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The Legal Profession, Exam focus Disciplinary action Foreign lawyers …

- - - - Bar Council:
        
        Members of the Bar Council include:
        
        A) Immediate past President and Vice President of the Malaysian Bar
        
        B) Chairperson of each State Bar Committee & Members elected to represent each State's Bar Committee
        
        C) Elected Members
      - Legal Profession Qualifying Board:
        
        Established under S.4 LPA 1976
        
        Members include:
        
        A) The AG, who is the chairperson
        
        B) 2 Judges nominated by the Chief Justice
        
        C) The Chairperson of the Bar Council; and
        
        D) A full time member of the Academic or staff of Faculty of Law nominated by the Minister of Education (S.7 LPA)
      - Disciplinary Board:
        
        The body responsible for discipline of Advocates / Solicitors - S.93(1) LPA 1976
        
        Members comprise of:
        
        Chairperson who's appointed by Chief Judge after consultation with Bar Council. Such person must be a judge / retired judge or any other person qualified to be a judge (7 pax)
        
        President of the Malaysian Bar / any member of the Bar Council (1 pax); and
        
        15 members of the Malaysian Bar of no less than 15 years standing appointed by the Chief Judge for a term of 2 years after consultation with the Bar Council (5 pax)
        
        Functions:
        
        The Board decides whether an advocate / solicitor / pupil may have reached a particular provision of the Act or the Rules made thereunder or any Rulings of the Bar Council or has otherwise committed professional misconduct
        
        Misconduct:
        
        All advocates + solicitors of the HC and pupils will be subjected for the purposes of all disciplinary actions to the control of the Disciplinary Board
        
        Any advocate + solicitors who is found guilty of any misconduct will be liable and ordered to pay a fine / suspended from practice for a period not exceeding 5 years or be struck off the Roll of Advocates & Solicitors as the case may be
- - - - S.11 (Additional Requirements):
        
        A) Be at least 18 years old
        
        B) Be of good character: not convicted ever, have never been adjudicated bankrupt, have not done any other act that renders them liable to be disbarred / disqualified as legal practitioners in any other country
        
        C) Be either citizens / PR of Malaysia; and
        
        D) Have satisfactorily served in Malaysia the prescribed period of pupillage