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SOLICITORS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1960

PART I

Preliminary and General

Short title and collective citation.

1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1960.

(2) The Principal Act and this Act may be cited together as the Solicitors Acts, 1954 and 1960.

Commencement.

2. —This Act shall come into operation as follows:

(a) section 31 shall come into operation on such day as the Minister for Justice, by order made on the request of the Society, appoints,

(b) the remainder of this Act shall come into operation on the passing of this Act.

Interpretation.

3. —(1) In this Act—

the Compensation Fund” means the Compensation Fund established under section 69 (repealed by this Act) of the Principal Act;

the Disciplinary Committee” has the meaning assigned to it by section 6 of this Act;

documents” includes deeds, wills, papers, books of account, records, vouchers and correspondence;

the former Disciplinary Committee” means the committee constituted by section 13 (repealed by this Act) of the Principal Act;

misconduct” includes—

(a) the commission of treason or a felony or a misdemeanour,

(b) the commission, outside the State, of a crime or an offence which would be a felony or a misdemeanour if committed in the State,

(c) the contravention of a provision of the Principal Act or this Act or any order or regulation made thereunder,

(d) conduct tending to bring the solicitors' profession into disrepute;

the Principal Act” means the Solicitors Act, 1954 ;

the Solicitors' Accounts Regulations” means the regulations relating to accounts made by the Society for the purposes of section 66 of the Principal Act.

(2) In this Act, references to the Principal Act shall, where the context so requires or permits, be construed as references to the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

(3) This Act shall be construed as one with the Principal Act.

Meaning of “solicitor” in the Principal Act and this Act.

4. —In the Principal Act and this Act, “solicitor”, where the context so permits or requires, includes a former solicitor or a deceased solicitor.

Repeals.

5. —(1) The provisions of the Principal Act set out in column (1) of Part I of the First Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column (2) of the said Part I.

(2) The provisions of the Principal Act set out in column (1) of Part II of the First Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column (2) of the said Part II, but shall continue to apply to any case where, in the opinion of the Society, the loss arose before the passing of this Act.