Legal Practitioners Act
ZambiaAct of Parliament1996No. Act No. 10 of 1996
The Legal Practitioners Act is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia enacted in 1996. It contains 102 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the Legal Practitioners Act and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the Legal Practitioners Act
- S. 1S hort title
- S. 2I nterpretati on
- S. 3C erta in officers exempt from provisions of th is Act
- S. 4E stablishment of a Disciplinary Committee
- S. 5R oll of practitioners
- S. 6Q ualificati on f or admissi on as a legal practitioner
- S. 7R epealed by Act No. 10 of 1996
- S. 8R epealed by Act No. 10 of 1996
- S. 9R epealed by Act No. 10 of 1996
- S. 10R epealed by Act No. 10 of 1996
- S. 11P rofessional and academic qualifications
- S. 12A pprenticeship qualifications
- S. 13A dmissi on by the Chief Justice
- S. 14A dmissi on fee
- S. 15E ntry of name on Roll
- S. 16A ttorney-General to be appointed State Counsel f or Zambia
- S. 17P ower of the President to appoint a State Counsel f or Zambia and procedure
- S. 18L imitati on on appointments of State Counsel f or Zambia
- S. 19Q ualificati on f or appointment as a State Counsel f or Zambia
- S. 20P recedence of practitioners
- S. 21( Spent)
- S. 22R emoval from Roll and procedure of Disciplinary Committee
- S. 23R ules governing Disciplinary Committee
- S. 24P owers of Court under sections 22, 25, 27 and 28 to be exercised by two
- S. 25C onsiderati on of report by Court
- S. 26R epresentati on by counsel
- S. 27R eference of report back to Disciplinary Committee
- S. 28P ower of Court to deal with practitioner
- S. 29D isciplinary powers of Court or Judge apart from inquiry by Disciplinary
- S. 30P ower of Registrar to draw up orders
- S. 31O rders of Court to be noted on Roll
- S. 32L imitati on of time f or certa in applications to strike names off Roll
- S. 33R estorati on to Roll
- S. 34D isciplinary powers as to clerks
- S. 35A ssociati on to issue practising certificates
- S. 36A pplicati on f or practising certificates
- S. 37D iscreti on of Associati on to refuse certificate in special cases
- S. 38D ate and period of validity of practising certificate
- S. 39L ist published by Associati on to be prima facie evidence of practitioner holding
- S. 40C ompensati on Fund
- S. 41Q ualifications f or practising
- S. 42U nqualified pers on not to act as an advocate
- S. 43P enalty f or pretending to be an advocate
- S. 44O ffences by unqualified persons
- S. 45I nstrument to be endorsed with name and address of drawer
- S. 46P enalty on unqualified pers on acting in preparati on of papers f or probate, etc.
- S. 47N o costs recoverable where unqualified pers on acts as advocate
- S. 48P ractitioner not to act as agent f or unqualified pers on
- S. 49E mployment by practitioner of persons struck off Roll or suspended
- S. 50P enalty on failure to disclose fact of having been struck off, etc.
- S. 51O ffences by bodies corporate
- S. 52O ffences by practitioners
- S. 53O ffences deemed professional misconduct
- S. 54S aving as to employment of unqualified persons by qualified persons
- S. 55R estricti on up on right to employ qualified persons who are not practitioners
- S. 56I nterpretati on
- S. 57P ractitioner's accounts
- S. 58C lient's money to be paid in to bank or building society
- S. 59W h at money to be paid in to client account
- S. 60W ithdrawing of money from client account
- S. 61W h at money need not be paid in to client account
- S. 62C omplaint in respect of practitioner's failure to comply with provisions
- S. 63E vidence and deposit of costs before instituting inspecti on of accounts
- S. 64N otice to practitioner: how made
- S. 65P enalty f or br each of Part VIII
- S. 66S aving
- S. 67R elief to banks
- S. 68A ssociati on may require producti on of practitioner's books
- S. 69P ower of Associati on to deal with property of certa in practitioners
- S. 70P ower to make general orders as to remunerati on of practitioners
- S. 71S cale of rates of commissi on and percentage
- S. 72S ecurity f or payment of remunerati on, and regulating interest
- S. 73T axati on of bills of costs
- S. 74A greements with respect to remunerati on f or n on-contentious business
- S. 75R emunerati on of practitioner who is a mortgagee
- S. 76P ower to make agreements as to remunerati on f or contentious business
- S. 77M iscellaneous provisions as to agreements with respect to costs of contentious
- S. 78I n certa in circumstances taxing officer may reduce amount payable under
- S. 79D eath, incapability or change of practitioner, etc.
- S. 80A greement excludes taxati on
- S. 81M iscellaneous provisions as to remunerati on f or contentious business
- S. 82P ower of Court to order practitioner to deliver h is bill and to deliver up deeds
- S. 83A cti on to recover practitioner's costs
- S. 84C harging orders
- S. 85P ractitioners to be officers of the Court
- S. 86O nus of pro of
- S. 87P ayment of expenses of Disciplinary Committee
- S. 88A uthenticati on of regulations and other documents
- S. 89R ules of court
- S. 90G eneral regulations
- S. 91S aving of other written laws
- S. 92R epeal and savings
- S. ISection I
- S. IISection II
- S. IIISection III
- S. IVSection IV
- S. IXSection IX
- S. VSection V
- S. VISection VI
- S. VIISection VII
- S. VIIISection VIII
- S. XSection X