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Legal Profession Act 1976 s 5

Legal Profession Act 1976 s 5

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s 5 Functions of Board

The Board shall have the following functions: (a) to prescribe the qualifications required for the entry of any person into articles with a view to his admission as an advocate and solicitor; (b) to provide courses of instruction for, and to regulate the training and instruction of, articled clerks; (c) to provide for the examination of articled clerks wishing to become qualified persons; (d) to decide on the qualifications, if any, other than those set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of “qualified person” in section 3, which may entitle a person to become a qualified person for the purposes of this Act; (e) to provide courses of instruction for, and for the examination of, persons whose qualifications are not sufficient to make them qualified persons for the purposes of this Act except after undergoing the courses and passing the examination; (f) to provide for the management and conduct of the Bahasa Malaysia Qualifying Examination.

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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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