Malaysia legislation

Section 83

of *SYARIE LEGAL PROFESSION (FEDERAL TERRITORIES) ACT 2019

Section 83

If a Peguam Syarie—

(a)

has been found guilty by a court of law of any offence involving dishonesty, misuse or misappropriation of any money or property of a client or of any other person;

(b)

has been struck off his name from the Register;

(c)

has been barred, suspended, reprimanded or censured in his capacity as Peguam Syarie in any other States;

(d)

is the subject of a complaint concerning any dishonest act committed by him in his capacity as a Peguam Syarie;

(e)

has left the country or has not attended his office in such circumstances that the Majlis Peguam Syarie may reasonably presume that he has absconded; or

(f)

is otherwise incapable from infirmity of body or mind or any other cause of effectively performing the functions of a Peguam Syarie,

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and the Majlis Peguam Syarie considers that it would be in the public interest or in the interest of his clients or of the profession that the Peguam Syarie be suspended from practice, the Majlis Peguam Syarie may apply to the

Disciplinary Board for an order suspending the Peguam Syarie from practice until further notice is given.

Appeal against order or decision of the Disciplinary Board

Section 83 — SYARIE LEGAL PROFESSION (FEDERAL TERRITORIES) ACT 2019