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Section 13 Applications for practising certificates.

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(1)

Subject to this section and sections 14 to 24, the Council may make rules with respect to—

(a)

applications for practising certificates;

(b)

the issue of practising certificates;

(c)

the keeping of a register of applications for and the issue of practising certificates.

(2)

Any person may inspect the register during office hours without payment.

(3)

The making of a false statement by a solicitor in an application for a practising certificate may be treated as professional misconduct by him for the purposes of Part IV, unless he proves the statement was made without intention to deceive.