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Legal Profession Act 1976 s 102

Legal Profession Act 1976 s 102

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s 102 Disciplinary Board’s consideration of report by Investigating Tribunal

(1) The Investigating Tribunal shall determine and recommend to the Disciplinary Board any one of the following recommendations: (a) that a formal investigation is not necessary; (b) that no cause of sufficient gravity exists for a formal investigation but that the advocate and solicitor should be ordered to pay a penalty; or (c) that there should be a formal investigation by a Disciplinary Committee. (2) If the Investigating Tribunal in its report recommends— (a) that there should be a formal investigation, then the Disciplinary Board shall constitute a Disciplinary Committee; or (b) that a formal investigation by a Disciplinary Committee is not necessary, the Disciplinary Board may, if it disagrees with the recommendation, appoint a Disciplinary Committee. (3) The Disciplinary Board shall inform the advocate and solicitor and the person who made the application or complaint of the manner in which it has determined the application or complaint and in the event of the determination being that a formal investigation is unnecessary the Disciplinary Board shall on the request of the person furnish him with its reasons in writing.

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Find Act 166 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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