Syarie Legal Profession (Federal Territories) Act 2019 · Updated to 5 Oct 2024 · Part VIII · Professional Practice, Etiquette, Conduct and Discipline of Peguam Syarie
75. Personal representative liable for acts of deceased Peguam Syarie
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the Majlis Peguam Syarie has reasonable cause to believe that the personal representatives of a deceased Peguam Syarie who immediately before his death was practising as a Peguam Syarie in his own name, have been guilty of dishonesty or undue delay in administering the affairs of the Peguam Syarie practice or in connection with any trust of which the Peguam Syarie was the sole trustee or co-trustee with one or more of his partner or employee;
or
a Peguam Syarie dies and immediately before his death the provisions of the Third Schedule to the Act applies to him, the provisions of the Third Schedule to the Act except paragraph 10 shall apply to the personal representatives of the Peguam Syarie and shall continue to apply
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to the personal representatives of the Peguam Syarie as they apply or applied, as the case may be, in relation to the Peguam Syarie referred to in those provisions and as if the words “the personal representatives” were, with the necessary adaptations, substituted for the words “the Peguam Syarie” wherever these words appear in those provisions.
In this section, the words “trust” and “trustee” have the same meaning as in subsection 65(4).