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 (Oct 28) was to allow for provisions on liberalisation of the legal practice to be brought into force in Sabah and Labuan on different dates.
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