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2023 Revised Edition
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Chapter XXI · Transitional Provisions

169A. Provision relating to Queen's Counsel and Senior Attorneys-at-Law

Unofficial copy, with amendments up to 31 Oct 2022. Later amendments are not included. Check the official text before you rely on it.

180[(1) Every –

(a)

Queen’s Counsel appointed prior to the coming into force of the Constitution; and

(b)

Senior Attorney-at-Law appointed by the

President after the coming into force of the

Constitution, shall, from the date on which this Article comes into force, be called and known also as President’s Counsel and shall continue to enjoy all such privileges as were hitherto enjoyed by a Queen’s Counsel.

(2)

Every rule made under Article 136 relating to the appointment of Senior Attorneys-at-Law shall, from the date on which this Article comes into force, be deemed to be rescinded.

(3)

Every reference in any written law to “Senior

Attorney-at-Law” shall, from the date on which this

Article comes into force, be deemed to include a reference to “President’s Counsel.”]

180 - Inserted by the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 4.

Chapter XXII

Interpretation

Read on from Chapter XXII

Chapter XXIII

Repeal

Read on from Chapter XXIII

Chapter XXIV

Promulgation of the Constitution

Read on from Chapter XXIV

Schedules