Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1960
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Interpretation. |
3.—(1) In this Act— | |
“the Compensation Fund” means the Compensation Fund established under section 69 (repealed by this Act) of the Principal Act; | ||
“the Disciplinary Committee” has the meaning assigned to it by section 6 of this Act; | ||
“documents” includes deeds, wills, papers, books of account, records, vouchers and correspondence; | ||
“the former Disciplinary Committee” means the committee constituted by section 13 (repealed by this Act) of the Principal Act; | ||
“misconduct” includes— | ||
(a) the commission of treason or a felony or a misdemeanour, | ||
(b) the commission, outside the State, of a crime or an offence which would be a felony or a misdemeanour if committed in the State, | ||
(c) the contravention of a provision of the Principal Act or this Act or any order or regulation made thereunder, | ||
(d) conduct tending to bring the solicitors' profession into disrepute; | ||
“the Principal Act” means the Solicitors Act, 1954 ; | ||
“the Solicitors' Accounts Regulations” means the regulations relating to accounts made by the Society for the purposes of section 66 of the Principal Act. | ||
(2) In this Act, references to the Principal Act shall, where the context so requires or permits, be construed as references to the Principal Act as amended by this Act. | ||
(3) This Act shall be construed as one with the Principal Act. |