     <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              IN exercise of the powers 
                                              conferred on the General Legal 
                                              Council by section 23 and 53 of 
                                              the Legal Profession Act, 1960 
                                              (Act 32) these rules are made by 
                                              the General Legal Council this 
                                              26th day of October, 1968.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Rule 1—Legal Practice.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A lawyer in practice is—&nbsp;
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) a lawyer who is entitled to 
                                              practise and who holds himself out 
                                              as ready to do so, or is employed 
                                              in a whole-time occupation where 
                                              he performs legal duties; or</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) a lawyer whose regular 
                                              occupation is that of editor or 
                                              reporter of any series of Law 
                                              Reports entirely written and 
                                              edited by lawyers for use by the 
                                              legal profession.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A practising lawyer shall not—</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) be a managing director or 
                                              executive chairman in any company 
                                              or an active partner in any 
                                              business,</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) carry on any other profession 
                                              or business which conflicts or 
                                              involves a&nbsp; serious risk of 
                                              conflict with his duties as a 
                                              practising lawyer;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that the General Legal 
                                              Council may for the avoidance of 
                                              doubt give a ruling on an 
                                              application made to it in writing 
                                              in any particular case as whether 
                                              a profession or business conflicts 
                                              or involves a serious risk of 
                                              conflict with the duties of a 
                                              person as a practising lawyer.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) A lawyer who is not in 
                                              practice under sub-rules (1) and 
                                              (2) above shall, if employed, file 
                                              with the General Legal Council a 
                                              copy of the terms of his 
                                              employment; and where by the terms 
                                              of his employment such lawyer is 
                                              obliged to offer his employers 
                                              legal advice or to perform such 
                                              services as are normally performed 
                                              by a lawyer in practice, he should 
                                              be deemed to be a practising 
                                              lawyer.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Rule 2—Advertising Touting and 
                                              Publicity.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A lawyer shall not directly or 
                                              indirectly apply for or seek 
                                              instructions for professional 
                                              business, or do or permit in the 
                                              carrying on of his practice any 
                                              act or thing which can reasonably 
                                              be regarded as touting or 
                                              advertising or as calculated to 
                                              attract business unfairly.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) It is the duty of every lawyer 
                                              at all times to uphold the dignity 
                                              and high standing of his 
                                              profession and his own dignity and 
                                              high standing as a member of it.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) It is contrary to professional 
                                              etiquette for a lawyer to do or 
                                              cause or allow to be done anything 
                                              for the purpose of touting 
                                              directly or indirectly, or which 
                                              is calculated to suggest that it 
                                              is done for that purpose.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (4) While a lawyer is entitled to 
                                              such personal advertisement as is 
                                              a necessary consequence of the 
                                              proper exercise of his profession, 
                                              or of any act otherwise properly 
                                              done by him, it is contrary to 
                                              professional etiquette for a 
                                              lawyer to do or cause or allow to 
                                              be done anything with the primary 
                                              motive of personal advertisement 
                                              or anything calculated to suggest 
                                              that it is so motivated.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) A lawyer shall not volunteer 
                                              advice to bring a lawsuit except 
                                              in the exceptional cases where 
                                              ties of blood relationship or 
                                              trust make it his duty to do so. 
