Legal Profession Act · s 65

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s 65Rules

(1)

Without prejudice to any other power to make rules, the Chief

Justice with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may make such rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as he may consider necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act.

(2)

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), rules made under that subsection may —

(a)

(deleted);

(aa)

prescribe the manner in which contigency fees, as defined in such rules, may be taken by advocates and solicitors and the proceedings in which and conditions on which these shall be payable;

(b)

prescribe alternative qualifications for the purposes of section 3(2);

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(c)

prescribe the requirements and conditions of service of the period of pupillage for qualified persons all the conditions for any exemption from all or any part of such service; and

(d)

prescribe any fee or other thing authorised or required to be prescribed under any provision of this Act.