Section 21A: Access to Courts and Library

21A. Access to Courts and Library (1) Every prospective law practitioner shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, be issued by the Council with a means of identification showing that he is following a vocational course or undergoing pupillage, which he may be required to produce for the purposes of subsection (2). (2) The Registrar shall make appropriate arrangements in order that— (a) a person following a vocational course may have access to the Supreme Court Library— (i) up to 9.30 a.m. and after 3.30 p.m. on week days; and (ii) during opening hours on Saturdays; and (b) a prospective law practitioner undergoing pupillage may have access— (i) to the Supreme Court Library; and (ii) in the case of a prospective barrister or attorney, to the places in a Court reserved for barristers or attorneys where he is representing his pupil master’s client in accordance with section 21 (4). [S. 21A inserted by s. 16 of Act 30 of 2011 w.e.f. 3 September 2012.]