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(3) Where an order is made by the Court that the name of a solicitor be struck off the roll of solicitors, or that the solicitor be suspended from practice, the Registrar shall enter a note thereof on the roll of solicitors in connection with the name of the solicitor and, where the order so directs, shall remove or strike off the name.
15. Application with respect to allegations
[cf. 1957 c. 27 ss. 51, 52 & 53 U.K.]
For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that an application by any person to require a solicitor to answer allegations contained in an affidavit, whether the application is made to the Society or to the Court, may be treated as an application to strike the name of that solicitor off the roll of solicitors on the grounds of the matters alleged.
16. Restrictions on powers to strike names off roll
[cf. 1957 c. 27 s. 55 U.K.]
(1) No solicitor shall be liable to have his name struck off the roll of solicitors on account of any failure to comply with such requirements with respect to service under articles as may be prescribed by the Chief Justice or on account of any defect in his admission and enrolment, unless the application to strike his name off the roll of solicitors is made within 12 months after the date of his enrolment:
Provided that this subsection shall not apply in any case where fraud is proved to have been committed in connection with the failure or defect.
(2) No solicitor shall be liable to have his name struck off the roll of solicitors by reason only that-
(a) a solicitor whom he has served for the whole or such part of the term of articled service as may be prescribed by the Chief Justice has neglected or omitted to take out a practising certificate in accordance with the provisions of section 6; or
(b) the name of a solicitor whom he has served for any period has after the termination of that period been struck off the roll of solicitors.
17. Council may inspect proceedings in bankruptcy
[cf. 1957 c. 27 s. 54 U.K.]
The Council shall be entitled, without payment of any fee, to inspect the file of proceedings in bankruptcy relating to any solicitor against whom proceedings in bankruptcy have been taken, and to be supplied with office copies of the proceedings on payment of the usual charges for such copies.
(Amended 52 of 1980 s. 2) [cf. 1957 c. 27 s. 83 U.K.]
1989 Ed.]
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(3) Where an order is made by the Court that the name of a solicitor be struck off the roll of solicitors, or that the solicitor be suspended from practice, the Registrar shall enter a note thereof on the roll of solicitors in connection with the name of the solicitor and, where the order so directs, shall remove or strike off the name.
15. Application with respect to allegations
[cf. 1957 c. 27 ss. 51, 52 & 53 U.K.]
For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that an application by any person to require a solicitor to answer allegations contained in an affidavit, whether the application is made to the Society or to the Court, may be treated as an application to strike the name of that solicitor off the roll of solicitors on the grounds of the matters alleged.
16. Restrictions on powers to strike names off roll
[cf. 1957 c. 27 s. 55 U.K.]
(1) No solicitor shall be liable to have his name struck off the roll of solicitors on account of any failure to comply with such requirements with respect to service under articles as may be prescribed by the Chief Justice or on account of any defect in his admission and enrolment, unless the application to strike his name off the roll of solicitors is made within 12 months after the date of his enrolment:
Provided that this subsection shall not apply in any case where fraud is proved to have been committed in connection with the failure or defect.
(2) No solicitor shall be liable to have his name struck off the roll of solicitors by reason only that-
(a) a solicitor whom he has served for the whole or such part of the term of articled service as may be prescribed by the Chief Justice has neglected or omitted to take out a practising certificate in accordance with the provisions of section 6; or
(b) the name of a solicitor whom he has served for any period has after the termination of that period been struck off the roll of solicitors.
17. Council may inspect proceedings in bankruptcy
[cf. 1957 c. 27 s. 54 U.K.]
The Council shall be entitled, without payment of any fee, to inspect the file of proceedings in bankruptcy relating to any solicitor against whom proceedings in bankruptcy have been taken, and to be supplied with office copies of the proceedings on payment of the usual charges for such copies.
{ Amended 52 of 1980 s. 2) [cf. 1957 c. 27 s. 83 U.K.]
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