LEGAL PRACTITIONERS.
No. 1 of 1871.
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proper Provided always that if any such person has been prevented from attending to be examined as aforesaid by reason of sickness or other unavoidable cause, it shall be lawful for the Chief Justice to permit such notice to be renewed within the said period of 6 months.
18. Every such candidate who has served part of the period of 5 years as an articled clerk to a solicitor practising in Great Britain or Ireland, and the other part to a solicitor practising in this Colony, shall, in addition to the formalities prescribed by sections 5 and 6 in respect of the articles therein mentioned, and before he can be admitted and enrolled, produce to the Registrar the articles under which he has become bound to such solicitor practising in Great Britain or Ireland and every assignment thereof, and shall make and swear, or duly cause to be made and sworn, such affidavits in relation thereto as are prescribed by section 5 in respect of the articles therein mentioned; and the provisions of section 6 shall likewise apply to articles whereby such candidate has been bound to serve any solicitor practising in Great Britain or Ireland and to any assignment thereof: Provided always that the Chief Justice may, on special grounds and on such conditions as he may think proper, exempt any such person from complying with the formalities prescribed by this section, either absolutely or for any specified period.
due service
c. 73 s. 14;
6 & 7 Vict.
23 & 24 Vict. c. 127 s.
19. (1) Every such candidate shall, before he can be admitted and enrolled, prove by an affidavit of himself or of the solicitor or solicitors practising in Great Britain or Ireland or in this Colony to whom he was bound, to be duly made and filed in the Court, that he has actually and really served and been employed by such practising solicitor or solicitors during the period of 5 years required by this Ordinance, and that he has not during such period held any office or been engaged in any employment whatsoever other than the employment of clerk to such solicitor or solicitors and his or their partner or partners, if any, in the business, practice, or employment of a solicitor.
(2) The affidavit shall be in such form as may be approved by the Chief Justice.
* As amended by No. 62 of 1911 and No. 03 of 1911 and the Final Revision Ordinance 1912.