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                                              <b>
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                                              LEGAL PROFESSION ACT, 1960 (ACT 
                                              32)</span></b></p>
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                                              As amended by</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              PART I&#8212;ORGANISATION OF THE 
                                              PROFESSION</span></p>
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                                              1. The General Legal Council.</span></p>
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                                              2. Status of Lawyers.</span></p>
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                                              3. Qualifications for Enrolment.</span></p>
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                                              4. Only Graduates of Approved 
                                              Universities will be Enrolled as 
                                              from 1971.</span></p>
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                                              5. Evidence of Citizen's 
                                              Qualification Abroad.</span></p>
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                                              6. The Roll of Lawyers.</span></p>
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                                              7. Call to the Bar.</span></p>
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                                              8. Solicitor's Licence.</span></p>
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                                              9. Penalty for Unlawful Practice.</span></p>
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                                              10. Military Advocates.</span></p>
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                                              11. Government Grants.</span></p>
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                                              12. Accounts.</span></p>
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                                              PART II&#8212;LEGAL EDUCATION</span></p>
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                                              13. Arrangements for Legal 
                                              Education.</span></p>
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                                              14. Power to Make Regulations.</span></p>
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                                              15. Delegation to Board of Legal 
                                              Education.</span></p>
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                                              PART III&#8212;DISCIPLINE</span></p>
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                                              16. Erasure from Roll for 
                                              Misconduct.</span></p>
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                                              16A. Erasure from Roll on 
                                              Conviction of Certain Offences.</span></p>
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                                              17. Disciplinary Committee.</span></p>
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                                              18. Reference of Disciplinary 
                                              Cases to Disciplinary Committee.</span></p>
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                                              19. Rules of Procedure, etc.</span></p>
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                                              20. Decision of Disciplinary 
                                              Committee.</span></p>
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                                              21. Right of Appeal.</span></p>
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                                              22. Striking off the Roll.</span></p>
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                                              23. Rules of Professional Conduct.</span></p>
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                                              24. Restoration of Name to the 
                                              Roll.</span></p>
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                                              25. Review of Prohibition on 
                                              Practising.</span></p>
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                                              PART IV&#8212;EMPLOYMENT OF LAWYERS</span></p>
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                                              26. Change of Lawyers During 
                                              Hearing of a Case.</span></p>
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                                              27. Liability to Pay Costs.</span></p>
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                                              28. Costs Recoverable.</span></p>
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                                              29. Agreements Inconsistent with 
                                              this Act to be Void.</span></p>
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                                              PART V&#8212;RECOVERY OF FEES</span></p>
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                                              30. Bill of Fees.</span></p>
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                                              31. Application of Party Charged 
                                              to Tax Bill.</span></p>
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                                              32. Where no Application to Tax 
                                              made within One Month.</span></p>
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                                              33. Where Application not to be 
                                              Granted.</span></p>
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                                              34. Non-attendance of Party at 
                                              Taxation.</span></p>
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                                              35. Costs of Taxation.</span></p>
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                                              36. Form of Order to be Made.</span></p>
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                                              37. Proof of Compliance with Act.</span></p>
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                                              38. Completion of Taxation.</span></p>
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                                              39. Power to Court to Order 
                                              Delivery of Bill, etc.</span></p>
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                                              40. Where Lawyer May Begin Suit 
                                              within Month of Delivery of Bill.</span></p>
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                                              41. Applications to be by Motion.</span></p>
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                                              42. Representatives and Assignees 
                                              of Lawyers.</span></p>
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                                              PART VI&#8212;PREPARATION OF LEGAL 
                                              DOCUMENTS BY UNAUTHORISED PERSONS</span></p>
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                                              43. Name and Address of 
                                              Draughtsman to be Endorsed on 
                                              Instruments.</span></p>
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                                              44. Unqualified Persons not to 
                                              Draw or Prepare Instruments.</span></p>
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                                              45. Agreement to Pay Fees or 
                                              Reward to an Unqualified Person to 
                                              be Void.</span></p>
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                                              46. Savings for Public Officers 
                                              and Engrossing.</span></p>
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                                              47. Power to Except any Class of 
                                              Instrument.</span></p>
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                                              PART VII&#8212;KEEPING OF ACCOUNTS</span></p>
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                                              48. General Legal Council to Make 
                                              Rules as to Certain Matters.</span></p>
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                                              49. Consequences of Failure to 
                                              Comply with Rules.</span></p>
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                                              50. Saving for Full-time Employees 
                                              of Government.</span></p>
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                                              51. Saving for Part-time 
                                              Practitioners.</span></p>
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                                              52. Relief to Banks.</span></p>
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                                              PART VIII&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>
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                                              53. Provisions as to Rules.</span></p>
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                                              54. Repeals.</span></p>
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                                              55. Continuance of Rules and 
                                              Regulations.</span></p>
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                                              56. Definitions.</span></p>
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                                              57. Commencement.</span></p>
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                                              SCHEDULES</span></p>
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                                              First Schedule&#8212;Constitution of 
                                              General Legal Council.</span></p>
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                                              Second Schedule&#8212;Form of Practising 
                                              Certificate.</span></p>
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                                              Third Schedule&#8212;Repeals.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              THE THIRTY-SECOND</span></p>
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                                              ACT</span></p>
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                                              OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC 
                                              OF GHANA</span></p>
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                                              ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THE LEGAL PROFESSION ACT, 1960</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              AN ACT to consolidate and amend 
                                              the law relating to the legal 
                                              profession.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 12th January, 1961</span></p>
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                                              BE IT ENACTED by the President and 
                                              the National Assembly in this 
                                              present Parliament assembled as 
                                              follows:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              PART I&#8212;ORGANISATION OF THE 
                                              PROFESSION</span></p>
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                                              <b>
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                                              Section 1&#8212;The General Legal 
                                              Council.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) There shall continue to be a 
                                              body, to be called the General 
                                              Legal Council, which shall be 
                                              concerned with the legal 
