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LEGAL PRACTITIONERS.
No. 1 of 1871.
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Formalities
an execution
of articles or
No. 1 of 1871.
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS.
performed by solicitors, and who produces to the Chief Justice satis- factory evidence that he has faithfully, honestly, and diligently served as such clerk, shall be exempted from any preliminary exami- nation.
5. (1) Articles whereby any person becomes bound to serve aa a clerk to any solicitor, and every assignment thereof, shall be pro- of any assign- duced to the Registrar within one month after the same have been ment thereof, executed, and the person so bound as aforesaid shall, within the said F8&7 Viot. G. 73 s. 8.] period, make and duly swear, or cause to be made and duly sworn, an affidavit of such solicitor having been duly admitted, and also of the actual execution of the articles or assignment by the parties thereto.
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Duties of Registrar as
of articles.
(2) In every such affidavit there shall be specified the names of such solicitor and of the person so bound and the day on which such articles or assignment were or was actually executed, and such person shall also, within the said period, file the said affidavit in the Court.
6.-(1) Within the said period of one month and on the filing to enrolment of the affidavit required by the last section and the payment of the prescribed fees, the Registrar shall enrol and register the articles or assignment, and shall make and sign a memoranduni thereon ani on the affidavit of the day on which the same was filed.
[28 & 24 Fict.
c. 127. 7.]
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Performance, by leave, of formalities after speci fied period. [6 & 7 Vict.
¿. 78. 9.]
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(2) The Registrar shall likewise enter the names of the parties to and the date of such articles or assignment and the term of ser- vice in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall mark such articles or assignment as having been so entered, with the date thereof, and the said book shall be open to public inspection during office hours without fee or reward.
7. The formalities prescribed by the last two sections may be observed and performed after the expiration of the period of obe month therein specified, by leave of the Chief Justice, but the ser- vice of the clerk so bound as aforesaid shall be reckoned to commence and be computed from the date when such leave is granted or, in the case of an assignment, his service shall be suspended from the expiration of the said period of one month until the date when such leave is granted, unless the Chief Justice otherwise orders.
As amended by No. 62 of 1911 and No 88 of 1911. † as amended by No. 0 of 1911.
clerk not to
8. No person bound by articles of clerkship to any solicitor as Artioled aforesaid shall, during the term of service mentioned in such be engaged articles, hold any office or engage in any employment whatsoever in other
einployment other than the employment of clerk to such solicitor and his part- [23 & 24 Viot. ners, if any, in the business, practice, or employment of a solicitor. c. 127 s. 10.]
ruptcy, etc.
9. In case any solicitor to whom any clerk is articled becomes Discharge or
assignment bankrupt before the expiration of the term, or executes a trust deed of articles in for the benefit of his creditors under any Ordinance relating to case of bank- bankruptcy, or is imprisoned for debt and remains in prison for 1647 Viet. the space of 21 days, it shall be lawful for the Court, on the appli- fef. No. 7 of
c. 70 8.5.] cation of such clerk, to order and direct the articles to be discharged 1891.1 or assigned to such person, on such terms, and in such manner, as the Court thinks fit.
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10. The Chief Justice may make regulations, subject to the Making of
regulations approval of the Legislative Council, for the final examination of for final persons who have been bound by articles of clerkship for a period examination. of 5 years as aforesaid, in order to ascertain the fitness of such persons for admission to practise as solicitors in the Court, having due regard to their general learning and education, their character and conduct, their professional knowledge, the length and assiduity of their service, and their other credentials.
of articled
11. The Attorney General and any two or more fit persons, to Examiners be appointed as occasion may require by the Chief Justice in writ- clerks. ing and under the seal of the Court, shall be examiners for the $ purposes of this Ordinance, and they shall be entitled to receive by way of remuneration for their services such sum out of the public revenue as the Governor-in-Council may direct.
examinations
12. Until regulations for such preliminary and final examina- Conduct of tions are made as aforesaid and so far as the same may be in default of incomplete and may omit to provide for any particular matters or regulations. things, the examiners may conform themselves, so far as may be practicable, to the regulations by which the examinations of persons intending to become bound under articles of clerkship, and of candidates for admission to practise as solicitors in England are respectively governed and directed.
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* As amended by No. 62 of 1911.
+ As amended by No. 62 of 1911 and No. 63 of 1911.
§ As amended by No. 50 of 1011 and No. 69 of 1011.
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