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

Rules for the Attorneys' Profession

Part III : The Council

Periods of office of president and vice-president

 

10.1 Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4) of section 63 of the Act, a president and a vice-president shall hold office from the time of his or her election as such until the next election of the president and the vice-president in terms of rule 9.

 

10.2 The president and the vice-president or vice-presidents in office at the date of promulgation of these rules shall each continue, subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4) of section 63 of the Act, to hold office as such until the first election of a president and a vice-president or vice-presidents respectively in terms of rule 9.

 

10.3 A retiring president and a retiring vice-president shall each be eligible for re- election to those respective offices but shall not be entitled to serve more than two terms of one year each in their respective capacities.

 

10.4 If a president or a vice-president becomes indisposed or for any other reason is unable to fulfil his or her duties in that capacity, and the Council on reasonable grounds believes that he or she will be unable to resume his or her duties within a period of three months, then the Council shall elect one of their number to act as president or vice-president, as the case may be, for the unexpired term of office of the individual concerned; provided that the member of the Council so elected shall be elected from amongst the members of the Council who are elected or nominated by the same constituency as the president or vice- president who ceases to hold that office.