                                              profession and, in particular:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) with the organisation of legal 
                                              education, and</span></p>
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                                              (b) with upholding standards of 
                                              professional conduct.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The constitution of the 
                                              Council shall be as set out in the 
                                              First Schedule to this Act.</span></p>
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                                              (3) The Council may hold land and 
                                              other property and do all such 
                                              other things as may appear to them 
                                              to be required for the purpose of 
                                              performing their functions.</span></p>
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                                              (4) The Council shall appoint a 
                                              Director of Legal Education, and 
                                              such other officers as they may 
                                              require, and in the case of 
                                              officers required for the purposes 
                                              of Part II of this Act the 
                                              appointments shall be made on the 
                                              recommendation of the Director of 
                                              Legal Education.</span></p>
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                                              (5) The Council shall in the 
                                              performance of their functions 
                                              comply with any general directions 
                                              given to them by the Minister.</span></p>
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                                              Section 2&#8212;Status of Lawyers.</span></b></p>
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                                              Every person whose name is entered 
                                              on the Roll to be kept under this 
                                              Part shall&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) subject to section 8 of this 
                                              Act, be entitled to practise as a 
                                              lawyer, whether as a barrister or 
                                              solicitor or both, and to sue for 
                                              and recover his fees, charges and 
                                              disbursements for services 
                                              rendered as such, and</span></p>
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                                              (b) be an officer of the Courts, 
                                              and</span></p>
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                                              (c) when acting as a lawyer, be 
                                              subject to all such liabilities as 
                                              attach by law to a solicitor.</span></p>
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                                              Section 3&#8212;Qualifications for 
                                              Enrolment.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) A person shall be qualified 
                                              for enrolment if he satisfies the 
                                              General Legal Council&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) that he is of good character, 
                                              and</span></p>
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                                              (b) that he holds a qualifying 
                                              certificate granted under Part II 
                                              of this Act by the General Legal 
                                              Council.</span></p>
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                                              (2) A person may, at the 
                                              discretion of the General Legal 
                                              Council, be enrolled if he 
                                              satisfies the Council&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) that he is of good character, 
                                              and</span></p>
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                                              (b) that he is qualified to 
                                              practise in any country having a 
                                              sufficiently analogous system of 
                                              law and that his qualifications 
                                              are such as to render him suitable 
                                              for enrolment, and fulfils such 
                                              conditions, whether as to status 
                                              or proficiency, as may be 
                                              prescribed.</span></p>
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                                              (3) A person who is a citizen of&nbsp; 
                                              Ghana shall be qualified for 
                                              enrolment if he satisfies the 
                                              General Legal Council&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) that he is of good character, 
                                              and</span></p>
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                                              (b) that he is qualified to 
                                              practise law in any country having 
                                              a sufficiently analogous system of 
                                              law. [As Inserted by Legal 
                                              Profession (Amendment) Decree 1967 
                                              (NLCD 143) s. 1].</span></p>
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                                              (4) Notwithstanding any other 
                                              provision of this Act a person 
                                              shall not be enrolled under 
                                              subsection (3) of this section 
                                              unless and until he has 
                                              satisfactorily completed a course 
                                              of lectures in customary law and 
                                              in such other subjects as the 
                                              General Legal Council may 
                                              prescribe of not less than three 
                                              months' duration at a school of 
                                              law or other place of instruction 
                                              specified by the General Legal 
                                              Council. [As Inserted by Legal 
                                              Profession Act (Amendment) (No. 2) 
                                              Decree, 1967 (NLCD 213) s. 1 (a)].</span></p>
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                                              <b>
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                                              Section 4&#8212;Only Graduates of 
                                              Approved Universities will be 
                                              Enrolled as from 1971.</span></b></p>
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                                              With effect from the first day of 
                                              January, 1971 a person shall not 
                                              be qualified for enrolment under 
                                              any&nbsp; provision of this Act unless 
                                              he is the holder of a degree from 
                                              a university approved by the 
                                              General Legal Council; and&nbsp; [As 
                                              Inserted by Legal Profession Act 
                                              (Amendment) (No. 2) Decree, 1967 (NLCD 
                                              213) s. 1 (b)].</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 5&#8212;Evidence of Citizen's 
                                              Qualification Abroad.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              person who is a citizen of Ghana 
                                              may, for the purposes of sections 
                                              3 and 4 of this Act, be accepted 
                                              as qualified to practise in a 
                                              particular country if he has 
                                              satisfied the educational tests 
                                              required for admission to practise 
                                              in that country, notwithstanding 
                                              that he may not in fact have been 
                                              so admitted to practise.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 6&#8212;The Roll of Lawyers.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) The Roll of the Supreme Court 
                                              heretofore known as the Roll of 
                                              Legal Practitioners shall be known 
                                              as the Roll of Lawyers and shall 
                                              be kept by the Judicial Secretary.</span></p>
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                                              (2) A person applying for 
                                              enrolment shall deposit in the 
                                              office of the Judicial Secretary 
                                              for custody therein&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) an affidavit of identity in a 
                                              form approved by the General Legal 
                                              Council, and</span></b></p>
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                                              <b>
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                                              (b) a duly authenticated copy of 
                                              his qualifying certificate granted 
                                              by the General Legal Council or, 
                                              in the case of a person not 
                                              holding such a certificate, such 
                                              other documents as may be 
                                              prescribed,</span></b></p>
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                                              but the Council may, on special 
                                              grounds, and on such terms as they 
                                              think reasonable, exempt any 
                                              person from complying with any 
                                              formalities prescribed by this 
                                              subsection either absolutely or 
                                              for any specified period.</span></p>
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                                              (3) Rules made by the General 
                                              Legal Council may require that a 
                                              person who does not hold a 
                                              qualifying certificate issued by 
                                              the Council under Part II of this 
                                              Act shall before enrolment pay to 
                                              the Council a fee not exceeding 
                                              £G100 and may provide for 
                                              exempting persons from payment of 
                                              the fee where the Council thinks 
                                              fit.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) A person may, on payment of 
                                              the fee appointed by the Council, 
                                              obtain from the Judicial Secretary 
                                              a certificate of his enrolment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) No stamp duty shall be payable 
                                              on enrolment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 7&#8212;Call to the Bar.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The General Legal Council shall 
                                              from time to time hold formal 
