Section 25
Section 25
— 28.
(Repealed).
Qualification to use title of consultant 28A.
(1)
No advocate and solicitor shall take or use the title of consultant unless he has, for a period of not less than 10 years in the aggregate, been either an advocate and solicitor in practice, a legal officer or both.
(2)
Any advocate and solicitor who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
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Solicitors who are commissioners for oaths or notaries public 28B.
No advocate and solicitor who is a commissioner for oaths or a notary public shall do any act as such commissioner or notary public, as the case may be, unless he has in force a practising certificate.
Solicitor not to act as agent for unauthorised persons 28C.
(1)
No advocate and solicitor shall —
(a)
wilfully and knowingly act as agent for any unauthorised person in any legal proceedings of whatsoever kind or in any matter which under this Act can be done only by an advocate and solicitor who has in force a practising certificate;
(b)
permit his name to be made use of in any such proceedings or matter upon the account or for the profit of any unauthorised person; or
(c)
send any process to any unauthorised person, or do any other act enabling any unauthorised person to appear, act or practise or purport to practise in any respect as an advocate and solicitor in any such proceedings or matter.
(2)
No advocate and solicitor shall authorise any unauthorised person to operate any bank account in the name of the advocate and solicitor or his firm and maintained by the advocate and solicitor or his firm in connection with his practice as an advocate and solicitor.
(3)
Disciplinary proceedings may be taken against any advocate and solicitor who acts in contravention of subsection (1) or (2).
(4)
Any unauthorised person who was enabled by an advocate and solicitor to act or practise or purport to practise as an advocate and solicitor is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000
or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months.
(5)
In this section, “unauthorised person” has the meaning assigned to it in section 18(1).
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Account by advocate and solicitor 28D.
(1)
Where the relationship of advocate and solicitor and client exists, or has existed, a summons may be issued by the client or his representative for the delivery of a cash account, the payment or moneys or for the delivery of securities.
(2)
A Judge may order the respondent to deliver to the applicant a list of the moneys or securities which has in his custody or control on behalf of the applicant, or to bring the whole or any part of it into court, within such time as the Judge orders.
(3)
In the event of the respondent alleging that he has a claim for costs, the Judge may make such provision for the payment or security thereof or for the protection of the respondent’s lien, if any, as he thinks fit.
Power of Council to inspect files of proceedings in bankruptcy of advocate and solicitor 28E.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other written law, the Council may, without payment of any fee, inspect the files of proceedings in bankruptcy relating to any advocate and solicitor against whom proceedings in bankruptcy have been taken, and shall be entitled to be supplied with office or certified copies of those proceedings on payment of the usual charges for those copies.