(1) A client or, by leave of the Committee, any other person alleging to be aggrieved by an act of professional misconduct (including any default) committed by an attorney-at-law, other than the Attorney General or a law officer, may apply to the Committee to require the attorney-at-law to answer allegations.
(2) The Registrar or any member of the Committee may make a like application to the Committee in respect of allegations concerning any professional misconduct or any such criminal offence as may for the purposes of this section be prescribed by the Council, in consultation with the Attorney General and with the approval of the Chief Justice.
(3) In any matter or hearing before any court, where the court considers that any act of professional misconduct or any criminal offence prescribed under subsection (2) has been committed by an attorney-at-law other than the Attorney General or a law officer, the court may refer the matter to the Committee.
(4) Nothing in this section prevents a person complaining against an attorney-at-law from appearing before the district court by himself or herself or with legal representation.