Solicitors Act, 1954

Prohibition on solicitor acting as agent for unqualified person.

59.—(1) A solicitor shall not wilfully—

(a) act, in business carried on by him as a solicitor, as agent for an unqualified person so as to enable that person to act as a solicitor,

(b) permit his name to be made use of, in business carried on by him as a solicitor, upon the account, or for the profit of, an unqualified person, or

(c) do an act enabling an unqualified person to act as a solicitor.

(2) This section shall have effect subject to the provisions of this Act and to any exceptions that may be made by regulations under section 71 of this Act.