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s 30 Privileges attaching to certain relationships
(1) The like privileges and rights as those which arise from the relationship of client and advocate and solicitor acting in his professional employment shall arise from the following relationship, that is to say:
(a) the relationship between a person granted legal aid under section 11 and the Director General and the solicitor (if any) assigned to act for him;
(b) the relationship between an applicant for legal aid under this Act and the Director General and the solicitor (if any) to whom the application is referred;
(c) the relationship between an aided person and the Director General and the solicitor (if any) assigned to act for him in any proceedings to which a legal aid certificate under section 15, 16 or 16A relates;
(d) the relationship between a person seeking legal advice and the Director General and the solicitor (if any) by whom such advice is given.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1) the privileges therein referred to shall not arise in relation to any information tendered to the Director General concerning the property or income of the applicant for a legal aid certificate under this Act.
(3) Save as provided by this Act or by regulations made thereunder the rights conferred by this Act on a person receiving legal aid or legal advice under Part III, IV or V, as the case may be, shall not affect the rights or liabilities of other parties to the proceedings or the principles on which the discretion of any court or tribunal is normally exercised.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Keistincwasns dan hak saperti yeng tgilit dari kui. Beraindak nengikut poenaimya re yak ae rerbil d ai ngibung apek yana beroie,
(a) ubman diantara sesaon ii denedi en an a peguam (jıka ada) yang dı-pertugaskan bertındak sub.A41B8/03 bagı pehak-nya;
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(b) hubongan bantuar guaman di-bavarh Aata ori denganohengaran dar peguam (jika ada) yang kapada-nya permohonan itu di-rujokkan;
(c) hubongan antara sa-saorang yang di-bantu dengan /Pengarah dan peguami (jika ada) yang di-pertugaskan bertındak bagı pehak-nya dalam apa- pembı haraan yang di-maksudkan oleh sa-suatu perakuaı bantuan guaman di-bawah sekshen 15, atau 16,atau 16A
(d) hubongan antara sa-saorang yang meminta nasihat guaman dengan/Pengarah dan peguam (jika ada) yang memberi nasihat itu.
(2) Walau apa pun yang terkandong dalam sekshenkechil (1) keistimewaan2 yang di-sebutkan dalam-nya itu tidak-lah terbit berkenaan dengan apa2 maklumat yang di-beri kapada/Pengarah mengenaï harta atau pendapatan pemohon perakuan bantuan guaman di-bawah Akta ini.
(3) Kechuali sa-bagaimana di-peruntokkan oleh Akta ini atau oleh peratoran? yang di-buat di-bawah-nya, hak2 yang di-beri oleh Akta ini kapada sa-saorang yang menerima bantuan guaman atau nasihat guaman di-bawah Bahagıan III, IV atau V, mengikut mana yang berkenaan, tidak-lah menyentoh hak2 atau tanggongan2 pehak2 lain dalam pembicharaan itu atau prinsip2 yang berasaskan-nya budibichara mana2 mahkamah atau tribunal di-jalankan pada biasa-nya. sa-siapa yang meminta atau menerima bantuan atau nasihat guaman membuat dengan di-ketahuï-nya apa? kenyataan atau pernyataan palsu tatkala memberı apadalam permohonan-nya thabitkan ia boleh di-kenakan denda tidak lebeh daripada satu ribu ringgit atau penjara sa-lama tempoh tidak lebeh daripada enam bulan atau kedua2-nya.
Text as at 1 November 2013 (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).
