Section 23 Legal Practitioners Act Section 23 of Legal Practitioners Act 1975 is about Miscellaneous Supplementary Provisions. It is under ‘General.‘ of the sections of the Act. It provides as follows: 1. It shall be the duty of the Registrar to continue to maintain the roll of court kept immediately before the passing of the…

Section 22 Legal Practitioners Act Section 22 of Legal Practitioners Act 1975 is about Offences. It is under ‘General.‘ of the sections of the Act. It provides as follows: 1. Subject to the provisions of this section, if any person other than a legal practitioner- a. practises, or holds himself out to practise, as a…

Section 21 Legal Practitioners Act Section 21 of Legal Practitioners Act 1975 is about Special Provisions as to Client Accounts with Banks. It is under ‘Safeguards for Clients, etc.‘ of the sections of the Act. It provides as follows: 1. A bank at which a legal practitioner keeps an account for clients’ moneys shall not,…

Section 20 Legal Practitioners Act Section 20 of Legal Practitioners Act 1975 is about Accounts and Records for Clients’ moneys. It is under ‘Safeguards for Clients, etc.‘ of the sections of the Act. It provides as follows: 1. Subject to subsection (4) of this section, the Bar Council may, from time to time, as the…

Section 19 Legal Practitioners Act Section 19 of Legal Practitioners Act 1975 is about Supplementary provisions as to remuneration. It is under ‘Remuneration of Practitioners‘ of the sections of the Act. It provides as follows: 1. Without prejudice to the provisions of section 24 of this Act, in sections 15, 16, 17, 18 and this…

Section 18 Legal Practitioners Act Section 18 of Legal Practitioners Act 1975 is about Taxation. It is under ‘Remuneration of Practitioners‘ of the sections of the Act. It provides as follows: 1. The taxation of a bill of charges shall be in accordance with the provisions of any order in force under section 15 of…

Section 17 Legal Practitioners Act Section 17 of Legal Practitioners Act 1975 is about Applications for Taxation of Charges. It is under ‘Remuneration of Practitioners‘ of the sections of the Act. It provides as follows: 1. Except where a direction providing for the giving of security is given under subsection (3) of section 16 of…

Section 16 Legal Practitioners Act Section 16 of Legal Practitioners Act 1975 is about Recovery of charges, etc. It is under ‘Remuneration of Practitioners‘ of the sections of the Act. It provides as follows: 1. Subject to the provisions of this Act, a legal practitioner shall be entitled to recover his charges by action in…

Section 15 Legal Practitioners Act Section 15 of Legal Practitioners Act 1975 is about Scales of charges. It is under ‘Remuneration of Practitioners‘ of the sections of the Act. It provides as follows: 1. There shall be a committee, to be called the Legal Practitioners Remuneration Committee, which shall consist of- a the Attorney-General of…

Section 14 Legal Practitioners Act Section 14 of Legal Practitioners Act 1975 is about Restoration of Names to Roll, etc. It is under ‘Practice as a Legal Practitioner‘ of the sections of the Act. It provides as follows: 1. Where either before or after the commencement of this Act the name of any person has…