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Attorneys Act, 1979 (Act No. 53 of 1979)

Chapter I : Practitioners: Qualifications, Admission and Removal from Roll

6. Supervision over candidate attorney

 

(1) Without derogating from the provisions of section 10, any candidate attorney shall during the whole term of service specified in the articles of clerkship, serve—
(a) in the office of his principal under his direct personal supervision or under that of an attorney who is a partner or manager of his principal;
(b) in the case of a candidate attorney articled to the State Attorney or to a member of his professional staff, in the office of the State Attorney or in any branch thereof and under the direct personal supervision of the State Attorney or a member of his professional staff; or
(c) in the case of a candidate attorney articled to an attorney employed full-time at a law clinic, under the direct personal supervision of that attorney or another attorney who is also employed full-time at the law clinic concerned.

[Section 6(1)(c) inserted by section 3 of Act No. 102 of 1991]

 

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) 'office' shall not include a branch office which is under the control of an attorney who is not entitled to have a candidate attorney under articles.

 

(3) A candidate attorney performing community service shall during the whole term of service specified in the contract of service, serve—
(a) in the office of the law clinic under the direct personal supervision of his principal, or of an attorney or advocate, who is also employed full-time at the law clinic concerned; or
(b) in the office of Legal Aid South Africa under the direct personal supervision of his principal, or of an attorney or advocate, who is also employed full-time at the relevant office of Legal Aid South Africa.

[Section 6(3)(b) amended by section 25(1) of Act No. 39 of 2014]

[Section 6(3) inserted by section 6 of Act No. 115 of 1993]

 

[Section 6 amended by section 4 of Act No. 87 of 1989]