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misconduct (3) For the purposes of this Part, "misconduct" means conduct or omission to act in Malaysia or elsewhere by an advocate and solicitor in a professional capacity or otherwise which amounts to grave impropriety and includes - (a) conviction of a criminal offence which makes him unfit to be a member of his profession; (b) breach of duty to a court including any failure by him to comply with an undertaking given to a court; (c) dishonest or fraudulent conduct in the discharge of his duties; (d) breach of any rule of practice and etiquette of the profession made by the Bar Council under this Act or otherwise; (e) being adjudicated a bankrupt and being found guilty of any of the acts or omissions mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (h), (k) or (l) of section 33(6) of the Bankruptcy Act 1967; (f) the tendering or giving of any gratification to any person for having procured the employment in any legal business of himself or any other advocate and solicitor; (g) directly or indirectly procuring or attempting to procure the employment of himself or any other advocate and solicitor through or by the instruction of any person to whom any remuneration for obtaining such employment has been given by him or agreed or promised to be so given; (h) accepting employment in any legal business through a tout; (i) allowing any unauthorised person to carry on legal business in his name without his direct and immediate control as principal or without proper supervision; (j) the carrying on by himself, directly or indirectly, of any profession, trade, business or calling which is incompatible with the legal profession or being employed for reward or otherwise in any such profession, trade, business or calling; (k) the breach of any provision of this Act or of any rules made thereunder or any direction or ruling of the Bar Council; (l) the disbarment, striking off, suspension or censure in his capacity as a legal practitioner in any other country or being guilty of conduct which would render him to be punished in any other country; (m) the charging, in the absence of a written agreement, in respect of professional services rendered to a client, of fees or costs which are grossly excessive in all the circumstances; (n) gross disregard of his client's interests; and (o) being guilty of any conduct which is unbefitting of an advocate and solicitor or which brings or is calculated to bring the legal profession into disrepute.
ACT 166 - LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1976
94. Power of Disciplinary Board to strike off the Roll, suspend for misconduct, etc. |
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misconduct "misconduct" has the meaning assigned to it under section 94(3) of the Act.
PU(A) 189/1994 - LEGAL PROFESSION (DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS) (INVESTIGATING TRIBUNAL AND DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE) RULES 1994
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misconduct "misconduct" means cheating, impersonating, smuggling of any umpermitted material or any other misconduct deemed to be a serious misconduct by the Examination Syndicate;
PU(A) 533/1997 - EDUCATION (ASSESSMENT AND EXAMINATION) REGULATIONS 1997
2. Interpretation. |
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misconduct "misconduct" means any act or inaction as specified in section 24;
ACT 700 - Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission Act 2009
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See Also: Dictionary See Also: Translator EN-BM |