Right of Appearance in Courts Act, 1995 (Act No. 62 of 1995)

6. Offences and unprofessional conduct
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(1)An attorney who has not acquired the right to appear on behalf of any person in the Supreme Court or an attorney whose right so to appear has been withdrawn or suspended, may not appear in the Supreme Court or hold himself or herself out as, or pretend to be, or make use of any name, title, addition or description implying or tending to induce the belief that he or she is an attorney who has the right so to appear in the Supreme Court.

 

(2)An attorney who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction liable to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years, or to both such fine and such imprisonment, and any contravention of that subsection by an attorney shall, in addition, constitute unprofessional conduct.