                                              meetings at which duly qualified 
                                              applicants shall be enrolled and 
                                              called to the bar, but the Council 
                                              may at their discretion dispense 
                                              with the formalities under this 
                                              section in any particular case.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 8&#8212;Solicitor's Licence.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A person other than the 
                                              Attorney-General or an officer of 
                                              his department shall not practise 
                                              as a solicitor unless he has in 
                                              respect of such practice a valid 
                                              annual licence issued by the 
                                              General Legal Council to be known 
                                              as &quot;a Solicitor's Licence&quot; in the 
                                              form set out in the Second 
                                              Schedule to this Act.[deleted by 
                                              Stamp Duty Act 2005 (Act 689) 
                                              s.51(2)]</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) No person shall be issued with 
                                              a Solicitor's Licence unless he 
                                              has been previously enrolled as a 
                                              lawyer under section 3 of this 
                                              Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) A person who has not 
                                              previously been entitled to 
                                              practise as a solicitor in Ghana 
                                              and who does not hold a qualifying 
                                              certificate but has, after 
                                              qualification, attended and 
                                              satisfactorily completed a post 
                                              final&nbsp; professional qualifying 
                                              course approved by the Council, 
                                              shall not be issued with a 
                                              Solicitor's Licence unless he 
                                              satisfies the Council that he has, 
                                              since qualifying as a lawyer, read 
                                              for a period of not less than six 
                                              months in&nbsp; the chambers of another 
                                              lawyer of not less than seven 
                                              years' standing as a lawyer 
                                              approved by the Council.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) A person who holds a 
                                              qualifying&nbsp; certificate and who 
                                              has been enrolled as a lawyer 
                                              under section 3 may be issued with 
                                              a Solicitor's Licence so however 
                                              that no such person shall be 
                                              entitled to establish his own 
                                              office as a Solicitor unless the 
                                              Council is satisfied that he has 
                                              read for a period of not less than 
                                              six months in the chambers of 
                                              another lawyer of not less than 
                                              seven years' standing as a lawyer 
                                              approved by the Council.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) The Council may before issuing 
                                              a Solicitor's Licence to any 
                                              person require that person to 
                                              produce such evidence as the 
                                              Council may specify showing that 
                                              he has not been found guilty of 
                                              professional misconduct either in 
                                              Ghana or in any other country.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) A person who practises in 
                                              contravention of this section 
                                              shall be liable on conviction to a 
                                              fine not exceeding ¢200 and shall 
                                              be incapable of maintaining any 
                                              action for the recovery of any 
                                              fee, reward or disbursement on 
                                              account of or in relation to any 
                                              act or proceeding done or taken by 
                                              him&nbsp; in the course of such 
                                              practice. [As Substituted by Legal 
                                              Profession (Amendment) Decree, 
                                              1972 (NRCD 88) s.&nbsp; 1].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 9&#8212;Penalty for Unlawful 
                                              Practice.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) If a person who is not 
                                              enrolled practises as a lawyer or 
                                              in any character whatsoever 
                                              prepares any document for reward 
                                              (either direct or indirect) to be 
                                              used in or concerning any cause or 
                                              matter before any court or 
                                              tribunal he shall be liable on 
                                              conviction to a fine not exceeding 
                                              £G50, and for an offence committed 
                                              after a conviction under this 
                                              subsection for an earlier offence, 
                                              to imprisonment for a term not 
                                              exceeding six months, or to a fine 
                                              not exceeding £G100 or to both.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) If a person who is not 
                                              enrolled wilfully pretends to be, 
                                              or takes or uses any name or 
                                              title, or description implying 
                                              that he is qualified or recognised 
                                              as qualified to act as a lawyer or 
                                              barrister or solicitor he shall be 
                                              liable to a fine not exceeding 
                                              £G50 or to imprisonment for a term 
                                              not exceeding six months or to 
                                              both.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 10&#8212;Military Advocates.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Notwithstanding anything in this 
                                              Act, a military advocate may 
                                              appear in any court on behalf of a 
                                              member of the Armed Forces charged 
                                              with any offence, and when so 
                                              appearing sections 8 and 9 of this 
                                              Act shall not apply to him.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 11&#8212;Government Grants.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Minister responsible for 
                                              finance may, out of monies 
                                              provided by Parliament, make to 
                                              the General Legal Council such 
                                              grants towards expenditure 
                                              incurred by them as he thinks fit 
                                              and shall so far as practicable 
                                              arrange for the Council to be 
                                              informed not less than twelve 
                                              months in advance of the amount of 
                                              the grants which he proposes to 
                                              make to them in any year.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 12&#8212;Accounts.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Council shall keep 
                                              accounts in the form directed by 
                                              the Accountant-General and shall 
                                              not later than the 31st day of 
                                              March in each year prepare a 
                                              statement of revenue and 
                                              expenditure estimated for the next 
                                              financial year.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Council shall also prepare 
                                              not later than the end of any 
                                              calendar year a financial 
                                              statement covering the previous 
                                              financial year in a form approved 
                                              by the Auditor-General.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The statement prepared by the 
                                              Council under subsection (2) shall 
                                              be submitted for audit by the 
                                              Auditor-General who shall present 
                                              it when audited, together with his 
                                              report thereon, to Parliament not 
                                              later than the 31st day of March 
                                              in the financial year following 
                                              that to which the statement 
                                              relates.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART II&#8212;LEGAL EDUCATION</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 13&#8212;Arrangements for Legal 
                                              Education.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) It shall be the duty of the 
                                              General Legal Council to make 
                                              arrangements&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) for establishing a system of 
                                              legal education,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) for selecting the subjects in 
                                              which those seeking to qualify as 
                                              lawyers are to be examined,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) for establishing courses of 
                                              instruction for students and, 
                                              generally, for affording 
                                              opportunities for students to read 
                                              and to obtain practical experience 
                                              in the law,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) for regulating the admission 
                                              of students to pursue courses of 
                                              instruction leading to 
                                              qualification as lawyers, and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) for holding examinations which 
                                              may include preliminary and 
                                              intermediate examinations as well 
                                              as final qualifying examinations.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Council may carry out the 
                                              arrangements in such manner as 
                                              they think fit and, in particular, 
                                              either through a school of law set 
                                              up by them or through any other 
                                              educational institution.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Council shall issue to 
                                              those who have satisfied the 
                                              Council that they have attained 
                                              the necessary standards of 
