LEGAL EDUCATION AND LEGAL PRACTITIONERS

CHAPTER 3:04
LEGAL EDUCATION AND LEGAL PRACTITIONERS

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Short title

    2.    Interpretation

PART II
THE MALAWI COUNCIL OF LEGAL EDUCATION

    3.    Establishment of Council of Legal Education

    4.    Object and functions of Council

    5.    Powers of Council

    6.    Members of Council

    7.    Tenure and vacancy

    8.    Invited persons

    9.    Meetings of Council

    10.    Procedure of Council

    11.    Allowances

    12.    Funding of Council

    13.    Accounts and audit of the Council

PART III
THE MALAWI INSTITUTE OF LEGAL EDUCATION

    14.    Establishment of Institute of Legal Education

    15.    Functions of Institute

    16.    Fees and charges

    17.    Executive Director of Institute

    18.    Duties of Executive Director

    19.    Removal of Executive Director

    20.    Staff of Institute

    21.    Consultants and instructors

PART IV
ADMISSION TO PRACTICE

    22.    Admission to practice

    23.    Qualifications for admission to practice

    24.    Admission to practice for legally qualified public officers

    25.    Admission to practice in a specific cause

    26.    Malawi Law Examination

    27.    Attorney General and Society party to proceedings

    28.    Applicant to make full and frank disclosure

    29.    Oath or affirmation before admission

    29A.    Conditional admission to practise

PART V
LEGAL PRACTICE

    30.    Annual licence

    31.    Restrictions on practice

    32.    Legal practitioner is officer of court

    33.    Order of precedence

    34.    Legal practitioners’ list

    35.    Setting up legal practice

    36.    Client account

    37.    Accounting for client’s money

    38.    Embezzlement

    39.    Remuneration for legal practitioners

    40.    Agreement with respect to fees

    41.    Action for recovery of fees

    42.    Pro bono work

    43.    Clerks to legal practitioners

    44.    Client’s rights and interests

PART VI
NOTARIES PUBLIC

    45.    Appointment of notary public

    46.    Functions of notary public

    47.    Certificate to practice as notary public

    48.    Jurat to state where and when oath, etc. is taken

    49.    Suspension or cancellation

    50.    Unlawfully acting as notary public

    51.    Powers of Chief Justice

PART VII
SENIOR COUNSEL

    52.    Conferment of Senior Counsel

    53.    Subsistence of honour

    54.    Number of Senior Counsel

    55.    Attorney General, Solicitor General

    56.    Honorary Senior Counsel

    57.    Honours Committee

    58.    Tenure and vacancy

    59.    Meetings of Honours Committee

    60.    Procedure and quorum

    61.    Disclosure of interest

    62.    Powers of Chief Justice

PART VIII
THE MALAWI LAW SOCIETY

    63.    Establishment of Malawi Law Society

    64.    Objects of Society

    65.    Powers of Society

    66.    Membership of Society

    67.    Every legal practitioner to be member of Society

    68.    Honorary members

    69.    Fees and subscription

    70.    Resignation and expulsion

    71.    Cessation of membership

    72.    Delegation of powers and functions

    73.    Society’s power to make rules

    74.    Chapters of Society

    75.    Executive Committee

    76.    Tenure and vacancy for Executive Committee

    77.    Meetings of Society

    78.    Secretariat of Society

    79.    Director of Society

    80.    Duties of Director

    81.    Removal of Director

    82.    Staff

    83.    Funds of Society

    84.    Society Levy

    85.    Penalty upon failure to pay Levy

    86.    Accounts and audit of Society

PART IX
DISCIPLINE

    87.    Application to all legal practitioners

    88.    Saving powers of court

    89.    Disciplinary powers of High Court

    90.    Establishment of Disciplinary Committee

    91.    Functions of Disciplinary Committee

    92.    Minutes of meetings of Disciplinary Committee

    93.    Tenure and vacancy for Disciplinary Committee

    94.    Proceedings of Disciplinary Committee

    95.    Time limits

    96.    Penalties

    97.    Striking off

    98.    Suspension

    99.    Publication of names of legal practitioners struck off or suspended

    100.    Re-admission

    101.    Disclosure of interest

    102.    Evidence

    103.    Right to legal representation

    104.    Oath of secrecy

    105.    Allowances

PART X
THE FIDELITY FUND

    106.    Establishment of Fidelity Fund

    107.    Objects of Fund

    108.    Sources of funds

    109.    Insurance contracts for purposes of indemnification

    110.    Possession of Fund Certificates

    111.    Application for and issue of Fidelity Fund certificate

    112.    Contributions to Fund by legal practitioners

    113.    Payments from Fund

    114.    Limitation on liability

    115.    Claims against Fund

    116.    Actions against Fund

    117.    Subrogation

    118.    Exemption of Fund from certain laws

    119.    Management and auditing of Fund

PART XI
MISCELLANEOUS

    120.    Indemnification in respect of certain acts in good faith

    121.    Powers of Minister

    122.    Repeal and savings

        FIRST SCHEDULE

        SECOND SCHEDULE

        THIRD SCHEDULE

        FOURTH SCHEDULE

        FIFTH SCHEDULE

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