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33. Bar Committee-general right of audience
The Bar Committee shall have a general right of audience, by any member of the Bar Committee appointed for that purpose by the Bar Committee or by any other counsel
(a) before a Committee of Inquiry; and
(b) before the Court on the hearing of-
(i) any application to the Court for admission and enrolment as a barrister; and
(ii) any proceedings in the Court relating to, affecting or touching any matter affecting the qualification or examination of a person seeking to be a barrister or the removal from or restoration to the roll of barristers or suspension from practice of barristers or affecting the privileges, restrictions or offences in connection with the professional practice, conduct and discipline of a barrister,
and in any such case, whether the Bar Committee has or is seeking audience or not, the Bar Committee shall be served with a copy of every necessary document filed with the Registrar.
34. Establishment of Committee of Inquiry
(1) Without derogating from the right of the Court to act on its own motion under section 32, the Chief Justice, upon application being made in writing by the Attorney General or by the Bar Committee, may appoint a Committee of Inquiry to exercise the function set out in section 35.
(2) A Committee of Inquiry shall consist of
(a) one of Her Majesty's Counsel for Hong Kong, being a practising barrister, unless the Chief Justice is of the opinion that in the circumstances of the case such an appointment is impracticable or inadvisable; and
(b) not less than 2 nor more than 4, or in the event of no appointment being made under paragraph (a) not less than 3 nor more than 5, practising barristers of not less than 5 years' standing.
(3) The Chairman of a Committee of Inquiry shall be appointed by the Chief Justice.
(4) A Committee of Inquiry shall sit in camera in such place and at such time as the Committee of Inquiry may direct.
35. Function of Committee of Inquiry
(1) A Committee of Inquiry shall inquire into any complaint against a barrister laid before it by the Attorney General or by the Bar Committee and shall-
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1989 Ed.]
Legal Practitioners
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33. Bar Committee-general right of audience
The Bar Committee shall have a general right of audience, by any member of the Bar Committee appointed for that purpose by the Bar Committee or by any other counsel
(a) before a Committee of Inquiry; and
(b) before the Court on the hearing of-
(i) any application to the Court for admission and enrolment as
a barrister; and
(ii) any proceedings in the Court relating to, affecting or touching any matter affecting the qualification or exami- nation of a person seeking to be a barrister or the removal from or restoration to the roll of barristers or suspension from practice of barristers or affecting the privileges, restrictions or offences in connection with the professional practice, conduct and discipline of a barrister,
and in any such case, whether the Bar Committee has or is seeking audience or not, the Bar Committee shall be served with a copy of every necessary document filed with the Registrar.
34. Establishment of Committee of Inquiry
(1) Without derogating from the right of the Court to act on its own motion under section 32, the Chief Justice, upon application being made in writing by the Attorney General or by the Bar Committee, may appoint a Committee of Inquiry to exercise the function set out in section 35.
(2) A Committee of Inquiry shall consist of
(a) one of Her Majesty's Counsel for Hong Kong, being a practising barrister, unless the Chief Justice is of the opinion that in the circumstances of the case such an appointment is impracticable or inadvisable; and
(b) not less than 2 nor more than 4, or in the event of no appointment being made under paragraph (a) not less than 3 nor more than 5, practising barristers of not less than 5 years standing.
(3) The Chairman of a Committee of Inquiry shall be appointed by the Chief Justice.
(4) A Committee of Inquiry shall sit in camera in such place and at such time as the Committee of Inquiry may direct.
35. Function of Committee of Inquiry
(1) A Committee of Inquiry shall inquire into any complaint against a barrister laid before it by the Attorney General or by the Bar Committee and shall-
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