Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014)Chapter 3 : Regulation of Legal Practitioners and Candidate Legal Practitioners24. Admission and enrolment |
| (1) | A person may only practise as a legal practitioner if he or she is admitted and enrolled to practise as such in terms of this Act. |
| (2) | The High Court must admit to practise and authorise to be enrolled as a legal practitioner, conveyancer or notary or any person who, upon application, satisfies the court that he or she— |
| (a) | is duly qualified as set out in section 26; |
| (b) | is a— |
| (i) | South African citizen; or |
| (ii) | permanent resident in the Republic; |
| (c) | is a fit and proper person to be so admitted; and |
| (d) | has served a copy of the application on the Council, containing the information as determined in the rules within the time period determined in the rules. |
| (3) | Subject to subsection (1), the Minister may, in consultation with the Minister of Trade and Industry and after consultation with the Council, and having regard to any relevant international commitments of the Government of the Republic, make regulations in respect of admission and enrolment to— |
| (a) | determine the right of foreign legal practitioners to appear in courts in the Republic and to practise as legal practitioners in the Republic; or |
| (b) | give effect to any mutual recognition agreement to which the Republic is a party, regulating— |
| (i) | the provision of legal services by foreign legal practitioners; or |
| (ii) | the admission and enrolment of foreign legal practitioners. |