                                              Accordingly, a practising lawyer 
                                              shall not employ agents or runners 
                                              for the purposes of instigating 
                                              litigation or pay or reward 
                                              directly or indirectly those who 
                                              bring or influence the bringing of 
                                              such case to his chambers or 
                                              remunerate Policemen, Court or 
                                              Prison officials, hospital 
                                              attaches or others who may succeed 
                                              under the guise of giving 
                                              disinterested friendly advice in 
                                              influencing the criminal, the sick 
                                              and the injured, the ignorant or 
                                              others to seek a lawyer's 
                                              professional services. Every 
                                              lawyer having knowledge of any 
                                              such practices on the part of 
                                              another lawyer owes a duty to the 
                                              public and to the profession 
                                              immediately to inform thereof to 
                                              the end that the offender may be 
                                              disbarred or otherwise dealt with 
                                              by the appropriate authority.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Rule 3—Name Plates, Etc.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              lawyer shall not permit to appear 
                                              on his name plate or to be printed 
                                              on his professional stationery the 
                                              name of any person other than a 
                                              lawyer who holds a valid licence 
                                              or other authorisation for the 
                                              time being prescribed by law to be 
                                              obtained before the carrying on of 
                                              the practice of a lawyer or of any 
                                              part of such practice or who has 
                                              duly complied with any law 
                                              requiring registration by a lawyer 
                                              before carrying on any such 
                                              practice:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Provided that this rule shall not 
                                              preclude:</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) the appearance in the style or 
                                              name of a lawyer's practice of the 
                                              name of a predecessor or former 
                                              partner in that practice; or</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) the use of a style or 
                                              firm-name in use at the date of 
                                              the coming into operation of these 
                                              rules or approved in writing by 
                                              the Council.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Rule 4—Chambers and Pupillage.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (1) A lawyer shall not practise 
                                              unless he is a member of 
                                              professional chambers or the pupil 
                                              of such a member.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Membership of professional 
                                              chambers under these rule means:—</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) having the lawyer's name 
                                              exhibited at the chamber (unless 
                                              he is a pupil) and that lawyer 
                                              having the rights to use the 
                                              chambers for the conduct of his 
                                              practice, and</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) that lawyer having the 
                                              services of the clerk who is the 
                                              clerk of the chambers.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Membership of chambers 
                                              includes being sole occupier of 
                                              chambers.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (4) All professional chambers 
                                              shall be registered with the 
                                              General Legal Council.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) A lawyer who is a member of 
                                              professional chambers may use his 
                                              private residence for professional 
                                              work. But a part of a private 
                                              residence shall not be eligible to 
                                              be regarded as professional 
                                              chambers for the purposes of these 
                                              rules unless that part is clearly 
                                              separated from the purely 
                                              residential part or parts of the 
                                              premises.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) A lawyer shall not receive a 
                                              pupil into his chambers unless 
                                              that lawyer has been in practice 
                                              for a period of not less than 
                                              seven years and has notified the 
                                              Council in writing of the proposed 
                                              pupillage.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Rule 5—Briefs and Pleadings.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A lawyer in practice is bound 
                                              to accept any briefs in the Court 
                                              in which he professes to practise 
                                              at a proper professional fee 
                                              depending on the length and 
                                              difficulty of the case. Special 
                                              circumstances may justify his 
                                              refusal at his discretion to 
                                              accept a particular brief.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (2) A lawyer should be separately 
                                              instructed and separately 
                                              remunerated by fees for each piece 
                                              of work done, and he shall not 
                                              undertake to represent any person, 
                                              authority or corporation in all 
                                              their court work for a fixed 
                                              annual salary. But a lawyer may 
                                              accept a retainer for advice.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Where a lawyer withdraws from 
                                              a case and returns the client's 
                                              brief, it is his duty to hand it 
                                              back to the client from whom he 
                                              received it. A lawyer who accepts 
                                              a brief is in a confidential 
                                              position, and he shall not 
                                              communicate to any other person 
                                              the information which has been 
                                              confided to him as such lawyer; 
                                              and he shall not use either such 
                                              information or his position as a 
                                              lawyer to his client's detriment. 
