Legal Profession Act · s 62

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62.
Authority to establish Law Society
(1) His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in Council may by order —
(a) establish a body representative of the legal profession in Brunei Darussalam to be called the Law Society of
Brunei Darussalam;
(b) define and limit the constitution and powers of the Society;
and

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(c) amend this  Act  to  the  extent  deemed expedient by
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in Council to make provision for or facilitate any disciplinary or other function of the
Society (or of any body or officer thereof) as the representative body of the legal profession in Brunei Darussalam.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), an order made under that subsection may —
(a) make provision for any of the matters specified in
Schedule 1;
(b) provide for the establishment, maintenance, administration and application by the Society, from the resources of its members, of a fund to serve as a compensation fund for any person who may sustain loss in consequence of dishonesty on the part of any advocate and solicitor or any clerk or servant of his in connection with his practice in Brunei Darussalam or in connection with any trust in
Brunei Darussalam of which such advocate and solicitor is a trustee;
(c) amend any written law so as to provide such exemptions from any provisions of the Stamp Act (Chapter 34) or the Income Tax
Act (Chapter 35) as His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in Council deem expedient in relation to the property of the Society or to any property of any person which is the subject of a gift or bequest to the Society; and
(d) require that no advocate and solicitor shall practise as such unless he is a member of the Society.
Law Society to be corporate body etc.

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s 62Authority to establish Law Society

(1)

His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in Council may by order —

(a)

establish a body representative of the legal profession in Brunei Darussalam to be called the Law Society of

Brunei Darussalam;

(b)

define and limit the constitution and powers of the Society;

and

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(c)

amend this Act to the extent deemed expedient by

His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in Council to make provision for or facilitate any disciplinary or other function of the

Society (or of any body or officer thereof) as the representative body of the legal profession in Brunei Darussalam.

(2)

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), an order made under that subsection may —

(a)

make provision for any of the matters specified in

Schedule 1;

(b)

provide for the establishment, maintenance, administration and application by the Society, from the resources of its members, of a fund to serve as a compensation fund for any person who may sustain loss in consequence of dishonesty on the part of any advocate and solicitor or any clerk or servant of his in connection with his practice in Brunei Darussalam or in connection with any trust in

Brunei Darussalam of which such advocate and solicitor is a trustee;

(c)

amend any written law so as to provide such exemptions from any provisions of the Stamp Act (Chapter 34) or the Income Tax

Act (Chapter 35) as His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in Council deem expedient in relation to the property of the Society or to any property of any person which is the subject of a gift or bequest to the Society; and

(d)

require that no advocate and solicitor shall practise as such unless he is a member of the Society.

Law Society to be corporate body etc.