Legal Practitioners Act of 1905 (5 Edw VII No. 10) (Qld)

8968 SUPREME COURT. Le.qal Practitioners Act. 5 Enw. VII. No. 10, 1905. SUPREME COURT. 5 Edw. VII. An Act to Confer on Women the Right of Practising N;~ ! O. as Barristers, Solicitors, or Conveyancers. LEGAL PBAC· TITIONEBS AOT OF 1905. [ASSENTED TO 9TH NOVEMBER, 1905.J B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis.. lative Oouncil and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : - Title of Act. 1. This Act may be cited as " The Legal Practitioners .Act of 1905." Women may 2. In like manner and subject to the same conditions banedadpmraictttiesde. as in the case of a man, a woman shall be entitled to admission as a barrister, solicitor, or conveyancer, as the case may be, and shall be entitled to practise as a barrister, solicitor, or conveyancer, as the case may be. Women 3. Every such woman shall be entitled to the same admitted to rights and privileges, and shall be subject to the same ~ ~ ~ ~ leges and liabilities and obligations, as a male barrister, solicitor, or r: s' p~ mBi. conveyancer. bihtlCS. Altering 4. In all Statutes and in all Rules of Oourt relating Statutes. to barristers, solicitors, or conveyancers, .the words "barrister," "person," "attorney," "solicitor," "proctor," "student," "student-at-law," and "candidate" shall be applicable to a woman as well as to a man. Women may 5. A solicitor may employ a woman under articles in be articled. the same manner as he may employ a man. TOBACCO (JUVENILE SMOKING SUPPRESSION). See INFANTS.