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Attorneys Act, 1979 (Act No. 53 of 1979)

Chapter III : Law Societies

76. Society may institute private prosecution

 

Any society may, by any person authorized thereto in writing by his president, institute a prosecution for any offence in terms of this Act or of any regulation made thereunder, and the provisions of the laws relating to private prosecutions shall apply to such prosecution as if a society is a public body.