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

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

17. Admission of attorneys practising in certain countries or territories

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, but subject to the provisions of section 19, any person admitted and enrolled as a solicitor or an attorney of the supreme or high court of any country or territory approved for the purposes of this section by regulation made under section 81(1)(a), may be admitted and enrolled by the court as an attorney in the Republic upon satisfying the court that he—

(a) has been admitted and enrolled as a solicitor or an attorney of that supreme or high court, and that no proceedings are pending to have him struck off the roll of solicitors or attorneys or suspended from practice;
(b) is resident and practising as a solicitor or an attorney in the country or territory in which he has been so admitted and enrolled;
(bA) belongs to a class of persons (if any) which has been designated by regulation made under section 81(1)(a); and

[Section 17(bA) inserted by section 2(b) of Act No. 60 of 1982]

(c) is a fit and proper person to be admitted and enrolled as an attorney in the Republic.