Legal Profession Act, 1960 🇬🇭

Ghana 158 Citing Cases

Republic of Ghana

The thirty-second

Act

of the parliament of the republic of ghana

entitled

Legal Profession Act, 1960

Assented to on 12 January 1961
Commenced on 1 January 1961

AN ACT to consolidate and amend the law relating to the legal profession.BE IT ENACTED by the President and the National Assembly in this present Parliament assembled as follows:

Part I – ORGANISATION OF THE PROFESSION

1. The General Legal Council.

(1)There shall continue to be a body, to be called the General Legal Council, which shall be concerned with the legal profession and, in particular:—

(a)with the organisation of legal education, and

(b)with upholding standards of professional conduct.

(2)The constitution of the Council shall be as set out in the First Schedule to this Act.

(3)The Council may hold land and other property and do all such other things as may appear to them to be required for the purpose of performing their functions.

(4)The Council shall appoint a Director of Legal Education, and such other officers …

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