Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994

Amendment of bye-laws so as to conform with the Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994, and regulations thereunder (section 78 of Principal Act).

5.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following section for section 78:

Amendment of bye-laws so as to conform with the Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994, and regulations thereunder.

78.—(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of their Charters, the Society shall make any amendments to the bye-laws of the Society that are necessary to bring them into conformity with the Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994, and any regulations made thereunder.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in their Charters, the Society may in their bye-laws make provision for all or any of the following, namely—

(i) the membership of the Council,

(ii) the election or appointment of persons to membership of the Council,

(iii) the admission of persons as honorary or associate members of the Society.

(3) In this section ‘their Charters’ means, respectively, the Charter and the Supplemental Charter of the Society referred to in section 33(1) of the Act of 1960.”.