Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

38. Disciplinary proceedings

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    (1) Schedule 5 shall have effect in relation to disciplinary proceedings against an attorney-at-law other than the Attorney General or a law officer.

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    (2) For the purposes of any application made to it under this Act, the Committee shall have the powers of the High Court to summon witnesses, call for the production of books and documents and examine witnesses and parties concerned on oath.

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    (3) Where in any proceedings before the Committee a person so conducts himself or herself that had he or she has been in proceedings before the High Court he or she would have been held in contempt, the Committee may make application to the High Court in accordance with rules made under the Supreme Court Order for an order of committal.

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    (4) The conviction of an attorney-at-law of a criminal offence may, for the purposes of disciplinary proceedings against that attorney-at-law, be accepted by the Committee as proof of the attorney-at-law having committed the offence.