Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994

Assignment of indentures on death of solicitor, etc. (section 32 of Principal Act).

45.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following section for section 32:

Assignment of indentures on death of solicitor, etc.

32.—Where, before the expiration of the term for which an apprentice is bound by indentures of apprenticeship—

(a) the solicitor concerned dies or ceases to practise as a solicitor, or

(b) the indentures of apprenticeship are cancelled by mutual consent, or

(c) the indentures of apprenticeship are discharged by virtue of an order of the Society or of any court or otherwise,

the apprentice may, with the written consent of the Society, be bound by an assignment of the indentures of apprenticeship or by fresh indentures of apprenticeship to another practising solicitor for the residue of the said term.”.