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Legal Practitioners
[1989 Ed.
and subject to such conditions as the Society may think fit, employ or remunerate any person, who, to his knowledge, has been convicted of a criminal offence involving dishonesty. (Replaced 25 of 1968 s. 13)
(4) A solicitor aggrieved by the refusal of the Society to grant any such permission as aforesaid, or by any conditions attached by the Society to the grant thereof, may appeal to the Chief Justice, in such manner as may be prescribed by the Chief Justice, and on any such appeal the Chief Justice may confirm the refusal or the conditions, as the case may be, or may, in lieu of the Society, grant such permission for such period and subject to such conditions as he thinks fit.
(5) If any solicitor acts in contravention of the provisions of this section or of the conditions subject to which any permission has been given thereunder, his name shall be struck off the roll or he shall be suspended from practice for such period as a Disciplinary Committee or as the Court may think fit.
(6) Any person who, while there is in force in respect of him an order made under section 10(2)(g) prohibiting his employment by any solicitor, seeks or accepts any employment by or remuneration from a solicitor in connection with his practice as a solicitor without previously informing the solicitor of that order shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $25,000. (Amended 46 of 1989 s. 13)
54. Penalty on failure to disclose fact of having been struck off, etc.
[cf. 1957 c. 27 ss. 36 & 38 U.K.]
(1) Any person who, whilst he is disqualified from practising as a solicitor by reason of the fact that he has been struck off the roll or is suspended from practising as a solicitor, seeks or accepts employment by a solicitor in connection with that solicitor's practice without previously informing him that he is so disqualified shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $10,000. (Amended 46 of 1989 s. 11)
(2) No proceedings under this section shall be commenced except by or with the consent of the Attorney General.
55. Time limit for commencement of certain proceedings
[cf. 1957 c. 27 s. 37 U.K.]
Notwithstanding anything in the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227), proceedings in respect of any offence against section 46, 47, 48 or 54 may be brought at any time within 2 years next after the commission of the offence or within 6 months after the first discovery thereof by the prosecutor, whichever period expires first.
[cf. 1957 c. 27 s. 24 U.K.]