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Section 26

The West Bengal Law Clerks Act, 1997State Act of West Bengal · Act 6 of 1997

(1) All orders passed by the Disciplinary Committee of the State Council or the Appellate Committee punishing a law clerk shall be entered against his name in the roll and communicated to the Licensing Authority and the advocate to whom he is attached or engaged:

Provided that where the name of a law clerk is removed from the roll, his name shall be struck off the roll.

(2) Where any law clerk is suspended or removed from practice, the certificate granted to him under section 9 in respect of his enrolment shall be recalled.

27. Notwithstanding the absence of any member other than the Chairman of a Disciplinary Committee of the State Council or the Appellate Committee on a day fixed for the hearing of a case before such Disposal of proceeding by Appellate Committee.

Stay of order.

25 of 1961.

92 The West Bengal Law Clerks Act, 1997.

VI of 1997.]

(Chapter V.—Conduct of law clerk—Section 28.—Chapter VI.— Miscellaneous.—Sections 29-31.)

committee, the Disciplinary Committee of the State Council or the Appellate Committee, as the case maybe, if it so thinks fit, hold or continue the proceeding and no order made by the Disciplinary Committee of the State Council or the Appellate Committee in any such proceeding shall be invalid merely by reason of the absence of any such member thereof on any such date:

Ben. Act III of 1913.

Provided that no final order shall be made in any proceeding unless the Chairman and other members of the Disciplinary Committee of the State Council or the Appellate Committee, as the case may be, are present.

28. The Disciplinary Committee of the State Council or the Appellate Realisation Committee may make such order as to the costs of any proceeding before of costs.

it as it may deem fit and any person ordered to pay such costs shall be deemed to be a "certificate debtor" under the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913, and shall be realised under the said Act.

CHAPTER VI Miscellaneous

29. Any person who acts as a law clerk, although he is not entitled to Penalty.

act so under the provisions of this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months.

30. No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the State Council or any committee thereof or a member of the State Council or any committee thereof for any act which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or of any rules made thereunder.

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ActThe West Bengal Law Clerks Act, 1997
Section26
JurisdictionState of West Bengal
StatusIn force as published by the source

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