To amend the Admission of Advocates Act, 1964, the Attorneys Act, 1979, the Admission of Advocates Act, 1964, of the former Transkei, the Attorneys, Notaries and Conveyancers Admission Act, 1934, of the former Transkei, the Admission of Advocates Act, 1964, of the former Bophuthatswana, the Attorneys, Notaries and Conveyancers Act, 1984, of the former Bophuthatswana, the Admission of Advocates Act, 1964, of the former Venda, the Attorneys Act, 1987, of the former Venda, the Admission of Advocates Act, 1964, of the former Ciskei and the Attorneys Act, 1979, of the former Ciskei so as to abolish the requirement that applicants for admission as advocates or attorneys must have passed examinations in the Afrikaans and English languages; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
2 Amends section 7 (1) of the Admission of Advocates Act 74 of 1964 by substituting paragraph (b).
inserts the word 'and' at the end of subparagraph (ivA); and paragraph (b) deletes subparagraph (v).
4 Amends section 81 (1) of the Attorneys Act 53 of 1979 by deleting paragraph (i).
after he or she has satisfied all the requirements for the degree of bachelor other than the degree of baccalaureus legum , of any university in the Republic or any other country designated by the Minister by notice in the Gazette , or after he or she has been admitted to the status of any such degree by any such university, has satisfied all the requirements for the degree of baccalaureus legum of any such university after pursuing courses of study for such degrees of not less than five years in the aggregate;'.
Section 10 of the Attorneys, Notaries and Conveyancers Admission Act, 1934, applicable in the area of the former Republic of Transkei, is hereby amended by the deletion of paragraph (c).
by the deletion in subsection (2) of the provisos to paragraph (a).
by the insertion in subsection (1) after paragraph (g) of the word 'and'.
ADMISSION OF LEGAL PRACTITIONERS AMENDMENT ACT 33 OF 1995 Page 3 of 3 of paragraph (a).
Section 80 of the Attorneys Act, 1987, applicable in the area of the former Republic of Venda, is hereby amended by the deletion in subsection (1) of paragraph (h).
English language prescribed or recognized by a university for a baccalaureus degree'.
Ciskei, is hereby amended by the deletion in subsection (1) of subparagraph (v) of paragraph (b).
Section 81 of the Attorneys Act, 1979, applicable in the area of the former Republic of Ciskei, is hereby amended by the deletion in subsection (1) of paragraph (i).
This Act shall be called the Admission of Legal Practitioners Amendment Act, 1995.