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(1) Subsection (2) shall have effect with respect to an application for a Sijil Annual made by an advocate and solicitor -

(a) after more than twelve months have elapsed since his admission and where he has held no valid practising certificate during that period;

(b) who has held a practising certificate subject to terms and conditions at any time in the three years immediately preceding his application;

(c) after more than twelve months have elapsed since he held a valid practising certificate;

(d) after the *Disciplinary Committee has ordered a penalty or costs to be paid by him;

(e) when having been suspended from practice or having had his name removed from the Roll or struck off the Roll the period of suspension has expired or his name has been restored to the Roll, as the case may be;

(f) whilst he is an undischarged bankrupt or a receiving order in bankruptcy is in force against him;

(g) after having been adjudicated a bankrupt and obtained his discharge or after having entered into a composition with his creditors or a deed of arrangement for the benefit of his creditors;

(h) after having had an order of committal or an order for the issue of a writ of attachment made against him.

(2) In any of the circumstances mentioned in subsection (1), the applicant shall, unless a Judge or the Bar Council otherwise orders, give to the Bar Council not less than four weeks before his application for a Sijil Annual notice of his intention to apply there for and the Bar Council may in its discretion -

(a) issue a Sijil Annual; or

(b) notify the applicant that he is required to make an application under section 34.

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*NOTE-
Any reference to the term of "Disciplinary Committee" or "Inquiry Committee" in this Act before it is amended in 1992 by Act A812 must be construed as a reference to the term "Disciplinary Board" pursuant to the amendment-see Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 1992 [Act A812] s.2(2).