                                              proficiency in the law, that they 
                                              have obtained adequate practical 
                                              experience in the law and that 
                                              they are otherwise qualified to 
                                              practise as lawyers a certificate 
                                              to that effect (hereinafter 
                                              referred to as a &quot;qualifying 
                                              certificate&quot;).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 14&#8212;Power to Make 
                                              Regulations.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The General Legal Council may, by 
                                              legislative instrument, with the 
                                              approval of the Minister make 
                                              regulations concerning all matters 
                                              connected with legal education 
                                              and, in particular, concerning
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the conduct of examinations, 
                                              and the fees to be charged to 
                                              those sitting for the 
                                              examinations,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) admission to practise as a 
                                              lawyer, and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) the issue of diplomas to 
                                              persons who have passed 
                                              examinations held by them.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 15&#8212;Declaration to Board of 
                                              Legal Education.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) There shall continue to be a 
                                              Board of Legal Education to whom 
                                              the General Legal Council may 
                                              delegate the immediate 
                                              administration and supervision of 
                                              legal education and such other of 
                                              their functions as the Council 
                                              think fit.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Subject to this section the 
                                              Board shall consist of&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the Chief Justice;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) the Attorney-General;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) a member of the General Legal 
                                              Council nominated by the Chief 
                                              Justice;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) two persons nominated by the 
                                              Minister as being persons with 
                                              wide experience both in the law 
                                              and other fields;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) the Director of Legal 
                                              Education.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The General Legal Council may 
                                              at any time with the approval of 
                                              the Minister by order vary the 
                                              constitution of the Board.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The term of office of a person 
                                              nominated under this section shall 
                                              be determined by the person 
                                              nominating him at the time of his 
                                              nomination.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART III&#8212;DISCIPLINE</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 16&#8212;Erasure from Roll for 
                                              Misconduct.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A lawyer who has been guilty 
                                              of grave misconduct in a 
                                              professional respect (including 
                                              any conduct which, in pursuance of 
                                              rules made by the General Legal 
                                              Council under this Part, is to be 
                                              treated as grave misconduct in a 
                                              professional respect), shall be 
                                              liable&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) to have his name struck off 
                                              the Roll of Lawyers, or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) to be prohibited from 
                                              practising as a lawyer for a 
                                              period specified in the order 
                                              suspending him.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Section 9 of this Act applies 
                                              to a lawyer who is prohibited 
                                              under this section from practising 
                                              as it applies to a person who is 
                                              not enrolled.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 16A&#8212;Erasure from Roll on 
                                              Conviction of Certain Offences.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The General Legal Council may 
                                              direct the Judicial Secretary to 
                                              strike off the Roll of Lawyers 
                                              without the holding of a 
                                              disciplinary enquiry, the name of 
                                              any Lawyer who has been convicted 
                                              of an offence involving dishonesty 
                                              or moral turpitude and the 
                                              Judicial Secretary shall comply 
                                              with any such direction:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that the Judicial 
                                              Secretary shall not erase the name 
                                              of a lawyer from the Roll under 
                                              this paragraph unless the period 
                                              allowed (if any) within which the 
                                              lawyer concerned may lodge an 
                                              appeal against his conviction has 
                                              expired without his lodging an 
                                              appeal or if any such appeal was 
                                              lodged by him until the appeal has 
                                              been finally disposed of or 
                                              withdrawn or abandoned. [As 
                                              Inserted by Legal Profession Act 
                                              (Amendment) Decree, 1969 (NLCD 
                                              338) s. 1 (a)].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 17&#8212;Disciplinary Committee.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The General Legal Council 
                                              shall appoint from among their 
                                              members, or persons who hold or 
                                              have held high judicial office, or 
                                              former members of the Council who 
                                              are practising as lawyers, a 
                                              Disciplinary Committee consisting 
                                              of such number of persons, not 
                                              being less than three nor more 
                                              than seven, as the Council think 
                                              fit. [As Substituted by Legal 
                                              Profession (Amendment) Decree, 
                                              1979 (AFRCD 53) s. 1(a)].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Council may remove any 
                                              member from the Disciplinary 
                                              Committee, but not while he is 
                                              hearing a disciplinary case, and 
                                              fill any vacancy therein and, 
                                              subject to the limit in subsection 
                                              (1), increase the number of 
                                              members of the Disciplinary 
                                              Committee.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 18&#8212;Reference of 
                                              Disciplinary Cases to Disciplinary 
                                              Committee.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Any complaint by a person relating 
                                              to the conduct of a lawyer shall 
                                              be referred to the Disciplinary 
                                              Committee and, if it appears to 
                                              the Disciplinary Committee that an 
                                              inquiry ought to be held into the 
                                              complaint, they shall proceed to 
                                              hold the inquiry.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 19&#8212;Rules of Procedure, 
                                              Etc.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Disciplinary Committee may 
                                              by legislative instrument make 
                                              rules as to the times and places 
                                              of the meetings of the Committee, 
                                              the manner of summoning members, 
                                              and the procedure to be followed 
                                              and rules of evidence to be 
                                              observed in an inquiry, and in 
                                              particular,&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) for securing that any party to 
                                              the inquiry shall, if he so 
                                              requires, be entitled to be heard 
                                              by the Committee, and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) for enabling any party to the 
                                              inquiry to be represented by a 
                                              lawyer, and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) for the allowance to witnesses 
                                              of their expenses subject to such 
                                              limits as may be prescribed, and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) for prescribing the number of 
                                              members to hold an inquiry in a 
                                              disciplinary case, and the cases 
                                              in which their decision must be 
                                              unanimous.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Disciplinary Committee 
                                              shall have the powers of the High 
                                              Court to summon witnesses, and to 
                                              call for the production of 
                                              documents, and to examine 
                                              witnesses and parties concerned on 
                                              oath; and oaths may be 
                                              administered for that purpose by 
                                              any member of the Disciplinary 
                                              Committee.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) All persons summoned to attend 
                                              and give evidence, or to produce 
                                              documents, at any sitting of the 
                                              Disciplinary Committee in an 
                                              inquiry under this Act shall be 
                                              bound to obey the summons to 
                                              attend as fully in all respects as 
                                              witnesses are bound to obey 
                                              subpoenas issued from the High 
                                              Court, and every person failing 
                                              without reasonable excuse to 
                                              attend at the time and place 
                                              mentioned in the summons served on 
