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159 PDFTitle:LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ORDINANCEGazette Number:
Section:8BHeading:Document production and privilegeVersion Date:30/06/1997

(1) For the purpose of enforcing the production of documents required by the Council under section 8A, section 11 applies and references in section 11 to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and to the Chairman of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal shall be deemed to be references respectively to the Council and to the President of the Society.
(2) Documents required by the Council under section 8A or by an inspector under section 8AA shall be produced or delivered notwithstanding any claim of solicitor-client privilege but documents that are subject to a solicitor-client privilege may only be used for the purposes of an inquiry or investigation under this Ordinance. (Amended 60 of 1994 s. 11)

(Added 61 of 1992 s. 4)