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Legal Profession Act 1976 s 35

Legal Profession Act 1976 s 35

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s 35 Right of advocate and solicitor

(1) Any advocate and solicitor shall, subject to this Act and any other written law, have the exclusive right to appear and plead in all Courts of Justice in Malaysia according to the law in force in those Courts; and as between themselves shall have the same rights and privileges without differentiation. (2) Nothing herein contained shall affect the right which is hereby declared of— (a) legal officers, whose duties so require them to do, and qualified persons appointed temporarily to perform the duties of legal officers to appear and plead on behalf of the Government in the Courts; (b) the *Public Trustee, Director General of Insolvency, *Assistant Public Trustees and †Insolvency Officers to appear and plead in the Courts under any written law relating to such offices; and (c) existing pleaders.

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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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