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Legal Practitioners
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(viii) the evidence, if any, which shall satisfy the Council that the delivery of an accountant's report is unnecessary and the cases in which such evidence is or is not required; (Amended 25 of 1968 s. 14)
(ix) specifying in such circumstances as may be set forth in the rules a different accounting period from that specified in section 8(2); and
(x) regulating any matters of procedure or matters incidental, ancillary or supplemental to the provisions of section 8;
(c) providing for the conduct of inquiries, or investigations by a Disciplinary Committee under section 9;
(d) regulating articles and examinations, and in particular, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, providing for- (Amended 32 of 1972 s. 4)
(i) the manner in which any person shall qualify for admission under section 4(1)(a)(i) including, in particular, the period of articles, if any, to be served in any particular case, the examination or examinations to be passed and notices and forms to be used in connection therewith; and
(ii) the manner in which application for admission under section 4(1)(a)(ii) shall be made and the documents to be filed in connection therewith; (Amended 1 of 1981 s. 5)
(e) enabling the Council to exempt any person from compliance with the provisions of any such rules and to impose and enforce conditions upon which such exemption may be granted in any particular case; and
(f) prescribing anything which, under this Ordinance, is to be or may be prescribed by the Council. (Amended 52 of 1980 s. 2)
(2) Every rule made by the Council under this section shall be subject to the prior approval of the Chief Justice. (Amended 52 of 1980 s. 2)
(3) No rule made under subsection (1)(b), (c) or (d) shall apply to a person to whom section 75 applies insofar as such person is acting in the course of the employment which gives rise to the application of that section. (Amended 50 of 1982 s. 5)
73A. Indemnity rules
(1) The Council may make rules (in this Ordinance referred to as “indemnity rules") concerning indemnity against loss arising from claims in respect of any description of civil liability incurred-
(a) by a solicitor or former solicitor in connection with his practice or with any trust of which he is or formerly was a trustee;