the syariah officer shall submit to the Majlis Peguam Syarie a certificate from the Director General of
Department of Syariah Judiciary Malaysia or respective head of service, as the case may be, stating his period of service as a syariah officer.