Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1960
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Privilege in respect of certain proceedings under the Principal Act and this Act. |
14.—The following— | |
(a) the doing, before the passing of this Act, by the former Disciplinary Committee or the registrar, in purported exercise of the powers purported to have been conferred on them or him by section 18 or 21 of the Principal Act, of any act, being an act purported to have been authorised to be done by such section, | ||
(b) the making to the High Court by the Disciplinary Committee of a report under section 7 or 9 of this Act or a supplemental report under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 8 of this Act, | ||
(c) the bringing by the Society of a report before the High Court under section 7 or 9 of this Act, | ||
(d) the publishing, in accordance with section 17 of this Act, of any notice authorised by the said section 17, | ||
(e) the making, before the passing of this Act, of an application to the former Disciplinary Committee under section 14 of the Principal Act or the giving of any information in connection with such an application, and | ||
(f) the making of an application under section 7 of this Act or the giving of any information in connection with such application, | ||
shall be absolutely privileged and shall, in respect of the doing of any act specified in paragraph (a) or (e) of this section, be deemed always to have been absolutely privileged. |