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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

SECTION TITLE
1. Substitution of section 4 of Act 28 of 2014
2. Amendment of section 6 of Act 28 of 2014
3. Amendment of section 23 of Act 28 of 2014
4. Amendment of section 33 of Act 28 of 2014
5. Amendment of section 62 of Act 28 of 2014
6. Amendment of section 91 of Act 28 of 2014
7. Amendment of section 94 of Act 28 of 2014
8. Amendment of section 96 of Act 28 of 2014
9. Amendment of section 97 of Act 28 of 2014
10. Amendment of section 109 of Act 28 of 2014
11. Amendment of section 114 of Act 28 of 2014
12. Substitution of section 117 of Act 28 of 2014
13. Amendment of section 120 of Act 28 of 2014
14. Short title
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