Clause 23

Subsection (1) of section 77 of the principal Act is hereby deleted and the following substituted therefor: —“(1) Every solicitor shall with every application made by him for a practising certificate, unless he satisfies the Council that owing to the circumstances of his case it is unnecessary to do so, deliver to the Registrar a report signed by an accountant, in this section referred to as an “accountant’s report”, and shall deliver a copy of such accountant’s report to the Society.”.