                                              The duties here stated continue 
                                              after the relation of lawyer and 
                                              client has ceased.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The papers in a brief 
                                              delivered to a lawyer are the 
                                              property of the client, and the 
                                              lawyer has no right to lend them 
                                              to any person without the consent 
                                              of the client.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) A lawyer shall not accept a 
                                              brief limiting his ordinary 
                                              authority, or take a subordinate 
                                              position in the conduct of a case 
                                              or share such conduct with the 
                                              client even if the litigant is 
                                              himself a lawyer; and he shall not 
                                              accept a brief on the condition 
                                              that his discretion as to offering 
                                              no evidence is fettered.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) A lawyer who finds on 
                                              receiving a brief that another 
                                              lawyer has previously been 
                                              retained shall not accept the 
                                              brief without—</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (a) communicating in the first 
                                              instance with the lawyer who first 
                                              handled it; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) enquiring whether he has any 
                                              objection to his accepting the 
                                              brief. </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Such communication shall be by the 
                                              latter lawyer to the former one 
                                              direct, and not through his clerk.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (7) If the first lawyer does 
                                              indicate any objection to the 
                                              brief being taken away from him, 
                                              the second one ought, where 
                                              practicable, to ascertain from the 
                                              client what are the exact reasons 
                                              why the brief has been taken away 
                                              from the first lawyer; and unless 
                                              a satisfactory explanation is 
                                              given shall refuse or return the 
                                              brief.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (8) A lawyer is, in all his 
                                              practice, but especially with 
                                              regard to settling and signing of 
                                              pleadings, under responsibilities 
                                              to the Court as well as to his 
                                              client. He shall not put into a 
                                              pleading any allegation which is 
                                              not supported by the facts which 
                                              are laid before him by his client. 
                                              If on the material before him 
                                              there is no cause of action or no 
                                              defence in law, he may ask for 
                                              further instructions to find if 
                                              more material can be obtained; and 
                                              if it cannot, he may advise his 
                                              client accordingly. In particular, 
                                              where a lawyer is instructed to 
                                              allege fraud, he shall not 
                                              subscribe to such an allegation 
                                              without having before him clear 
                                              instructions that the client does 
                                              wish to allege fraud and will 
                                              support the allegation in the 
                                              witness-box. In addition the 
                                              lawyer must have before him 
                                              material which, as it stands, 
                                              establishes a prima facie case of 
                                              fraud. If the material before him 
                                              is not sufficient in his view to 
                                              warrant the allegation, he shall 
                                              advise his client that this is his 
                                              view and that he cannot put his 
                                              signature to the pleadings if it 
                                              is to contain that charge.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (9) A lawyer shall not offer 
                                              evidence which he knows the Court 
                                              should not admit. He should not, 
                                              either in argument to the Court or 
                                              in address to the jury, assert his 
                                              personal belief in his client's 
                                              innocence, or in the justice of 
                                              his cause, or as to any of the 
                                              facts involved in the matter under 
                                              investigation.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (10) A lawyer shall at the time of 
                                              retainer disclose to the client 
                                              all the circumstances of his 
                                              relationship to the parties and 
                                              his interest in or connection with 
                                              the controversy, if any, which 
                                              might influence the client in 
                                              selection of counsel. He shall 
                                              avoid representing conflicting 
                                              interests.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Rule 6—Lawyers’ Accounts.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Every lawyer shall give a 
                                              receipt for each and every payment 
                                              made to him, and shall specify 
                                              therein the purpose for which such 
                                              payment was made.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Every lawyer shall at all 
                                              times keep properly written up 
                                              such books and accounts as may be 
                                              necessary—</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (a) to show all his dealings with</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              clients' moneys held, received or 
                                              paid by them; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (ii) any other moneys dealt with 
                                              by him through a client account; 
                                              and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) to distinguish such moneys 
                                              held, received or paid by him on 
                                              account of each separate client 
                                              and to distinguish such moneys 
                                              from other moneys held, received 
                                              or paid by him on any other 
                                              account.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) (a) All dealings referred to 
                                              in sub-rule (2) (a) of this rule 
                                              shall be recorded in—</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              a clients' cash book, or a 
                                              clients' column on the credit side 
