Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014)Chapter 4 : Professional Conduct and Establishment of Disciplinary Bodies36. Code of conduct |
| (1) | The Council must develop a code of conduct that applies to all legal practitioners and all candidate legal practitioners and may review and amend such code of conduct. |
| (2) | The code of conduct serves as the prevailing standard of conduct, which legal practitioners, candidate legal practitioners and juristic entities must adhere to, and failure to do so constitutes misconduct. |
| (3) | The Council must take all reasonable steps to— |
| (a) | publicise the existence of the code of conduct; |
| (b) | inform members of the public of the contents of the code of conduct, including its enforcement procedures; and |
| (c) | inform members of the public of how and where to obtain a copy thereof. |
| (4) | The code of conduct and every subsequent amendment must be published in the Gazette and the rules. |
| (5) | Before the Council publishes a code of conduct or any amendment thereof under this section, the Council must publish a draft of the proposed code of conduct in the Gazette together with a notice, calling on interested persons to comment in writing within a period stated in the notice, which may not be less than 30 days from the date of publication of the notice. |