Addition of new Schedule.

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of January 1963 or was enrolled as a student in accordance with the provisions of the repealed Ordinance may be admitted and enrolled in accord- ance with the provisions of section 3 of this Ordinance if he would have complied with the provisions of the repealed Ordinance, if this Ordin- ance had not been enacted:".

16. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding at the end the following new Schedule-

**1963 c. 31, Sen. L.

SCHEDULE.

[ss. 26A, 268 & 26C]

PROPERTY IN THE CONTROL OR POSSESSION OF CERTAIN

SOLICITORS AND OTHER MERSONS.

1. The Committee muy require the production or delivery to any person appointed by the Committee al a time and place to be fixed by the Committee," and may take posses- sion, of all deeds, wills, documents constituting or evidencing the ule to any property, papers, books of account, records, vouchers and other documents in the possession or control of the solicitor or bis firm, or relating to any trust of which he is the sole trustee or is pœ-trustes only with one or more of his partners, employees or articled clerka,

1 If any person having possession or control of any such documents fails to comply forthwith with any such requirements

(a) he shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on summary conviction to a flue of one thousand dollar; and

(8) the Supreme Court or a judge thereof may, on the application of the Committee, order that person to comply with the requirement within such time as may be specified in the order, and may at the same time further order that on that person's failure to comply with such requirement one or more members of the Committee, or one or more persons appointed by the Committee for the purpose, may forthwith enter upon any premises (using such force as is reasonably necessary for the purpose) to search for. and take possession of, the documents referred to in paragraph 1.

3. Upon taking possession of any such documents, the Committee shall serve upon the solicitor and every person from whom those documents were received, or from whose premises they were taken by virtue of an order made under paragraph 2, a notice giving particulars and the date of taking possession thereof.

4. Any requirement of notice under this Schedule shall be made in writing under the band of such person as may be appointed by the Committee for the purpose and may be

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served on any person either by personal service or by being sent by registered post addressed to his last known place of business or residence.

5. Within fourteen days after the service of a notice under paragraph 3, the solicitor or other person upon whom the notice was served may apply to a judge of the Supreme Court in chambers for an order directing the Committee to return those documents to the person from whom they were received, or from whose premises they were taken, as the case may be, by the Committee, or to such other person as the applicant may require; and on the hearing of any such application the judge may make such order with respect to the matter as he may think fit

$. If no application is made under paragraph 5, or it the judge to whom any such application is made directs that the documents shall remain in the custody or control of the Committee, the Committee may make inquiries to ascertain the person to whom those documents belong and may deal with those documents in accordance with the directions of that person:

Provided that, before dealing with such documents, the Committee may take copies of, or extracts from, any such documents.

7. The Supreme Court or a judge thereof may, on the application of the Committee, order that no payment shall be made without the leave of the Supreme Court or a judge thereof by any banker named in the order out of any banking account in the name of the solicitor or his firm.

*. (1) The Supreme Court or a judge thereof, ou the application of the Committes, may from time to time order that for such time not exceeding eighteen months as the Court or judge, as the case may be, thinks fit, postal packets (as defined by section 1 of the Post Office Ordinance) addressed to the solicitor or his firm at any place or places mentioned in the order for re-direction shall be re-directed, sent or delivered by the Postmaster General or the officers sting onder him to a person appointed under paragraph | or otherwise as the Court or judge, as the case may be, directs, and the same shall be done accordingly.

(2) Where such an order is made under sub-paragraph (1) the Committee shall pay to the Postmaster General the like charges (if any) as would have been charged and payable-

(a) in respect of an application or instructions by the addresses, in the case of a permanent change of his place of business, for the re-direction or delivery of postal packets to which the order relates to him at the address of the person to whom they are to be re-directed, sent or delivered under the order, during the time specified in the order; and

(5) In respect of the re-direction or re-transmission of any individual postal packet in accordance with the

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