Section 10

A person admitted as an advocate and solicitor shall, upon such admission, make an oral declaration before the Chief Justice in the form set out in subsection (2).

Subject to any necessary modification to conform to the religious beliefs of the petitioner, the declaration shall be in the following form —

“I, A.B., do solemnly and sincerely declare (and swear) that

I will truly and honestly conduct myself in the practice of an advocate and solicitor according to the best of my knowledge and ability and according to the law”.

The Chief Registrar shall keep a roll of advocates and solicitors with the dates of their respective admissions.

The name, with the date of admission, of every person admitted shall be entered upon the roll in order of admission.

Every person admitted as an advocate and solicitor shall pay the prescribed fee; and the Chief Registrar shall deliver to him an instrument of admission signed by the Chief Justice.

The Chief Registrar shall at least once in every year publish in the Government Gazette the names of all persons on the roll.

The provisions of this section do not apply to persons admitted under the provisions of section 7 or to persons provisionally admitted under section 8.

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