Clause 80

No solicitor shall wilfully and knowingly act as agent in any legal proceeding of whatsoever kind or in any matter which under this Act can be done only by a solicitor who has in force a practising certificate for any unauthorised person, or permit his name to be made use of in any such proceeding or matter upon the account or for the profit of any unauthorised person, or send any process to any unauthorised person, or do any other act enabling any unauthorised person to appear, act or practise or purport to practise in any respect as a solicitor in any such proceeding or matter.

No solicitor shall authorise any unauthorised person to operate any bank account in the name of the solicitor or his firm and maintained by the solicitor or his firm in connection with his practice as a solicitor.

Disciplinary proceedings may be taken against any solicitor who has acted in contravention of subsection (1) or (2) of this section.

Any unauthorised person who was enabled by a solicitor to act or practise or purport to practise as a solicitor shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.

In this section the expression “unauthorised person” shall have the meaning assigned to it in section 36 of this Act.