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 been struck off the roll or a person has been or is deemed to have been suspended from practice, he may, subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, make an application for the restoration of his name to the roll or the cancellation of the suspension-

a. if the striking off or suspension was ordered by the Chief Justice or the Supreme Court, to that court; and
b. in any other case, to the disciplinary committee.

2. A direction under subsection (1) of section 12 of this Act or subsection (1) of section 13 of this Act may prohibit an application under subsection (1) of this section until the expiration of the period specified in the direction; and where such an application is duly made to the Supreme Court or the disciplinary committee, the court or Disciplinary Committee may direct that no further application shall be made under subsection (1) of this section until the expiration of the period specified in the direction under this subsection.