Arrangement of Sections of the Nigerian Legal Practitioners Act (Table of Contents)
Citation: Legal Practitioners Act 1975, Chapter L11 (Cap. L11), Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004
SECTION
The General Council of the Bar 1. Establishment of Bar Council.
Practice as a Legal Practitioner 2. Entitlement to practise. 3. Establishment of Body of Benchers. 4. Call to the Bar. 5. Conferment. etc., of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. 6. Privilege of law officers. 7. Enrolment. 8. Right of audience, and precedence. 9. Liability for negligence. 10. Establishment of Disciplinary Committee. 11. Penalties for unprofessional conduct, etc. 12. Establishment of Appeal Committee of the Body of Benchers, etc. 13. Disciplinary jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. 14. Restoration of names to roll, etc.
Remuneration of Practitioners 15. Scales of charges. 16. Recovery of charges, etc. 17. Applications for taxation of charges. 18. Taxation. 19. Supplementary provisions as to remuneration.
Safeguards for Clients, etc. 20. Accounts and records for clients’ moneys. 21. Special provisions as to client accounts with banks.
General 22. Offences. 23. Miscellaneous supplementary provisions. 24. Interpretation. 25. Short title.
Schedules First Schedule Table of precedence Second Schedule Supplementary Provisions as to the Disciplinary Committee
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