                                              him, or withdrawing without the 
                                              permission of the Disciplinary 
                                              Committee, or refusing without 
                                              reasonable excuse to answer any 
                                              question put to him in the course 
                                              of the inquiry, or to produce any 
                                              documents which he has been 
                                              required to produce shall be 
                                              liable on summary conviction to a 
                                              fine not exceeding £G50.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) A person giving evidence in an 
                                              inquiry under this Act shall not 
                                              be compelled to incriminate 
                                              himself, and shall, in respect of 
                                              any evidence so given, be entitled 
                                              to all privileges to which a 
                                              witness giving evidence before the 
                                              High Court is entitled.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) A person who at any sitting of 
                                              the Disciplinary Committee 
                                              wilfully insults any member of the 
                                              Disciplinary Committee, or any 
                                              officer of the Disciplinary 
                                              Committee, or wilfully interrupts 
                                              the proceedings of the 
                                              Disciplinary Committee shall be 
                                              liable on summary conviction to a 
                                              fine not exceeding £G100, or to 
                                              imprisonment for a term not 
                                              exceeding one year, or to both.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) For the purposes of the law 
                                              relating to the offence of perjury 
                                              the Disciplinary Committee holding 
                                              an inquiry under this Act shall be 
                                              deemed to be a court.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 20&#8212;Decision of 
                                              Disciplinary Committee.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) After holding an inquiry into 
                                              a disciplinary case, the 
                                              Disciplinary Committee shall 
                                              decide whether the allegations 
                                              enquired into are proved and if 
                                              they decide that those allegations 
                                              are proved they may direct the 
                                              taking of any such disciplinary 
                                              measures as are specified in 
                                              section 16 of this Act and make 
                                              such order as to costs as they may 
                                              think fit.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Disciplinary Committee may 
                                              if they think fit postpone either 
                                              indefinitely or for a specified 
                                              period the making of their 
                                              decision whether to take any such 
                                              disciplinary measures.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 21&#8212;Right of Appeal.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where the Disciplinary Committee 
                                              on the conclusion of an inquiry 
                                              into a disciplinary case has 
                                              directed the taking of 
                                              disciplinary measures or has 
                                              postponed its decision under 
                                              section 20 of this Act, the lawyer 
                                              into whose conduct the inquiry was 
                                              made or the complainant into whose 
                                              complaint the inquiry was made 
                                              may, within twenty-one days from 
                                              the date on which the decision of 
                                              the Disciplinary Committee is 
                                              communicated to him by the 
                                              Committee, appeal to the Court of 
                                              Appeal&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) on any question of law, or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) with leave of the Disciplinary 
                                              Committee or the Court of Appeal, 
                                              on any question of fact. [As 
                                              Substituted by Legal Profession 
                                              (Amendment) Decree, 1979 (AFRCD 
                                              53) s. 1 (b)].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 22&#8212;Striking off the Roll.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Judicial Secretary shall not 
                                              erase the name of the lawyer from 
                                              the Roll in pursuance of&nbsp; a 
                                              decision of the Committee until 
                                              the period of 21 days, under 
                                              section 21 of this Act, has 
                                              expired and until he has 
                                              ascertained that no appeal has 
                                              been brought under that section or 
                                              that any such appeal has been 
                                              disposed of.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 23&#8212;Rules of Professional 
                                              Conduct.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The General Legal Council may 
                                              prescribe standards of 
                                              professional etiquette and 
                                              professional conduct for lawyers, 
                                              and may by rules made for this&nbsp; 
                                              purpose direct that any specified 
                                              breach of the rules shall for the 
                                              purposes of this Part constitute 
                                              grave misconduct in a professional 
                                              respect.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 24&#8212;Restoration of Name to 
                                              the Roll.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Subject to this section, where 
                                              the name of any lawyer has been 
                                              struck off the Roll in consequence 
                                              of a decision in a disciplinary 
                                              case or in consequence of a 
                                              direction by the General Legal 
                                              Council under section 16A of this 
                                              Act, his name shall not again be 
                                              entered on the Roll except by the 
                                              direction of the Council, but the 
                                              Council may at any time direct 
                                              that his name be restored to the 
                                              Roll. [As Inserted by Legal 
                                              Profession Act (Amendment) Decree, 
                                              1969 (NLCD 338) s. 1 (b)].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The power of the Council to 
                                              restore to the Roll the name of a 
                                              lawyer whose name has been struck 
                                              off the Roll may be exercised 
                                              notwithstanding that the decision 
                                              ordering his name to be struck off 
                                              the Roll was taken before the 
                                              passing of this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 25&#8212;Review of Prohibition 
                                              on Practising.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where under this Part the 
                                              Disciplinary Committee have 
                                              directed that a lawyer be 
                                              prohibited from practising they 
                                              may at any time review their 
                                              decision and direct that the 
                                              prohibition be withdrawn.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART IV&#8212;EMPLOYMENT OF LAWERS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 26&#8212;Change of Lawyers 
                                              During Hearing of a Case.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A party appearing by a lawyer 
                                              in any case shall be at liberty to 
                                              change his lawyer without an order 
                                              for that purpose upon notice of 
                                              the change being filed in the 
                                              office of the Registrar of the 
                                              Court.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Until notice is so filed and a 
                                              copy thereof served upon him, the 
                                              former lawyer shall be considered 
                                              as appearing for the party until 
                                              final judgment, unless allowed by 
                                              the Court for any special reason 
                                              to cease from acting therein; but 
                                              he shall not be bound except under 
                                              express agreement or unless 
                                              re-engaged, to take any 
                                              proceedings in relation to any 
                                              appeal from the judgment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 27&#8212;Liability to Pay Costs.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where it appears to the Court 
                                              that any case has been commenced 
                                              or carried on maliciously or 
                                              without probable grounds, and the 
                                              party by or on whose behalf it has 
                                              been so commenced or carried on 
                                              has been represented by a lawyer, 
                                              or if it appears that any lawyer 
                                              has by any sort of deceit induced 
                                              his client to enter into or 
                                              continue any litigation, the 
                                              lawyer shall, on failure of his 
                                              client to pay any costs which he 
                                              may be ordered to pay, be liable 
                                              to pay the amount thereof to the 
                                              party to whom costs are given.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Such failure shall be deemed 
                                              to have taken place if the client 
                                              has refused or neglected to make 
                                              payment after a demand has been 
                                              made on him, although no process 
                                              of execution may have been used 
                                              against him.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) This section shall not 
                                              restrict the liability of any 
                                              lawyer in respect of the above 
