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(5) The Society shall have power, without prejudice to any of its other powers, to carry into effect any arrangements which it considers necessary or expedient for the purpose of indemnity under this section.
(6) Every rule made by the Council under this section shall be subject to the prior approval of the Chief Justice.
(7) No rule made under this section shall apply to a person to whom section 75 applies in so far as such person is acting in the course of the employment which gives rise to the application of that section. (Amended 50 of 1982 s. 6)
(Added 75 of 1980 s. 4)
74. Costs Committee
(1) There is hereby established a Costs Committee consisting of the following persons-
(a) a judge of the High Court appointed by the Chief Justice as Chairman; (Replaced 52 of 1980 s. 2)
(b) the Registrar or a deputy registrar of the Supreme Court;
(c) the Registrar General or such representative of the Registrar General as is approved by the Chief Justice; and
(d) the President and the Vice-President of the Society and one member of the Society nominated by the Society and approved by the Chief Justice.
(2) The quorum for the Costs Committee shall be the Chairman and 2 members under subsection (1)(d).
(3) The Costs Committee may make rules-
(a) providing for the remuneration of solicitors in respect of non-contentious business;
(b) prescribing that, as regards the mode of remuneration, it shall be according to the scale of rates or percentage varying or not in different classes of business, or by a gross sum, or by a fixed sum for each document prepared or perused, without regard to length, or in any other mode, or partly in one mode and partly in another;
(c) regulating the amount of remuneration with reference to all or any of the following, among other, considerations, that is to say
(i) the position of the party for whom the solicitor is concerned in the business, that is, whether as vendor or purchaser, lessor or lessee, mortgagor or mortgagee, and the like;
(ii) the place where, and the circumstances in which, the business or any part thereof is transacted;
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CAP. 159]
Legal Practitioners
[1989 Ed.
(5) The Society shall have power, without prejudice to any of its other powers, to carry into effect any arrangements which it considers necessary or expedient for the purpose of indemnity under this section.
(6) Every rule made by the Council under this section shall be subject to the prior approval of the Chief Justice.
(7) No rule made under this section shall apply to a person to whom section 75 applies in so far as such person is acting in the course of the employment which gives rise to the application of that section. (Amended 50 of 1982 s. 6)
(Added 75 of 1980 s. 4)
74. Costs Committee
(1) There is hereby established a Costs Committee consisting of the following persons-
(a) a judge of the High Court appointed by the Chief Justice as
Chairman; (Replaced 52 of 1980 s. 2)
(b) the Registrar or a deputy registrar of the Supreme Court;
(c) the Registrar General or such representative of the Registrar
General as is approved by the Chief Justice; and
(d) the President and the Vice-President of the Society and one member of the Society nominated by the Society and approved
by the Chief Justice.
(2) The quorum for the Costs Committee shall be the Chairman and 2 members under subsection (1)(d).
(3) The Costs Committee may make rules-
(a) providing for the remuneration of solicitors in respect of
non-contentious business;
(b) prescribing that, as regards the mode of remuneration, it shall be according to the scale of rates or percentage varying or not in different classes of business, or by a gross sum, or by a fixed sum for each document prepared or perused, without regard to length, or in any other mode, or partly in one mode and partly in another;
(c) regulating the amount of remuneration with reference to all or any of the following, among other, considerations, that is to say
(i) the position of the party for whom the solicitor is concerned in the business, that is, whether as vendor or purchaser, lessor or lessee, mortgagor or mortgagee, and the like; (ii) the place where, and the circumstances in which, the
business or any part thereof is transacted;
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