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Legal Profession Act 1976 s 70A

Legal Profession Act 1976 s 70A

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s 70A General meeting of State Bar

(1) Every State Bar Committee may convene a general meeting of the State Bar other than the annual general meeting at any time the Bar Committee considers it necessary or expedient. (2) The quorum at every such meeting shall be one-third of the total members of the State Bar. (3) Any ten members of the State Bar or one-third of the members of the State Bar whichever shall be the greater may at any time requisition a general meeting by written notice in that behalf signed by them and served on the Chairman or the Secretary of the State Bar Committee and the State Bar Committee shall convene a general meeting to be held within thirty days of such service. (4) The written notice shall specify the object or objects of the proposed meeting. (5) If the State Bar Committee fails to convene a general meeting in accordance with the requisition within thirty days of the service of such requisition, the requisitioning members may convene the general meeting within sixty days of such service. (6) Any general meeting convened under subsection (3) or (5) shall be dissolved if a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for holding the meeting. (7) At every general meeting every member present shall have one vote and the Chairman of that meeting shall have a casting vote. (8) Any question at the meeting shall be decided by not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting.

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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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