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Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014)

Regulations

Regulations under Section 109(1)(a)

4. Composition of Provincial Councils

 

(1) The Eastern Cape Provincial Council, Free State Provincial Council, KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Council, Limpopo Provincial Council, Mpumalanga Provincial Council, Northern Cape Provincial Council, North West Provincial Council and Western Cape Provincial Council must consist of ten practising legal practitioners each.

 

(2) The Gauteng Provincial Council must consist of twelve practising legal practitioners.

 

(3) The composition of the Provincial Councils is as set out in the table below.

 

(4) Fifty percent of the legal practitioners serving on any Provincial Council must be female and fifty percent must be male.

 

Table : Composition of Provincial Councils

 

 

Eastern

Cape

Provin-

cial

Council

Free

State

Provin-

cial

Council

Gauteng

Provin-

cial

Council

KwaZulu-

Natal

Provin-

cial

Council

Limpopo

Provin-

cial

Council

Mpumalanga

Provin-

cial

Council

Northern

Cape

Provin-

cial

Council

North West

Provin-

cial

Council

Western

Cape

Provin-

cial

Council

Attorney

Black

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

Attorney

White

2

2

4

2

2

2

2

2

2

Advocate

Black

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Advocate

White

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Total Legal

Practitio-

ners

10

10

12

10

10

10

10

10

10