1989 Ed.]
Legal Practitioners
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restoration to the roll of solicitors or the suspension from practice of a solicitor or affecting any privilege, restriction or misconduct in connection with the professional practice, conduct and discipline of a solicitor, a solicitor's employee or an articled clerk,
and in any such case, whether the Society has or is seeking audience or not, the Society shall be served with a copy of every necessary document filed with the Registrar.
25. Expenses of Disciplinary Committee and of Society
(1) The expenses incurred by-
(a) a Disciplinary Committee; and
(b) the Society, in connection with proceedings before a Disciplinary Committee and any appeal under section 13,
may be paid to the Society out of general revenue upon a certificate issued by the Attorney General.
(2) The Attorney General shall only issue a certificate under subsection (1) if he is satisfied that-
(a) the expenses were necessarily incurred by the Disciplinary Committee or the Society, as the case may be, in exercise of the powers or duties conferred or imposed by this Ordinance;
(b) the amount of such expenses is reasonable; and
(c) the expenses could not reasonably be recovered from the person whose conduct is the subject of the proceedings before the Disciplinary Committee or the Court of Appeal, as the case may be. (Amended 92 of 1975 s. 59; 46 of 1989 s. 6)
(3) In this section, "expenses" includes witnesses' expenses and fees, counsel's fees, solicitor's fees, auditor's fees and other charges and disbursements.
26. Statutory provisions to prevail over Society's articles
In the case of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Ordinance and the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Society the provisions of this Ordinance shall prevail.
26AA. Abolition of enrolled student status
(1) A person who immediately before the commencement of the Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Ordinance 1981 (1 of 1981) was an enrolled student under Part II of the Articled Clerks Rules (Cap. 159 sub. leg.) shall cease to be an enrolled student for all purposes and his enrolment shall be of no effect on the commencement of the Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Ordinance 1981 (1 of 1981).