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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1976

ADVOCATES AND SOLICITORS (ISSUE OF SIJIL ANNUAL) RULES 1978

FORM OF APPLICATION TO THE BAR COUNCIL OF THE MALAYSIAN BAR FOR A SIJIL ANNUAL
(To be returned to the Bar Council by 15-9-)

(Complete full name and particulars) I, ................................................ (NRIC) ................................ (Date of Birth) ................................ an advocate and solicitor.

(Delete as appropriate) practising/intend to practise

(Delete as appropriate and complete the name under which you practise or intent to practise)
as a partner in the name of ......................................................................
as sole proprietor in the name of ...................................................................
as legal assistant in the name of ...................................................................

(State the address/es at which you intend to practise)
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Tel No. (Office) ...................................................................
Fax No. (Office) ..................................................................
And at branch office/s ..............................................................
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as a consultant at .....................................................................
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Home Address ..........................................................................
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Tel No. (House) ................................................................

I shall notify the Bar Council if I intend during the year .................................... to maintain an office or branch office in any other place or places in Malaysia.

And I hereby declare* that I -

(a) have not at any time been declared a bankrupt.

(b) have not been convicted in Malaysia or elsewhere of a criminal offence which would render me unfit to be a member of my profession, and in particular, but not limited to, an offence involving fraud or dishonesty.

* Those who have been declared a bankrupt or convicted in the preceding year, please give particulars for refusal of the Bar Council.

I hereby apply for the Sijil Annual in order that I can present it to the Registrar to enable me to obtain a practising certificate in respect of the year ...................... and I enclose herewith the following documents:

1. *accountant's report in respect of the period 1-1- to 31-12- in the from prescribed under the Accountant's Report Rules 1990/evidence that I fall within the provisions of rule 6 (2) of the Accountant's Report Rules 1990;

2. statutory declaration containing particulars of client's account/s (including branch office/s) pursuant to rule 13 of the Solicitor's Account Rules 1990. Specimen attached;

3. a certificate issued by the brokers appointed by the Bar Council pursuant to the Legal Profession (Professional Liability) (Insurance) Rules 1992 that I an insured under the Master Policy;

4. the sum of** one hundred ringgit only being my contribution to the Compensation Fund in respect of the year in accordance with section 80 (2) of the Legal Profession Act 1976;

5. the sum of** one hundred twenty ringgit only being my contribution to the Discipline Fund in respect of the year in accordance with section 103H of the Legal Profession Act 1976;

6. receipts from the Bar Council in respect of my subscription and contribution to the various Funds for the year;

7. certificate/s from the .............. Bar Committee/s in respect of my subscription/s for the year

Please issue to me the Sijil Annual within twenty-one (21) days of receipt of this Application Form.

I shall ensure that I am in possession of a Sijil Annual/practising certificate at all times especially when pupils are undergoing pupillage. Should I at anytime for whatever reason not have a Sijil Annual/practising certificate, I shall inform my pupil accordingly to enable him to make the necessary arrangements to continue his pupillage with another master.

I shall comply with all requirements set out in the Solicitor's Account Rules 1990. Solicitor's Accounts (Deposit Interest) Rules 1990 and the Accountant's Report Rules 1990. I shall ensure that if I have more than one office I will keep separate books of accounts and ensure that the accountant's report covers all offices and/or branch offices or have separate reports for each office/branch. Consequently, I shall be responsible for producing clean accountant's report for all my offices and that it is not acceptable for me to say that I am the partner in charge of the office of one town and have nothing to do with the branch office in another town.

* Delete where inapplicable.
** Half the amount only if practising certificate is to be valid for less than six months.

Made the 2nd October 1978.
[BC/LPA; PN. (PU²) 314.]