                                              mentioned or any other misconduct 
                                              for which he would otherwise be 
                                              punishable.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 28&#8212;Costs Recoverable.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              lawyer shall not be entitled to 
                                              recover any costs in respect of 
                                              any proceedings beyond the amount 
                                              applicable to the proceedings 
                                              which may be allowed by the 
                                              authorised scale of fees or, in 
                                              matters not therein included, 
                                              which the Court may allow on 
                                              taxation, having regard to the 
                                              skill, labour, and responsibility 
                                              involved.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 29&#8212;Agreements Inconsistent 
                                              with this Act to be Void.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Any agreement intended to secure 
                                              to a lawyer any remuneration, or 
                                              to constitute any conditions of 
                                              his employment other than 
                                              authorised by this Part, shall be 
                                              null and void, and if a lawyer 
                                              enters into any such agreement, or 
                                              receives any larger amount than 
                                              authorised, either directly or 
                                              indirectly, through any other 
                                              person, for his use or benefit, he 
                                              shall refund the whole amount of 
                                              the overcharge, and shall be 
                                              liable to a fine which may extend 
                                              to double the amount of the 
                                              overcharge or to £G20.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART V&#8212;RECOVERY OF FEES</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 30&#8212;Bill of Fees.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              lawyer shall not be entitled to 
                                              commence any suit for the recovery 
                                              of any fees for any business done 
                                              by him as a barrister or solicitor 
                                              until the expiration of one month 
                                              after he has served on the party 
                                              to be charged a bill of those 
                                              fees, the bill either being signed 
                                              by the lawyer (or in the case of a 
                                              partnership by any of the 
                                              partners, either in his own name 
                                              or in the name of the partnership) 
                                              or being enclosed in or 
                                              accompanied by a letter signed in 
                                              like manner referring to the bill.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 31&#8212;Application of Party 
                                              Charged to Tax Bill.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Upon the party to be charged 
                                              applying to the Court within the 
                                              month referred to in section 30 of 
                                              this Act, the Court may refer the 
                                              bill and the demand of the lawyer 
                                              to be taxed and settled by the 
                                              taxing officer of the Court.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 32&#8212;Where no Application to 
                                              Tax Made within one Month.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              If application is not made within 
                                              the month referred to in section 
                                              30 of this Act, a reference for 
                                              taxation may be made upon the 
                                              application of the lawyer, with 
                                              such directions and subject to 
                                              such conditions as the Court 
                                              making the reference thinks 
                                              proper, and the Court may restrain 
                                              him from commencing a suit for the 
                                              recovery of his fees pending the 
                                              reference on such terms as the 
                                              Court thinks proper.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 33&#8212;Where Application Not 
                                              to be Granted.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              No reference shall be directed 
                                              upon application made by the party 
                                              to be charged after judgment has 
                                              been obtained in any suit for the 
                                              recovery of the fees of the lawyer 
                                              or after expiration of twelve 
                                              months after the bill has been 
                                              served except under special 
                                              circumstances to be proved to the 
                                              satisfaction of the Court to which 
                                              application for the reference is 
                                              made.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 34&#8212;Non-attendance of Party 
                                              at Taxation.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Upon any reference, if either the 
                                              lawyer or the party to be charged, 
                                              having due notice, refuses or 
                                              neglects to attend the taxation, 
                                              the taxing officer may proceed to 
                                              tax and settle the bill ex parte.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 35&#8212;Costs of Taxation.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              If on any reference the party to 
                                              be charged attends on taxation the 
                                              cost of the reference shall, 
                                              subject to section 36 of this Act, 
                                              be paid according to the event of 
                                              the taxation: that is to say, if 
                                              the bill when taxed is less by a 
                                              sixth part than the bill served, 
                                              the lawyer shall pay the costs; 
                                              otherwise, the party to be charged 
                                              shall pay the costs.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 36&#8212;Form of Order to be 
                                              Made.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Every order for a reference 
                                              shall direct the taxing officer to 
                                              certify what is found to be due to 
                                              or from the lawyer in respect of 
                                              the bill, including the costs of 
                                              the reference.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The taxing officer may certify 
                                              especially any circumstances 
                                              relating to the bill or reference 
                                              and the Court may make any such 
                                              order as it thinks&nbsp; proper 
                                              respecting the costs of the 
                                              reference.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Where any reference is made 
                                              under section 33 of this Act the 
                                              Court may, if it thinks fit, give 
                                              any special directions relative to 
                                              the costs of the reference.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 37&#8212;Proof of Compliance 
                                              with Act.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              It shall not in any case be 
                                              necessary in the first instance 
                                              for any lawyer in proving a 
                                              compliance with this Part to prove 
                                              the contents of the bill served; 
                                              it shall be sufficient to prove 
                                              that a bill for fees signed in the 
                                              manner provided or enclosed in or 
                                              accompanied by the letter as 
                                              provided was duly served.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 38&#8212;Completion of Taxation.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Upon the completion of the 
                                              taxation of the bill, the taxing 
                                              officer shall submit for the 
                                              approval of the Court the result 
                                              of his taxation, including costs, 
                                              and, subject to review, the amount 
                                              approved by the Court shall be 
                                              final and conclusive as to the 
                                              amount of the bill and costs.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Court may in its 
                                              discretion review any approval on 
                                              the application of either party 
                                              made within twenty-one days of the 
                                              approval, and the Court may order 
                                              that judgment be entered for the 
                                              amount approved, unless the 
                                              retainer is disputed, or to make 
                                              such other order as the Court 
                                              thinks proper.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 39&#8212;Power to Court to Order 
                                              Delivery of Bill, Etc.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Court may make an order for 
                                              the delivery by any lawyer of any 
                                              bill of fees for business done by 
                                              him; and the Court shall have all 
                                              necessary powers for enforcing the 
                                              delivery up by a lawyer of any 
                                              deeds, documents, for things in 
                                              his possession, custody, or power.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 40&#8212;Where Lawyer May Begin 
                                              Suit within Month of Delivery of 
                                              Bill.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Court may authorise a lawyer 
                                              to commence a suit for the 
                                              recovery of his fees against the 
                                              party to be charged, and may refer 
                                              his bill of fees to be taxed and 
                                              settled by the taxing officer of 
                                              the Court, although one month may 
                                              not have expired from the delivery 
                                              of the bill, on proof to the 
                                              satisfaction of the Court that 
                                              there is probable cause for 
                                              believing that the party 