                                              or debit side (as may be 
                                              appropriate) of a cash book; and</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (ii) a clients' ledger, or a 
                                              clients' column on the credit side 
                                              or the debit&nbsp; side (as may be 
                                              appropriate) of a ledger;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              and no other dealings shall be&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              recorded in such clients' cash 
                                              book and ledger, or, as the case 
                                              may be, in such clients' columns; 
                                              and</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) all dealings of the lawyer 
                                              relating to his practice as such 
                                              lawyer other than&nbsp; those referred 
                                              to in sub-rule (2) (a) of this 
                                              rule shall be recorded (as may be 
                                              appropriate) in such other cash 
                                              book and ledger (if any) or such 
                                              other columns of a cash book and 
                                              ledger (if any) as the lawyer may 
                                              choose to maintain.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Every lawyer shall preserve 
                                              for at least six years from the 
                                              date of the last entry therein all 
                                              books, accounts and records kept 
                                              by him under this rule.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Nothing in these rules shall 
                                              deprive a lawyer of any recourse 
                                              or right, whether by way of lien, 
                                              set-off, counter-claim, charge or 
                                              otherwise, against moneys standing 
                                              to the credit of a client account.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) In this rule each of the 
                                              expressions &quot;book&quot;, &quot;ledger&quot;, and 
                                              &quot;record&quot; shall be deemed to 
                                              include a loose-leaf book and such 
                                              cards or other permanent documents 
                                              as are necessary for the operation 
                                              of a mechanical system of 
                                              book-keeping.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Rule 7—Conduct of Proceedings in 
                                              Court and at Other Tribunals.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) It is the duty of a lawyer, 
                                              whilst acting with all due 
                                              courtesy to the Court or Tribunal 
                                              before which he is practising, 
                                              fearlessly to uphold the interests 
                                              of his client without regard to 
                                              any unpleasant consequences either 
                                              to himself or to any other person. 
                                              In particular, no lawyer is bound 
                                              to withdraw any charge which is 
                                              the necessary outcome of material 
                                              facts sworn to by or on behalf of 
                                              his client unless expressly 
                                              instructed so to do by his client. 
                                              A lawyer shall not however deceive 
                                              the Court or Tribunal before which 
                                              he is appearing in any 
                                              circumstances whatsoever.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (2) A lawyer shall not appear as 
                                              witness for his own client except 
                                              as to merely formal matters such 
                                              as the attestation or custody of 
                                              an instrument, or the like, or 
                                              when it is essential to the ends 
                                              of justice. If he is a necessary 
                                              witness with respect to other 
                                              matters, the conducting of the 
                                              case should be entrusted to 
                                              another lawyer.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Once a lawyer has accepted a 
                                              brief he shall not relinquish it 
                                              to the detriment of his client 
                                              without good and sufficient cause.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Rule 8—Certain Improper 
                                              Relationships and Contacts.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) A lawyer shall not join or act 
                                              in association with any 
                                              organisation or person (not being 
                                              a practising lawyer) whose 
                                              business or any part of whose 
                                              business is to make, support or 
                                              prosecute (whether by action or 
                                              otherwise and whether by another 
                                              lawyer or agent or otherwise) 
                                              claims arising as a result of 
                                              death or personal injury, 
                                              including claims under the 
                                              Workmen's Compensation Act, 1963 
                                              (Act 174), or any statutory 
                                              modification or re-enactment 
                                              thereof, in such circumstances 
                                              that such person or organisation 
                                              solicits or receives any payment, 
                                              gift or benefit in respect of such 
                                              claims; nor shall a lawyer act in 
                                              respect of any such claim for any 
                                              client introduced to him by such 
                                              person or organisation.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A lawyer shall not, with 
                                              regard to any such claim, 
                                              knowingly act for any client 
                                              introduced or referred to him by 
                                              any person or organisation whose 
                                              connection with such client arises 
                                              from solicitation in respect of 
                                              the cause of any such claim.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (3) It shall be the duty of a 
                                              lawyer to make reasonable enquiry 
                                              before accepting instructions in 
                                              respect of any such claim for the 
                                              purpose of ascertaining whether 
                                              the acceptance of such 
                                              instructions will involve a 
                                              contravention of the provisions of 
                                              sub-rule (1) or (2) of this rule.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Rule 9—Others Professional 
                                              Misconduct.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The conviction of a lawyer for 
                                              a criminal offence involving 
                                              dishonesty or moral turpitude 
                                              makes him prima facie unfit to 
                                              continue on the Roll of Lawyers.
