Competition Act 2010 s 22
s 22 Privileged communication
(1) No person shall be required, under any provision of this Part, to produce or disclose any communication between a professional legal adviser and his client which would be protected from disclosure in accordance with section 126 of the Evidence Act 1950.
(2) Whereβ
(a) the Commission makes a requirement under section 18 of an advocate and solicitor in respect of any information or document; and
(b) the information or document contains a privileged communication made by or on behalf of or to the advocate and solicitor in his capacity as an advocate and solicitor,
the advocate and solicitor is entitled to refuse to comply with the requirement unless the person to whom or by or on behalf of whom the communication was made or, if the person is a body corporate that is under receivership or is in the course of being wound up, the receiver or the liquidator, as the case may be, agrees to the advocate and solicitor complying with the requirement, but where the advocate and solicitor so refuses to comply with the requirement, the advocate and solicitor shall forthwith furnish in writing to the Commission the name and address of the person to whom or by whom the communication was made.
Malay text (authoritative)
Komunikasi terlindung
(1) Tiada seorang pun boleh dikehendaki, di bawah mana-mana peruntukan Bahagian ini, supaya memberikan atau menzahirkan apa-apa komunikasi antara seorang penasihat undang-undang profesional dengan pelanggannya yang dilindungi daripada penzahiran mengikut seksyen 126 Akta Keterangan 1950.
(2) Jikaβ
(a) Suruhanjaya membuat suatu kehendak di bawah seksyen 18 terhadap seorang peguam bela dan peguam cara berkenaan dengan apa-apa maklumat atau dokumen; dan
(b) maklumat atau dokumen itu mengandungi komunikasi terlindung yang dibuat oleh atau bagi pihak atau kepada peguam bela dan peguam cara itu atas sifatnya sebagai seorang peguam bela dan peguam cara,
peguam bela dan peguam cara itu berhak untuk enggan mematuhi kehendak itu melainkan jika orang yang kepadanya atau olehnya atau bagi pihaknya komunikasi itu dibuat atau, jika orang itu ialah pertubuhan perbadanan yang di bawah penerimaan atau sedang digulung, penerima atau pelikuidasi, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan, bersetuju supaya peguam bela dan peguam cara itu mematuhi kehendak itu, tetapi jika peguam bela dan peguam cara itu enggan mematuhi kehendak sedemikian, peguam bela dan peguam cara itu hendaklah dengan segera memberi Suruhanjaya secara bertulis nama dan alamat orang yang kepadanya atau olehnya komunikasi itu dibuat.
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Text as at 1 September 2024 (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).