                                              chargeable is about to quit Ghana, 
                                              or to become insolvent, or to take 
                                              any other steps or to do any other 
                                              act which in the opinion of the 
                                              Court would tend to defeat or 
                                              delay the lawyer in obtaining 
                                              judgment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 41&#8212;Applications to be by 
                                              motion.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              All applications made under this 
                                              Part to refer any bill to be taxed 
                                              and settled or for the delivery up 
                                              of deeds, documents, or things 
                                              shall be by motion in the matter 
                                              of the lawyer concerned.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 42&#8212;Representatives and 
                                              Assignees of&nbsp; Lawyers.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              This Part applies to the executor, 
                                              administrator, and assignee of a 
                                              lawyer in respect of business done 
                                              by the lawyer.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART VI&#8212;PREPARATION OF LEGAL 
                                              DOCUMENTS BY UNAUTHORISED PERSONS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 43&#8212;Name and Address of 
                                              Drughtsman to be Endorsed on 
                                              Documents.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Every person who draws or prepares 
                                              any legal document for reward 
                                              shall endorse or cause to be 
                                              endorsed thereon his name and 
                                              address; and any person omitting 
                                              so to do shall be liable on 
                                              summary conviction to a fine not 
                                              exceeding £G10.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 44&#8212;Unqualified Persons not 
                                              to Draw or Prepare Documents.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              No other person than a lawyer 
                                              shall either directly or 
                                              indirectly for or in expectation 
                                              of any fee, gain, or reward draw 
                                              or prepare any legal document; and 
                                              any person contravening this 
                                              section shall be liable on summary 
                                              conviction to a fine £G50.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 45&#8212;Agreement to Pay fee or 
                                              Reward to an Unqualified Person to 
                                              be Void.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) An agreement to pay a fee or 
                                              reward to any person, other than a 
                                              lawyer, in consideration of his 
                                              drawing or preparing any legal 
                                              document is void.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any person who pays to any 
                                              person, other than a lawyer, any 
                                              fee or reward for having drawn or 
                                              prepared or agreed to draw or 
                                              prepare a legal document, may sue 
                                              for and recover the amount of the 
                                              fee or reward from the person to 
                                              whom it was paid.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 46&#8212;Savings for Public 
                                              Officers and Engrossing.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              This Part does not apply to any 
                                              public officer drawing or 
                                              preparing a legal document in the 
                                              course of his duty as such, nor to 
                                              the mere engrossing of document.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 47&#8212;Power to Except any 
                                              Class of Document.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Minister may, by legislative 
                                              instrument, except from this Part 
                                              any class of document specified in 
                                              the instrument.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART VII&#8212;KEEPING OF ACCOUNTS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 48&#8212;General Legal Council 
                                              to Make Rules as to Certain 
                                              Matters.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The General Legal Council may 
                                              by legislative instrument make 
                                              rules requiring lawyers&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) to open and keep separate bank 
                                              accounts of clients' moneys, and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) to keep accounts containing 
                                              particulars and information as to 
                                              moneys received, held or paid by 
                                              them, for or on account of their 
                                              clients.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The General Legal Council may 
                                              take such action and make such 
                                              rules as may be necessary to 
                                              enable them to ascertain whether 
                                              or not the rules are being 
                                              complied with.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 49&#8212;Consequences of Failure 
                                              to Comply with Rules.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) If a person fails to comply 
                                              with any of the rules made under 
                                              section 48 of this Act, any person 
                                              may make a complaint in respect of 
                                              that failure to the Disciplinary 
                                              Committee.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The provisions of Part III of 
                                              this Act shall apply in relation 
                                              to complaints under this section 
                                              as they apply in relation to 
                                              application to the Committee under 
                                              Part III.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 50&#8212;Saving for Full-time 
                                              Employees of Government.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Rules made under section 48 of 
                                              this Act shall not apply to any 
                                              person who is in full-time 
                                              employment as an officer of the 
                                              Government or a local authority or 
                                              a consultant to an incorporated 
                                              body.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 51&#8212;Saving for Part-time 
                                              Practitioners.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Where a person is employed as an 
                                              officer of the Government or local 
                                              authority or as a consultant to an 
                                              incorporated body and at the same 
                                              time engages in private practice 
                                              as a lawyer, the rules made under 
                                              section 48 of this Act shall only 
                                              apply to him so far as regards 
                                              moneys received, held or paid by 
                                              him in the course of the private 
                                              practice.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 52&#8212;Relief to Banks.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Subject to this section, no 
                                              bank shall, in connection with any 
                                              transaction on any account of any 
                                              lawyer kept with it or with any 
                                              other bank (other than an account 
                                              kept by a lawyer as a trustee for 
                                              a specified beneficiary) incur any 
                                              liability or be under any 
                                              obligation to make any enquiry or 
                                              be deemed to have any knowledge of 
                                              any right of any person to any 
                                              money paid or credited to any 
                                              account which it would not incur 
                                              or be under or be deemed to have 
                                              in the case of an account kept by 
                                              a person entitled absolutely to 
                                              all the money paid or credited to 
                                              it.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Nothing in subsection (1) 
                                              shall relieve a bank from any 
                                              liability or obligation under any 
                                              other enactment.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Notwithstanding subsection 
                                              (1), a bank at which a lawyer 
                                              keeps an account for clients' 
                                              moneys shall not, in respect of 
                                              any liability of the lawyer to the 
                                              bank, not being a liability in 
                                              connection with that account, have 
                                              or obtain any recourse or right, 
                                              whether by way of set off, 
                                              counterclaim, charge, or 
                                              otherwise, against moneys standing 
                                              to the credit of that account.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Nothing in subsection (3) 
                                              shall deprive a bank of any right 
                                              existing at the time when the 
                                              rules made under section 48 of 
                                              this Act came into operation.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART VIII&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 53&#8212;Provisions as to Rules.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Subject to subsection (2), the 
                                              General Legal Council may, by 
                                              legislative instrument, make rules 
                                              in relation to any matter referred 
                                              to in this Act as prescribed.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Rules for the purposes of 
                                              section 3, 6 or 8 of this Act 
                                              shall not be made save with the 
                                              approval of the Minister.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) A legislative instrument under 
                                              this Act shall be subject to 
                                              annulment by the National 
                                              Assembly.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 54&#8212;Repeals.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The enactments referred to in the 
                                              Third Schedule to this Act are 
