Offences

(1) If any person who, having been admitted and enrolled, is suspended from practicing law or has his name removed from the Roll and during the period of suspension or until his name is restored to the Roll– (a) (b) wilfully pretends to be entitled to practice law; or (c) wilfully makes use of any name, title or description, 22 implying that he is entitled to be recognised or to act as an attorney-at-law, he is liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars for every occasion on which he is proved to have done so. (2) If any person while suspended from practicing law, or whose name has been removed from the Roll, seeks or accepts employment from an attorney-at-law in connection with the practice of the attorney-at-law, without previously informing him of the suspension or removal from the Roll, the person is liable to a fine of five hundred dollars. (3) No attorney-at-law shall, in connection with his practice, without the written permission of the Council, which permission may be given for any period and subject to any conditions as the Council thinks fit, employ or remunerate any person who to his knowledge is suspended from the practice of law during the period of suspension, or whose name is removed from the Roll otherwise than at his own request. (4) If an attorney acts in contravention of sub-section (3), or of the conditions subject to which any permission is given, he is liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars. (5) Any attorney who wilfully and knowingly acts as agent in any action or matter or in any court for any person who to his knowledge is not duly qualified and entitled to practice as an attorney, or permits or suffers his name to be made use of in any action upon the account or for the profit of any person, or sends any process to any person, or does any other act to enable any the person to act in any respect as an attorney in any action or matter in any court is liable to a fine of five thousand dollars. (6) The Registrar shall make a complaint to the Chief Justice against any attorney who contravenes sub-section (5), and the Chief Justice may, on finding that the attorney has incurred liability to the fine under sub-section (5), impose it or any portion as he thinks fit. 23 (7) Every complaint shall be in writing and a copy of the complaint, together with a notice of the time and place of hearing, shall be delivered to the attorney complained against, who shall be entitled to be heard. (8) Any fine imposed under this section shall be recovered upon an order of the Chief Justice and be paid to the Registrar. (9) Every such order may be enforced in like manner as orders by the court for the payment of money by attorneys-at- law are enforced. fines.