Rule 9 Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners

Rule 9 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners (RPC) 2023 is about Practicing fees. It is under Part 1 (Practice as a Legal Practitioner) of Chapter 1 (Conduct) of the Rules. It provides as follows:

(1) A lawyer shall pay his annual practicing fees mot later than 31st March in every year, provided that a lawyer enrolled during the year shall pay his practicing fee within one month of enrolment.

(2) A lawyer shall not claim in any court or before any judicial tribunal that he has paid his annual practicing fees where he is in default.

(3) A lawyer shall not sign documents, including pleadings, affidavits, depositions, applications, instruments, agreements, letters, deeds, memoranda, reports, legal opinions and process or file any such documents as a legal practitioner, legal officer or adviser of any governmental department or Ministry or any corporation where he is still in default of payment of his Annual Practicing Fees.