Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014)Chapter 3 : Regulation of Legal Practitioners and Candidate Legal Practitioners32. Conversion of enrolment |
| (1) |
| (a) | A legal practitioner may, at any time, as determined in the rules and upon payment of the fee determined by the Council in the rules, apply to the Council to convert his or her enrolment as an attorney to that of an advocate and vice versa. |
| (b) | An advocate practising as such referred to in section 34(2)(a)(i) may, at any time, as determined in the rules and upon payment of the fee determined by the Council in the rules, apply to the Council for the conversion of his or her enrolment to that of an advocate practising as such referred to in section 34(2)(a)(ii) and vice versa. |
| (2) | The Council may impose any conditions as it considers appropriate to give effect to the conversion and the provisions of this Act relating to enrolment. |
| (3) | The Council may make rules setting out the circumstances under which a legal practitioner can apply for the conversion of his or her enrolment and any requirements such legal practitioner must comply with. |