KOTA KINABALU: Amendments passed by Parliament to the Advocates Ordinance (Sabah) Act 2021 will allow foreign legal firms to operate in the Federal Territory of Labuan, but not in Sabah for the time being.
Sabah Law Society president Roger Chin said the amendment to Section 23 of the Act that was passed on Thursday was to allow for provisions on liberalisation of the legal practice to be brought into force in Sabah and Labuan on different dates.
He explained that the provision of Section 23 was already inserted under the Advocates Ordinance Act 2016 on the liberalisation of the legal practice in Sabah, in line with amendments made to the Legal Profession Act 1976 . However, he said, since the Legal Profession Act 1976 did not apply to Sabah, similar provisions needed to be introduced into the ordinance governing Sabah so as to give effect to Malaysia's liberalisation obligations.
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