The Gazette 1975

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permitted to enter the Law School for the purposes of the course described in this Regulation if he has not complied with the provisions of Regulation 21 hereof in regard to his service under Indentures. (v) Where the Committee is satisfied that the failure of an Apprentice to give due service under Indentures for the prescribed period has been occasioned by the illness of the apprentice or bv some other excusable cause the Committee may admit the apprentice to the Law School for the purposes ofwthe coursc prescribed in this Regulation and direct that the apprentice complete the outstanding period under his indentures immediately after the completion of such course. (vi) If, as a result of enquiries which it has made or of information which has been furnished to it by an apprentice or his master, the Committee is not satisfied as to the due service of the Apprentice under Indentures, the Committee (except in the case where the service of the apprentice was interrupted by serious illness or other excusable cause) may require the Apprentice to serve a further period in the office of his Master or of some other approved Solicitor. Final Examination—Third Part 23 (i) An examination entitled Final Examina- tion—Third Part (which may be held in one or more sections) shall be held by the Society at least once in every year at such time or times as the Committee may appoint. (ii) The subjects of this examination shall be prescribed by the Committee from among the subjects specified in Appendix II hereof and contained in a Syllabus to be published annually by the Society. Discipline and Control of Apprentices 24. Should the Committee at any time during the service of an Apprentice under Indentures or prior to his admission as a Solicitor receive a report from the Registrar alleging improper conduct on the part of the Apprentice, the Committee shall consider such report and may investigate the allegation of improper conduct therein contained. For the purpose of any such investigation the Committee may make such enquiries and interview such persons as it considers appropriate; and should it find the allegations well founded the Committee shall be empowered to adopt all or any of the following courses namely— (i) Report to the President of The High Court that the apprentice is not, in its opinion and for the reasons to be given, a fit and proper person to be admitted as a Solicitor; (ii) Refuse its permission to the apprentice to take any of the prescribed examinations of the Society either at all or for such period as it shall think fit in the circumstances of the case; (iii) Suspend the apprentice from attendance at the Law School for such period as it shall think fit in the circumstances of the case: Provided that an apprentice aggrieved by a decision of the Committee under this Regulation may apply to the President of The High Court to have such decision reviewed by him.

SOLICITOR

25. Subject to the provisions of the Act uml to these Regulations, no apprentice shall be admitted as a solicitor unless he lias passed the Final Examina- tion prescribed bv these Regulations, completed his due service under indentures and otherwise satisfies the Committee that he is a fit and proper person to be admitted as a solicitor. 26 (i) A person to whom paragraph 4 of the Second Schedule to the Act applies and who before becoming bound as an apprentice has complied with the provisions thereof shall be exempt from the Preliminary Examination and from the Final Examin- ation—First Part. (ii) A practising Barrister-at-Law seeking admis- sion under Section 43 of the Act shall be exempt from passing the Final Examination—First Part. 27. An intending candidate for any Examination shall at least three weeks before the date thereof lodge with the Society a notice in the prescribed form with the appropriate fees. DECLARATION OF RESULTS OF EXAMINA- TIONS AND STANDARDS 28 (i) The Committee on being satisfied as to the proficiency of a candidate at any Examination shall declare him to have passed such Examination. (ii) The names of the candidates declared to have passed any of the Society's examinations shall be published in such order and manner and with such distinctions as the Committee shall determine. (iii) The standards required for passing examina- tions and for the award of distinctions shall be deter- mined by the Committee. SOLICITORS IN WHOLETIME EMPLOYMENT 29. A solicitor who is in wholetime employment shall not take an apprentice without the permission of the Committee and such permission, if granted, may- be granted either unconditionally or subject to conditions. EXEMPTIONS 30. Notwithstanding anything in these Regula- tions, the Committee shall have power in their dis- cretion in any case:— (a) to exempt an Apprentice from attendance at specified lectures, (b) to excuse an Apprentice for non-attendance at lectures, (c) to permit an Apprentice to attend and examina- tion, EXEMPTION OF BARRISTERS-AT-LAW ENTRY FOR EXAMINATIONS