Section 18: Disciplinary powers

18. Disciplinary powers (1) Notwithstanding any other enactment, the Supreme Court shall have power and jurisdiction to hear and determine any complaint of a disciplinary nature in respect of the professional conduct of a law practitioner or a ministerial officer including a land surveyor. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), “complaint” includes a motion by a law officer, a written report by or on behalf of the Chief Justice, of the Master and Registrar, of the Bar Council or of any other body or authority exercising powers of supervision over the conduct of a person referred to in subsection (1). (3) The Court may require the Ministère Public to intervene in any such matter in such manner as it thinks fit. C54 – 7 [Issue 3] Courts Act (4) A hearing under this section shall be governed by section 14 of the Law Practitioners Act. [S. 18 amended by Act 29 of 1992 w.e.f. 25 July 1992.]