Solicitors Act, 1954

Evidence of holding or not holding practising certificate.

53.—(1) A list purporting to be published by the authority of the Society and to contain the names of the solicitors who have obtained practising certificates for the current practice year before the 6th day of February in that year shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence that the persons named on the list are solicitors holding those certificates.

(2) The absence from a list referred to in subsection (1) of this section of the name of a person shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence that that person is not the holder of a practising certificate for the current practice year, but in the case of any such person, a document, purporting to be an extract from the register of practising solicitors and to be certified as correct by the registrar shall be evidence of the facts appearing in the extract.