                                              hereby repealed. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 55&#8212;Continuance of Rules 
                                              and Regulations. No. 22 of 1958.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Rules and regulations made under 
                                              any provision of the Legal 
                                              Practitioners Act, 1958, and in 
                                              force immediately before the 
                                              commencement of this Act shall 
                                              continue in force and shall be 
                                              deemed to have been made under the 
                                              corresponding provision of this 
                                              Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 56&#8212;Definitions.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In this Act, except where the 
                                              contrary intention appears&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;enrolment&quot; means the entry of a 
                                              name in the Roll of Lawyers;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;fees&quot; includes charges and 
                                              disbursements;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;lawyer&quot;, for the purposes of Part 
                                              V of this Act, includes any person 
                                              enrolled at the time the relevant 
                                              business was done; and, for the 
                                              purposes of Part VI of this Act, 
                                              does not include a lawyer for the 
                                              time being suspended from 
                                              practice;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;legal document&quot; means any 
                                              document (other than a will) 
                                              conferring, transferring, 
                                              limiting, charging, or 
                                              extinguishing, or purporting to 
                                              confer, transfer, limit, charge, 
                                              or extinguish any right, title, or 
                                              interest in property, movable or 
                                              immovable, or any document 
                                              (including a letter) indicating 
                                              that legal proceedings may be 
                                              brought against the person whom it 
                                              is addressed or any other person;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;military advocate&quot; means a 
                                              commissioned officer of the Armed 
                                              Forces who is certified by the 
                                              Chief Justice to be qualified to 
                                              practise in a country other than 
                                              Ghana;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;the Minister&quot; means the Minister 
                                              to whom functions under this Act 
                                              are for the time being assigned by 
                                              the President;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;practise&quot;, in relation to a 
                                              country other than Ghana means 
                                              practise as a barrister, solicitor 
                                              or advocate or in a like capacity, 
                                              by whatever name called.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 57&#8212;Commencement.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              This Act shall come into operation 
                                              on the 1st day of January, 1961.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              SCHEDULES</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              FIRST SCHEDULE</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              CONSTITUTION OF GENERAL LEGAL 
                                              COUNCIL</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              1. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1) The General Legal 
                                              Council shall be a body corporate 
                                              having perpetual succession and a 
                                              common seal and may sue and be 
                                              sued in their corporate name.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Council shall not, as a 
                                              body corporate, be subject to any 
                                              disability as regards the holding 
                                              of land to which an individual 
                                              would not be subject.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1) Subject to this 
                                              paragraph, the Council shall 
                                              consist of a chairman, a deputy 
                                              chairman and&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the two most senior Judges of 
                                              the Supreme Court after the 
                                              chairman and the deputy chairman 
                                              referred to in subparagraph (2) of 
                                              this paragraph;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b)&nbsp; the Attorney-General;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c)&nbsp; the Head of the Faculty of 
                                              Law at the University of Ghana;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d)&nbsp; three persons nominated by 
                                              the Minister;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e)&nbsp; four members of the Bar 
                                              elected by the Ghana Bar 
                                              Association. [As Substituted by 
                                              the Legal Profession (Amendment) 
                                              Act 1964 (Act 226) s. 3]</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Chairman shall be the 
                                              Chief Justice and the deputy 
                                              chairman shall be the most senior 
                                              of the other Judges of the Supreme 
                                              Court.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The other members shall 
                                              include&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the other Judges of the 
                                              Supreme Court;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) the Attorney-General;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) the Head of the Faculty of Law 
                                              at the University College of 
                                              Ghana;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) two persons nominated by the 
                                              Chief Justice;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) two persons nominated by the 
                                              Minister;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) four members of the Bar of not 
                                              less than five years' standing 
                                              elected by the Ghana Bar 
                                              Association.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The term of office of any 
                                              nominated member of the Council 
                                              and the conditions under which he 
                                              may be removed shall be such as 
                                              may be provided by rules under 
                                              this Schedule or, if no such rules 
                                              have been made, as may be 
                                              determined by the person 
                                              nominating him at the time of the 
                                              nomination.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -36.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">3 
                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1) Decisions of the 
                                              Council may be taken by a majority 
                                              of those present at a meeting of 
                                              the Council, and the quorum at any 
                                              meeting shall be five of whom one 
                                              shall be the chairman or deputy 
                                              chairman. [As Substituted by Legal 
                                              Profession Act (Amendment) (No. 2) 
                                              Decree 1967 (NLCD 213) s. 1 (c)].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Subject to any rules made 
                                              under this Schedule, the Council 
                                              shall meet at such times and 
                                              places as the chairman of the 
                                              Council may direct, but the 
                                              Council shall meet not less than 
                                              twice in any year.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Secretary of the Council 
                                              shall be a person appointed by the 
                                              Council.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              4. The General Legal Council may 
                                              appoint committees, in addition to 
                                              the Disciplinary Committee, and 
                                              delegate to them any of the 
                                              Council's functions other than 
                                              their functions under Part III of 
                                              this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              5. The Council may make rules 
                                              governing their proceedings and in 
                                              respect of any matter to be 
                                              provided under this Schedule.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              SECOND SCHEDULE</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              SOLICITOR'S LICENCE</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PURSUANT to the Legal Profession 
                                              Act, 1960, licence is hereby 
                                              granted to 
                                              .................................... 
                                              Esquire, whose name is duly 
                                              enrolled on the Roll of Lawyers to 
                                              practise as a solicitor in the 
                                              year ending on the 31st day of 
                                              December, 19 ......... on this 
                                              licence being duly stamped.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Dated this&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; day 
                                              of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ,&nbsp; 19&nbsp; .</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ..............................................................</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Secretary to the General Legal, 
                                              Council.&quot;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              [As&nbsp; Substituted by Legal 
                                              Profession (Amendment) Decree, 
                                              1967 (NLCD 143) s. 4].</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THIRD SCHEDULE</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              REPEALS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 54</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Legal Practitioners Ordinance 
                                              (Cap. 8)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Military Advocates Ordinance 
                                              (Cap. 57)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Legal Practitioners Act, 1958 
                                              (No. 22)</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Legal Practitioners 
                                              (Amendment) Act, 1958 (No. 53).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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