Section 8
Provisional admission
(1)
Where a qualified person has applied to be admitted as an advocate and solicitor under section 4 and has filed and served his petition and verifying affidavit with exhibits in accordance with sections 5 and 6, the
Chief Justice may, at his absolute discretion at any time before the hearing of such application, admit such qualified person provisionally to practise as an advocate and solicitor subject to the provisions of this section and subject to such terms and conditions as the Chief Justice may think fit to impose.
(2)
An application by a qualified person for provisional admission as an advocate and solicitor under subsection (1) may be made ex parte by letter addressed to the Chief Justice at the Chief Registrar’s office.
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(3)
The Chief Registrar shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, issue to every person admitted provisionally under subsection (1) a provisional licence to practise specifying in it any terms and conditions imposed by the
Chief Justice.
(4)
The holder of a provisional licence to practise shall be entitled, subject to subsection (5), section 18(1)(c), and to any terms and conditions specified in such certificate, to practise as an advocate and solicitor as if his name were on the roll and as if a practising certificate has been issued to him.
(5)
A provisional licence to practise issued to a qualified person under subsection (3) may be revoked at any time by the Chief Justice at his absolute discretion and, if not previously revoked by the Chief Justice under this subsection, shall expire on the date of the final determination or withdrawal of the petition for admission of such qualified person.
(6)
The Chief Registrar shall not enter upon the roll the names of persons admitted provisionally under this section but shall keep a separate roll for such persons.
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