Legal Aid Act 1971 s 5
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s 5 Panels of solicitors
(1) The Director General of Legal Aid shall prepare and maintain panels of solicitors willing to investigate, report and give an opinion upon applications for the grant of legal aid, to act for persons receiving legal aid or to give legal advice under the provisions of this Act; and there may be separate panels for different purposes and for different courts.
(2) Any solicitor shall be entitled to have his name on the panels or any of them unless there is good reason for excluding him arising out of his conduct when acting or assigned to act for persons receiving legal aid or his professional conduct generally.
(3) Where a solicitor is aggrieved by any decision excluding him (whether permanently or temporarily) from the panels or any of them, he may appeal against the decision to a High Court and the High Court (whose decision shall be final) may confirm or quash the decision appealed against or may substitute such decision as it thinks fit.
(4) Subject to subsection 24(2) any solicitor may at any time request the Director General to remove his name from the panels or any of them and the Director General shall comply with such request.
(5) Subject to any regulations made under this Act the Director General shall pay to a solicitor investigating and reporting or giving an opinion upon applications for the grant of legal aid or acting for persons receiving legal aid or giving legal advice under the provisions of this Act such fees as may be agreed between the Director General and the solicitor.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1)/Pengarah Bantuan Guaman hendak-lah mengadakan Panel2 dan menyenggara panel2 peguam yang bersetuju untok Peguam. menyiasat, membuat laporan dan memberi pendapat mengenaï permohonan2 bantuan guaman, untok bertindak bagi pehak orang? yang menerima bantuan guaman atau untok memberi nasihat guaman di-bawah peruntokan2 Akta ini; dan panel? yang berasingan boleh di-adakan bagi maksud yang berlain2 dan bagi mahkamah yang berlain?.sula• AA188 03
(2) Mana2 peguam ada-lah berhak nama-nya di-masokkan dalam panel itu atau mana2 daripada-nya melainkan lika ada sebab yang baik untok menyingkirkan-nya terbit daripada kelakuan-nya apabila bertindak atau di-pertugaskan bertindak bagi pehak orang? yang menerima bantuan guaman atau terbit daripada kelakuan profeshenel-nya pada am-nya daripada-nya, ia boleh merayu terhadap keputusan itu kapada Mahkamah Tinggi dan Mahkamah Tinggi (dan keputusan-nya ada-lah muktamad) boleh mengesah ıtau membatalkan keputusan yang di-perayukan itu atar nenggantikan-nya dengan suatu keputusan yang di-fikirkannya patut.
(4) Tertaklok kapada peruntokan? sekshen 24 k(2)a sasaorang peguam boleh pada bila? masa meminta/Pengarah nengeluarkan nama-nya dari panel itu atau mana2 dari ›ada-nya dan /Pengarah hendak-lah mematohi permintaa Sab.AA1188/03
[Bhg. II, S. 5-9] eb.AAIIUS O3 Penubohan Lembaga Bantuan Guaman. d/A4578 sub.AA1198/03 Penubohan Majlis Bantuan Guaman. иb- AA653 (/24578 Elaun bagi abliz Majlis dan Lembege. C/AA Fenhpoh jawatan bagi ahliz Lentbage dan ahli2 Majlis. C/AA578 A/AA1i88 yang menerima bantuan guanan atau kerana member nasihat guaman di-bawah peruntokan2 Akta ini apa2 bayaran sa-bagaimana dengan peguam itu.
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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).
