Legislation

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The relevant sections of the Act, establishing and governing the Legal Practitioners Fidelity Fund are:

  • Section 7 (1b)
  • Section 9
  • Section 53. Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund
  • Section 54. Purpose of fund
  • Section 55. Fund to vest in and to be held in trust by board of control
  • Section 56. Constitution of board of control
  • Section 57. Period of office of members of board of control
  • Section 58. Vacation of office by members of the board of control
  • Section 59. Chairperson of board of control
  • Section 60. Meetings of board of control
  • Section 61. Committees of board of control
  • Section 62. Validity of resolution signed by all members of board of control
  • Section 63. Revenue of fund
  • Section 64. Banking account
  • Section 65. Audit
  • Section 66. Insurance contracts for purpose of indemnifying fund and legal practitioners
  • Section 67. Exemption of certain legal practitioners from requirement to hold a fidelity fund certificate
  • Section 68. Application for and issue of fidelity fund certificate
  • Section 69. Contributions to fund by legal practitioners
  • Section 70. Payments from fund
  • Section 71. Grants from fund for education or research in law and for enhancement of professional standards of legal practitioners
  • Section 72. Limitation of liability of fund
  • Section 73. Procedure for instituting claims against fund
  • Section 74. Actions against fund
  • Section 75. Subrogation
  • Section 76. Exemption of fund from certain provisions of certain laws
  • Section 77. Indemnification in respect of certain acts

Section 81 (3) (d)

  • Section 90
  • Section 91 (2)
  • Section 91 (2) (a)
  • Section 91 (2) (b)
  • Section 94 Schedule 2 Laws Repealed