Circular No 252/2020 Dated 10 Aug 2020

To Members of the Malaysian Bar and pupils in chambers

Webinar (Forum) | Could North Validly Sign the Agreement (“MA 63”) 1963 and the Impact of Signing MA63? (5 Sept 2020)

The Law Society (“SLS”) will be hosting a complimentary Webinar Forum via Zoom explaining the reasons why , and each had the capacity to sign the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (“MA63”).

The details of the webinar forum are as follows:

Title: Could North Borneo Validly Sign the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (“MA63”) and the Impact of Signing MA63? Date: 5 Sept 2020 (Saturday) Time: 10:00 am to 11:30 am (approximately) Fee: Complimentary

CPD Point: 1 CPD Point CPD Code: T2/05092020/SLS/SBH204171/1

Registration is free. Attendance is limited to 100 persons and will be on a first come, first served basis.

The speakers are as follows:

. Zainnal Ajamain, Author, “The Queen’s Obligation” . Sukumaran Vanugopal, Member, SLS; Author, “The Constitutional Rights of Sabah and Sarawak”

Moderator: Jeremy Ho, Member, SLS; Co-Chairperson, SLS MYConsti / MA63 Committee

As a start, participants should be at least familiar with the following documents for a better understanding of MA63:

. Report 1962 (optional); . Malaysia Report of the Inter-Governmental Committee 1962 (“IGC”); . Malaysia Agreement 1963 (signed on 9 July 1963, effective from 16 Sept 1963); . Malaysia Act 1963, Chapter 35 (passed by the Parliament on 31 July 1963); . Malaysia Act 1963, Act 26 (Passed by the Malayan Parliament on 20 Aug 1963); . The latest Federal ; and . British Documents on the End of Empire Project, Series B Volume 8 (“Malaysia”) (Edited by A J Stockwell and published for the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in the University of ).

Please click here to register for the webinar forum.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. The Zoom meeting / waiting room will be opened 30 minutes earlier to allow the host some time to let you in. Please enter the meeting as early as possible.

The host will only allow registered guests into the meeting. For this reason, please ensure that your name (as per your registration of attendance) is associated with your Zoom account. Please do not share the meeting details with others.

Thank you.

A G Kalidas Secretary Malaysian Bar