Solicitors Act, 1954

PART III.

The Disciplinary Committee.

Disciplinary Committee.

13.—(1) The Society shall appoint annually, from among members of the Council and such former members of the Council as are practising as solicitors, a disciplinary committee (in this Act referred to as the Disciplinary Committee) consisting of not less than seven and not more than ten persons.

(2) The Society may remove a member of the Disciplinary Committee, may fill a vacancy therein and, subject to the limits stated in subsection (1) of this section, may increase or reduce the number of persons thereon.

(3) The members of the Disciplinary Committee shall go out of office on their successors being appointed under subsection (1) of this section, but any such member shall be eligible for reappointment.

(4) The Disciplinary Committee may act notwithstanding one or more than one vacancy in their membership.

(5) The quorum of the Disciplinary Committee shall be five.

(6) An appointment or removal under subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall not be made save with the approval of the Chief Justice.