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LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ACT 1981 - SECT 14

14—Rules of Society

        (1)         The Society, in general meeting, may make rules—

            (a)         to define the objects of the Society; or

            (b)         to provide for the election of a President, the President-Elect, Vice-Presidents and other elective officers of the Society and to define the conditions on which they hold office; or

            (c)         to provide for the election of members of the Council, and to define the conditions on which they hold office; or

            (d)         to provide for the filling of casual vacancies occurring in elective offices of the Society and in the membership of the Council; or

            (e)         to regulate the meetings and proceedings of, and the conduct of business by, the Council, or any committee to which it has delegated any of its powers; or

            (f)         to provide for the execution of documents by or on behalf of the Society; or

            (g)         to define the terms and conditions on which a person may be admitted to membership of the Society and to provide for the resignation, expulsion and re-admission of members of the Society; or

            (h)         to prescribe, and provide for the payment of, subscriptions by members of the Society; or

                  (i)         to provide for the administration of any fund or ADI account under the control of the Society; or

            (j)         to make any other provision relating to the administration of the Society.

        (2)         A member of the Society, or a legal practitioner, is entitled, on payment of such fee as may be prescribed by rules under this section, to receive a printed copy of the rules in force for the time being under this section.

        (3)         The Attorney-General may, by instrument in writing, certify that a rule made by the Society under this section relates only to the internal administration of the Society and where such a certificate has been given under this section, section 10 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978 does not apply in respect of the rule.



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