ABOUT IKRAR COUNSEL
A Practice Founded on
the Weight of the Pledge
Ikrar — the considered pledge — sits at the heart of how we approach every document that passes through our hands. Our practice in Kuala Lumpur attends to notarial and commissioner for oaths work with the care that formal attestation demands.
Back to HomeOUR STORY
Established to Serve a Specific Gap
Ikrar Counsel was established with a particular observation in mind: individuals and organisations arriving at the notarial counter frequently encountered two difficulties. The first was uncertainty — not knowing whether their document required a Commissioner for Oaths or a Notary Public, and for cross-border documents, not understanding the subsequent legalisation steps. The second was procedure — documents turned away for technical defects that a brief review could have caught beforehand.
Our response was a practice structured around those two problems. We explain, at the initial enquiry stage, the precise pathway a document must travel. We review each document before proceeding to attestation. And where further downstream steps are required — MoFA attestation, consular legalisation, apostille — we coordinate those rather than leaving the client to navigate them alone.
The practice operates from 15B, Jalan Dato Onn in Kuala Lumpur, within reach of the Courts complex and the principal commercial districts. We serve individuals, families, corporations, and legal practitioners who require reliable, carefully attended document services for both domestic and international use.
Our Mission
To make formal document attestation straightforward, reliable, and well-explained — so clients leave with a document that will be accepted, and with a clear understanding of what was done and why.
Our Approach
We treat each engagement as specific rather than routine. The form expected by a receiving authority in the United Kingdom differs from what a notarial certificate for use in the UAE must contain. We attend to those distinctions before proceeding, not after.
Our Values
Precision over speed. Clarity over assumption. A preparatory note before every appointment, so clients arrive knowing what to bring and what to expect — because a second visit wastes everyone's time.
THE TEAM
The Practitioners
Each engagement is handled by an appointed practitioner — not delegated to administrative staff.
Reza Azmi
Notary Public & Principal
Called to the Malaysian Bar and appointed as Notary Public. Reza oversees all notarial engagements and cross-border document packs, with particular experience in commercial and estate-related matters travelling to European and Middle Eastern jurisdictions.
Suraya Noor
Commissioner for Oaths
Appointed as Commissioner for Oaths under the Commissioner for Oaths Rules 1993. Suraya attends primarily to affidavits, statutory declarations, and time-sensitive court documents, and is experienced in accommodating short-notice filing deadlines.
Tan Cheng Wei
Document & Legalisation Coordinator
Manages the downstream coordination for apostille and legalisation matters — tracking documents through MoFA and consular stages, providing written progress notes, and ensuring final packs are complete before delivery to clients.
STANDARDS & PROTOCOLS
How We Maintain Quality
Identity Verification Protocol
Every attestation engagement begins with verification of the deponent's or signatory's identity against original documents. This is not a formality; it is a legal requirement, and we observe it precisely.
Pre-Attestation Document Review
Before any oath is administered or seal applied, the document is reviewed for technical completeness — jurat elements, exhibit markings, exhibit labelling, and jurisdiction-specific form requirements.
Register Entry Maintained
All attestations are entered in the official register as required by the applicable rules. The register provides a contemporaneous record of each instrument executed and is maintained in a manner that permits reference if a question arises.
Client Data Privacy
Information disclosed in connection with an engagement is held in confidence. Client documents and personal data are managed in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2010, and are not retained beyond the period required.
Bar Council Compliance
Our practice operates in compliance with the Legal Profession Act 1976, the Commissioner for Oaths Rules 1993, and the protocols governing notarial practice in Malaysia. Professional obligations are taken seriously, not as background noise.
Preparatory Communication
Each confirmed appointment is followed by a preparatory note to the client — what to bring, how the document should be presented, and what to expect during attendance. Wasted appointments are an avoidable inconvenience.
PRACTICE CONTEXT
Notarial Practice in Malaysia — What Clients Should Know
In Malaysia, notarial and commissioner for oaths work serves distinct but sometimes overlapping functions. A Commissioner for Oaths, appointed under the Commissioner for Oaths Rules 1993, is empowered to administer oaths and statutory declarations and to attest affidavits for proceedings within Malaysian courts and administrative bodies. This function is used frequently in litigation, property transactions, and regulatory compliance.
A Notary Public holds broader authority and is the appropriate officer for documents that must carry formal recognition outside Malaysia. Foreign courts, embassies, banks, and registries require notarial attestation as a baseline — the document must show, on its face, that an officer appointed by the Malaysian state has verified identity and witnessed execution. The notarial certificate, which accompanies or is inscribed on the document, must in many cases be drafted in the specific form the receiving jurisdiction expects.
Following Malaysia's accession to the Hague Apostille Convention, documents intended for Hague member states may proceed through apostille — a single certificate issued by the competent authority — rather than the more time-consuming chain of MoFA attestation and consular legalisation. For countries outside the Convention, the full legalisation chain remains necessary. Understanding which pathway applies, and what each step involves, is part of what we explain at the initial enquiry stage.
Ikrar Counsel operates from central Kuala Lumpur and attends to both domestic and international document requirements. Engagements are managed by appointed practitioners with the support of a dedicated legalisation coordinator. We do not process documents in bulk without individual attention; each instrument is reviewed, understood, and executed as a considered act.
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