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Legal Practice Amendment Act, No. 16 of 2017
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Xhosa Long title To amend the Legal Practice Act, 2014, so as to further regulate the establishment of the South African Legal Practice Council; to further regulate the prescription of the areas of jurisdiction of the Provincial Councils; to provide that only practising legal practitioners may perform certain acts or render certain services; to further regulate the composition of the Board; to further regulate the duties of banks in respect of trust accounts; to further regulate the duration of the National Forum on the Legal Profession; to further provide for the functions of the National Forum on the Legal Profession; to further provide for the dissolution date of the law societies; to further provide for the commencement of Chapter 2; and to provide for matters connected therewith. Table of contents
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