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Law Practitioners Act

consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.

Later amending instruments held: Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 (Act No 11 of 2018), Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2019 (Act No 9 of 2019), Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 (Act No. 11 of 2024).

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Sections

  1. 1 Short title
  2. 2 Interpretation
  3. 2A Application of Act
  4. 2A Application of Act inserted by Act No 18 of 2016
  5. 3 Provision of legal services
  6. 4 Qualifications of law practitioners
  7. 5 Vocational course
  8. 5A Pupillage
  9. 6 Application for admission
  10. 7 Objection to application
  11. 8 Order for admission
  12. 9 Admission
  13. 9A Senior barristers and attorneys
  14. 9B Continuing Professional Development
  15. 9C Courses for prospective judicial and legal officers
  16. 10 Roll
  17. 10A Law firm
  18. 10B Registration of law firm
  19. 10C Acts of law firm and its members
  20. 10D Professional conduct
  21. 10E Shares in law firm
  22. 10F Winding up or dissolution of law firm
  23. 10G Opening of local office by foreign law firm
  24. 10H Approval of joint law venture
  25. 10I Registration of foreign law firm and joint law venture
  26. 10J Practice of foreign law firm and joint law venture
  27. 10K Foreign lawyer
  28. 10L Registration of foreign lawyer
  29. 10M Scope of practice of foreign lawyers
  30. 10N Suspension or cancellation of registration
  31. 10O Consultation by Attorney-General
  32. 10P Right of entry and residence
  33. 10Q Right of appeal
  34. 10AA Global Legal Advisory Services
  35. 11 Establishment of Council
  36. 11A Secretariat of Council
  37. 11B Vocational Examinations Board
  38. 12 Functions and powers of Council
  39. 12A Accredited persons
  40. 13 Disciplinary proceedings
  41. 14 Procedure at disciplinary proceedings
  42. 15 Licence and security
  43. 15A
  44. 16 Unauthorised practices
  45. 17 Inducing clients
  46. 18 Documents
  47. 19 Employment of persons by law practitioners
  48. 20 Publication of names of law practitioners
  49. 21 Right of audience
  50. 21A Access to Courts and Library
  51. 22 Regulations
  52. 23 Offence