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| 13. BAHASA MALAYSIA QUALIFYING EXAMINATION |
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| 13.1 |
The Qualifying Board will grant exemption to pupils who have obtained a credit in the SPM or its equivalent. |
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Those who do not qualify for exemption are advised to apply to the Board to sit for the Examination immediately to avoid their Admission to the Bar being delayed. |
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Pupils are advised to study carefully the Bahasa Malaysia version of the rules of Court. |
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| 14. COMPULSORY ETHICS LECTURE PROGRAMME |
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Save with the approval of the Bar Council a Master may not take more than two (2) Chambering pupils serving their pupillage under him/her at any one time. If a pupil finds that his/her Master already has two other pupils, he/she should ensure that the Master has the necessary approval. |
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Pupil master is required to certify in his/her Certificate of Diligence (Sijil Kerajinan) that his/her pupil has satisfactorily completed the Compulsory Ethics Lecture Programme. The Certificate issued by the Bar Council is to be annexed to the Master's Certificate of Diligence when filing the Admission to the Bar papers. |
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For a pupil with more than one Master, it is not necessary for the earlier Masters to certify that the pupil has satisfactorily completed the Compulsory Ethics Lecture Programme if at the time of the issuance of the Certificate of Diligence the pupil has yet to attend the Programme. However, it must be noted that paragraph 3 of the Certificate of Diligence of the Masters concerned must not be deleted in full as the Masters are required to certify that the pupil has received instructions and gained experience in the law. The first limb of paragraph 3 i.e. "Pempetisyen telah menerima pengajaran dan mendapat pengalaman dalam undang undang" should remain. The second limb may be deleted. |
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| 15. PUPILLAGE AFTER EXPIRY OF PERIOD OF PUPILLAGE |
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| 15.1 |
A pupil may continue to attend his/her Master's office after the expiry of his/her official period of pupillage i.e. nine (9) months but he/she ceases to be a pupil at the end of the said period and, therefore, would not have the privilege to appear in Court for his/her Master or his/her Master's firm. Pupils should refrain from attending Courts on behalf of the Master's firm after the expiry of the pupillage. |
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| 16. CALCULATION OF PERIOD OF PUPILLAGE AND PREPARATION OF ADMISSION TO THE BAR PAPERS |
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Pupillage commences on the date of filing of Petition and the period of pupillage is calculated as follows:
- If Petition is filed on 1/4/95 pupillage should end on 1/1/96 and NOT 31/12/95.
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The Affidavit for Admission to the Bar (i.e. BORANG 6 referred to in sub-paragraph 3 of no. 1(1.1) on page 1) should be affirmed and Admission to the Bar papers must be filed at the earliest one day after the expiry of the period of pupillage. The Master's Certificate of Diligence too should only be signed one day after the completion of the period of pupillage. A Notice of Hearing and a Certificate of Documents should be filed together with the Affidavit for Admission to the Bar. See SET OUT IN THE LIST OF SPECIMENS "F" AND "G" ARE SAMPLES OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING AND CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTS RESPECTIVELY. |
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Check the Admission to the Bar papers i.e. dates, names etc and serve completely filled documents on all parties. |
| 16.4 |
Common mistakes made in Admission to the Bar papers are:
- Citing wrong or irrelevant sections - this could be avoided by using the forms printed by the Bar Council;
- The period of pupillage indicated in the Master's Certificate of Diligence does not conform with the period indicated in the pupil's Affidavit;
- Masters not certifying in their Certificate of Diligence that their pupils had duly attended the Compulsory Ethics Lecture Programme;
- Filling in date of commencement of pupillage instead of name of pupil in paragraph 1 of the Master's Certificate of Diligence;
- Pupils with more than one Master not setting out in paragraph 6 of BORANG 6 the specific period of pupillage served under each Master;
- Typographical - This could be avoided by using the forms printed by the Bar Council.
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A pupil may choose to have his/her Admission to the Bar heard in another State. In such a case the pupil is required to serve his/her Admission to the Bar papers on the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee and the State Bar Committee of the State in which the Admission to the Bar is to be heard. |
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| 17. ADMISSION FEE |
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Pupils are required to pay to the Disciplinary Board an Admission Fee of RM200.00 towards the Discipline Fund before filing their Admission to the Bar papers. A copy of the receipt must be produced to the Court when filing the Admission to the Bar papers. |
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| 18. PUPIL'S TELEPHONE CONTACT NUMBER |
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| 18.1 |
Pupils are advised to leave their telephone contact number with the Secretariat when serving their Admission to the Bar papers so that they could be reached if their papers are not in order. |
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