LEGAL PRACTITIONERS.
No. 1 of 1871.
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8. No person bound by articles of clerkship to any solicitor as aforesaid shall, during the term of service mentioned in such articles, hold any office or engage in any employment whatsoever other than the employment of clerk to such solicitor and his partners, if any, in the business, practice, or employment of a solicitor.
[23 & 24 Vict. c. 127 s. 10.]
9. In case any solicitor to whom any clerk is articled becomes bankrupt before the expiration of the term, or executes a trust deed for the benefit of his creditors under any Ordinance relating to bankruptcy, or is imprisoned for debt and remains in prison for the space of 21 days, it shall be lawful for the Court, on the application of such clerk, to order and direct the articles to be discharged or assigned to such person, on such terms, and in such manner, as the Court thinks fit.
[6 & 7 Vict. c. 75.]
10. The Chief Justice may make regulations, subject to the approval of the Legislative Council, for the final examination of persons who have been bound by articles of clerkship for a period of 5 years as aforesaid, in order to ascertain the fitness of such persons for admission to practise as solicitors in the Court, having due regard to their general learning and education, their character and conduct, their professional knowledge, the length and assiduity of their service, and their other credentials.
11. The Attorney General and any two or more fit persons, to be appointed as occasion may require by the Chief Justice in writing and under the seal of the Court, shall be examiners for the purposes of this Ordinance, and they shall be entitled to receive by way of remuneration for their services such sum out of the public revenue as the Governor-in-Council may direct.
12. Until regulations for such preliminary and final examinations are made as aforesaid and so far as the same may be practicable, the examiners may conform themselves, so far as may be practicable, to the regulations by which the examinations of persons intending to become bound under articles of clerkship, and of candidates for admission to practise as solicitors in England are respectively governed and directed.
As amended by No. 62 of 1911.
As amended by No. 62 of 1911 and No. 63 of 1911.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 62 of 1911.