Section 1
This Act may be cited as the Legal Profession (Amendment)
Act 2016.
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LEGAL PROFESSION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2016 is Malaysia Amendment Act, cited as Amendment Act A1509 2016, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2016.
Opening note
This Act may be cited as the Legal Profession (Amendment)
Act 2016.
Amendment of section 103e
The Legal Profession Act 1976 [Act 166] is amended in paragraph 103e(1)(b) by substituting for the words “subsection 100(7) or (8)” the words “subsection 100(7), (8) or (15)”.
Position of the Chairman and members of the Disciplinary
Board appointed on certain dates
Notwithstanding subsection 21(1) of the Legal Profession
(Amendment) Act 2012, the members of the Disciplinary
Board appointed from 5 July 2013 to 4 July 2015 shall be deemed to have been duly appointed.
Any act, action taken or decision made by the Chairman or members of the Disciplinary Board during their appointment periods mentioned in subsections (1) and (2) shall not be questioned or invalidated by reason only of the appointment or the terms of office of the Chairman and members of the Disciplinary Board.
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