                                              </span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Disciplinary Committee 
                                              may, however, take into 
                                              consideration the nature of the 
                                              offence of which the lawyer was 
                                              convicted. In particular, if the 
                                              offence is not of such a character 
                                              as to make the person guilty of it 
                                              unfit to remain an officer of the 
                                              court and a member of an 
                                              honourable profession, then the 
                                              Disciplinary Committee may make 
                                              such order as it thinks fit 
                                              instead of striking the name of 
                                              such person off the Roll of 
                                              Lawyers.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The failure on the part of any 
                                              lawyer to comply with an order of 
                                              the court is a professional 
                                              misconduct except where such 
                                              non-compliance was in connection 
                                              with a court order made against a 
                                              lawyer in a purely personal 
                                              capacity completely unconnected 
                                              with his practice.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (4) Any deliberate deception of 
                                              the court on the part of a lawyer 
                                              is a professional misconduct. 
                                              Equally a lawyer is guilty of such 
                                              misconduct if he knowingly permits 
                                              a client to attempt to deceive the 
                                              court.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) It is professional misconduct 
                                              to attempt deliberately to deceive 
                                              or make a false representation to 
                                              the Disciplinary Committee of the 
                                              General Legal Council which shall 
                                              for the purposes of this rule be 
                                              deemed to be in the same position 
                                              as the court. Similarly the duty 
                                              of a lawyer as an officer of the 
                                              court to honour undertakings given 
                                              to the court applies equally to 
                                              undertakings given to the 
                                              Disciplinary Committee.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) A lawyer who neither attends 
                                              in court himself nor makes 
                                              arrangements for a responsible 
                                              member of his firm or staff or 
                                              agent or some other lawyer to be 
                                              present throughout in court 
                                              proceedings in which he or his 
                                              firm is acting is guilty of a 
                                              breach of duty to the court, his 
                                              client and his profession.</span></p>

                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (7) A lawyer in his dealings with 
                                              the client must behave with the 
                                              utmost honesty and with frankness; 
                                              and any breach of this rule 
                                              constitutes professional 
                                              misconduct.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (8) Any conduct towards a member 
                                              of the public which is fraudulent 
                                              or contains an element of fraud is 
                                              a professional offence. It is 
                                              immaterial for purposes of this 
                                              rule that the lawyer concerned may 
                                              not have been convicted of that 
                                              fraud by a court of criminal 
                                              jurisdiction.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (9) A lawyer is entitled to 
                                              reasonable compensation for his 
                                              services, but he shall avoid 
                                              charges which either overestimate 
                                              or undervalue the service 
                                              rendered. When possible he shall 
                                              adhere to established tariffs. The 
                                              client’s ability to pay cannot 
                                              justify a charge in excess of the 
                                              value of the service, though his 
                                              poverty may require a less charge 
                                              or even none at all.</span></p>
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                                              (10) A lawyer shall give no 
                                              undertaking he cannot fulfil, and 
                                              he shall fulfil every undertaking 
                                              he gives. He should never in any 
                                              way communicate upon the subject 
                                              in controversy, or attempt to 
                                              negotiate or compromise the matter 
                                              directly with any party 
                                              represented by a lawyer except 
                                              through such lawyer.</span></p>
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                                              (11) It is the duty of a lawyer to 
                                              maintain the honour and integrity 
                                              of his profession, and to expose 
                                              without fear or favour before the 
                                              proper Tribunal unprofessional or 
                                              dishonest conduct by any member of 
                                              the profession, and to accept 
                                              without hesitation a retainer 
                                              against any member of the 
                                              profession who is alleged to have 
                                              wronged his client.</span></p>

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                                              (12) No client is entitled to 
                                              receive—and no lawyer shall render 
                                              any service or advice involving 
                                              disloyalty to the State or 
                                              disrespect for the judicial office 
                                              or the corruption of any persons 
                                              exercising a public or private 
                                              trust or deception or betrayal of 
                                              the public.</span></p>
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                                              E. AKUFO-ADDO</span></p>
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                                              Chairman</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              E. S. AIDOO</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Secretary</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Date of Gazette Notification: 17th 
                                              January, 1969.</span></p>
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