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17.05. Permissible information or materials PDF Print E-mail

A Website may contain the following information or matters:

(a) Disclaimers

Disclaimers may be inserted in a Website provided that they appear on the home page (front page) of the Website or are highlighted to the attention of visitors to the Website by way of a prominent link appearing on the home page. However, such disclaimers should not breach any Bar Council Rules or Rulings on disclaimers.

(b) Links

Every Website shall have a link on its frontpage that connects to the official Malaysian Bar website at http://www.malaysianbar.org.my or such other address as may be notified from time to time by the Bar Council. Links that connect a Website to another website are generally permissible provided that any website linked to a Website shall comply with the Publicity Rules, all applicable laws and these Rules.

(c) Hidden text or hidden graphics

Hidden text or hidden graphics which form part of the programming language or source code of a Website and are therefore necessary for the creation of the Website are permitted provided that any such hidden text or hidden graphics does not breach Publicity Rule 5(1)(a).

(d) Tracking

An Advocate and Solicitor may keep track of the number of visitors to his Website but such information shall not be published or made available to the public.

(e) Comments or inquiries

An Advocate and Solicitor may create means through his Website for a visitor to contact him for the purposes of comments or inquiries on anything published on his Website.

(f) Website on another website

An Advocate and Solicitor may create or operate a Website on or within another website provided that the host website does not violate the Publicity Rules, these Rules or any other applicable laws.

(g) Establishment of solicitor-client relationship


A Website may provide such Approved Information as may be required to assist any person to make a decision whether to retain the relevant Advocate and Solicitor in a particular matter or a Website may enable any person to obtain further information from the Advocate and Solicitor to assist that person in making such decision. An Advocate and Solicitor shall avoid the establishment of a solicitor-client relationship directly or merely through his Website.

 
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