Legal Practitioners Act Amendment Act 1957 (WA)

1957.] Legal Practitioners. [No. 11.

LEGAL PRACTITIONERS.

6° Elizabeth II., No. XI.

No. 11 of 1957.

AN ACT to amend the Legal Practitioners Act,

1893-1955.

[Assented to 29th August, 1957.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

Short title

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Legal Practi- and citation.

tioners Act Amendment Act, 1957.

(2) In this Act the Legal Practitioners Act, 1893-

1955,

Act No. 57 Victorim No. 12 as reprinted with

Approved for

reprint, 30th

amendments to and including Act No. 49 of

September,

1953.

1950 incorporated pursuant to the provisions of

Vol 6

of The

the Amendments Incorporation Act, 1938, and

Reprinted

Acta.

as further amended by Act No. 9 of 1955,

is referred to as the principal Act.

No. 111 Legal Practitioners. [1957.

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Legal Practitioners Act, 1893- 1957.

S. 10

amended.	2. Section ten of the principal Act is amended
Cf. No. 30
1918.8. 4, of

"Supreme (a) by deleting the words, "of the Colony" in

Court." line three;

(b)

by adding after the word, "least" in line three, the passage, ", except where the practitioner is the Deputy Commonwealth Crown Solicitor in the State in which case if such Deputy Commonwealth Crown Solicitor is a barrister or solicitor of the High Court of Australia or of the Supreme Court of a State of not less than two years' standing a person may be articled to him notwithstanding that he has been admitted to the Supreme Court for a lesser period than two years; but in all other respects subject to the provisions of this Act,"; and

(c)

by adding after the word, "Solicitor" in line eight and again in line twelve the passage, "of the State, or the Deputy Commonwealth Crown Solicitor in the State,".