Solicitors Act, 1954
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Orders by Disciplinary Committee on inquiry. |
18.—(1) Where the Disciplinary Committee hold an inquiry, they may make an order providing for one or more of the following: | |
(a) the dismissal of the application, | ||
(b) the admonishment of the solicitor, | ||
(c) the suspension of the solicitor from practice, | ||
(d) the removal from or striking off the roll of the name of the solicitor, | ||
(e) the payment by any party to the inquiry of costs, or of a stated sum as a contribution towards costs, | ||
(f) the making by the solicitor of such restitution or satisfaction to any aggrieved party as the Disciplinary Committee think fit. | ||
(2) The Disciplinary Committee may postpone the making of an order under this section. | ||
(3) Where the making of an order under this section is postponed, the Disciplinary Committee may, on request made to them in that behalf when the matter is considered after the postponement, allow the application to be withdrawn without any order being made under this section. | ||
(4) The Disciplinary Committee may, on the application of the solicitor to whom an order under this section relates, suspend the operation of the order pending an appeal under subsection (1) of section 23 of this Act. | ||
(5) An order under this section shall not, while suspended, be filed or enforceable under subsection (1) of section 21 of this Act. |