Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1960
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Filing of orders made by the High Court or the Disciplinary Committee and notice of certain orders made by the High Court. |
17.—(1) The following— | |
(a) a copy of every order made by the High Court under this Act, and | ||
(b) any order made by the Disciplinary Committee under section 9 of this Act, | ||
shall be filed by the Disciplinary Committee with the registrar. | ||
(2) Where an order striking the name of a solicitor off the roll or suspending a solicitor from practice is made by the High Court under section 8 of this Act or under the said section 8 as applied by section 11 of this Act, the registrar shall forthwith cause a notice stating the effect of the operative part of the order to be published in Iris Oifigiúil and shall also cause the notice to be published in such other manner as the Disciplinary Committee may direct. | ||
(3) The registrar shall maintain separate files on which all orders made under this Act by the High Court or the Disciplinary Committee shall be entered in the following manner— | ||
(a) on a file to be termed File A, there shall be entered each order striking the name of a solicitor off the roll or suspending a solicitor from practice made by the High Court under section 8 of this Act or under the said section 8 as applied by section 11 of this Act, | ||
(b) on a file to be termed File B, there shall be entered any other order made under this Act by the High Court and any order made under section 9 of this Act by the Disciplinary Committee. | ||
(4) The registrar shall furnish a copy of an entry on File A or File B to a person who applies in writing for such copy. | ||
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4) of this section, where— | ||
(a) application is made for a copy of an entry on File A or File B being an entry which is earlier than two years before the date of the application, or | ||
(b) application is made for a copy of an entry on File A or File B, being an entry in respect of which the Disciplinary Committee have directed the insertion of a note that the furnishing thereof might cause injustice, | ||
a copy of the entry shall (save where the copy is furnished by order of a court) be furnished only by permission in writing of the Society. |