The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has amended the provisions of the Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC) and deleted provisions relating to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Stamp and Seal.
The new rules, which was sighted by TheNigeriaLawyer (TNL), provides that “the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners, 2007 is amended by deleting the following rules, namely: 9(2), 10, 11, 12 and 13”
Rule 9(2) prohibits legal practitioners from claiming that he has paid his Bar Practicing Fees (BPF) when he is actually in default. Rule 10 deals with stamp and Seal. Rule 11 provides for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education, Rule 12 provides for Annual Practicing Certificate and Rule 13 provides for Notice of Legal Practice upon setting up a private legal practice
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According to the copy available with TNL, Malami said the amendment is made in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 12(4) of the Legal Practitioners Act as Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and President of General Council of the Bar.
At the time of Filling this report, TNL has sent enquiry to the office of the AGF to verify the authenticity of the amendment and to know if the amendment was within the power of the AGF if the story turns out to be true.
Source: Thenigerialawyer.com
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