Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994

Proof of practice by an unqualified person.

60.—(1) Where the registrar has reasonable grounds to believe that an unqualified person was at a particular time acting as a solicitor, he may issue a certificate in writing to that effect.

(2) Upon production in court by or on behalf of the Society or the registrar of a document purporting to be a certificate referred to in subsection (1) of this section, it shall be presumed until the contrary is proved that the said certificate was properly issued by the registrar and the contents of the certificate shall be admitted as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.