2. Conferring the honour of Senior Instructing Attorneys-at-Law

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(1)

His Exellency the President may, after obtaining observations from the Chief Justice and the Minister assigned the subject of Justice, and having regard to the guidelines made by the Minister assigned the subject of Justice under section 3, confer the honour of Senior Instructing Attorney-at-Law on any Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of the

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka who-

(a)

has been in active practice as an Instructing

Attorney for a period not less than twenty years as at the date of conferring such honour;

(b)

has reached eminence in the legal profession and has maintained high standards of conduct and professional rectitude;

(c)

has not been found guilty of any criminal offence under any written law;

(d)

has not been found guilty of any professional misconduct under the Supreme Court (Conduct of and Etiquette for Attorneys-at-Law) Rules 1988 and the provisions of the Judicature Act, No. 2 of 1978;

and

(e)

has been a person of good character and repute.

(2)

His Excellency the President shall, upon conferring the honour of Senior Instructing Attorney-at-Law to any

Instructing Attorney, hand over a certificate to that effect to such Instructing Attorney.

(3)

An Attorney-at-Law to whom a certificate has been handed over under subsection (2), may use the post-nominal title “SIA”.

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