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

Chapter II : Fidelity Fund

46. Board of control may make grants from fund for education or research in law and for enhancement of professional standards of practitioners

 

The board of control may, if the amount of the fund exceeds the amount determined under section 38(2), out of the excess in question—

(a) make grants with the approval of the Minister on such conditions as the board of control may determine with such approval—
(i) to any person, any university established by an Act of Parliament, any university college established under the Extension of University Education Act, 1959 (Act No. 45 of 1959), any university contemplated in section 2(1)(aA) of this Act or section 3(2)(a)(iii) of the Admission of Advocates Act, 1964 (Act No. 74 of 1964), or a person —
(aa) education or research in the science of law or in legal practice;
(bb) education or research in any related science or practice in so far as such education is given to a student of a law faculty at any such university or university college, or to a student at any such training centre, or in so far as such research is done at any such university, university college or training centre;
(cc) the furtherance of the administration or dispensation of justice;
(ii) to any association or society of attorneys, notaries or conveyancers in a country which has been designated by the Minister by notice in the Gazette after consultation with the presidents of the various societies, for the purposes of enabling such association or society to establish or maintain a fund for facilitating the practice of law,

and may, with such approval, at any time when it deems fit, revoke such grant or any part thereof;

(b) pay an honorarium or compensation to any person for services rendered at the request of the board of control with the object of enhancing the professional standards of practitioners.

 

[Section 46 amended by section 4 of Act No. 80 of 1985]