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or friter in one of the Courts of London, Dublin er Edin-
P hurgh or a frector of an Ecclesiastical Court in England. In other words a person in order to be qualified to be appointed Creva Soliciter must possess these qualifica- tion which would permit kis admissien in this Colony as a harrister or a soliciter.
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The qualification for appointment as Assistant Crewn Səli- citer only differs from that raquired by the Crown Solici- in that the person concerned"
ter is not required to have beon actually admitted to the
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■tatus previously referred te but only to kave passed the examinations which would qualify kim on fulfilling the prescribed formalities to be admitted into one of those professions. The object of the difference is that the ju- kier peat may well be held by an individual whe altbeuch
had being technically qualified may not have the time or the
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4. Section 3 provides for the status of these officers before
and the Courts of the Colony and for whem in what capacities they may appear. It is desirable to draw attention here to subsection (2) of this section by which pewar is given to the Crown Solicitor
tor te prosecute at the Criminal Sessions on behalf of the Attorney General: and also to the provi- ciens of subsection (3) under which a Crown Seliciter or
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his own account whilst holding office.
5. Section 4 deals with the question of the feas chargeable
by these officers when doing werk for the Naval and Mili-
tary Authorities er en bokalf of any Country in respect of
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procedure.
Section 5 with the recovery of costs i cases in which
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