LEGAL PRACTITIONERS: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
Contribution to Fidelity Fund Regulations
Legal Practitioners (Form for Attorney's Practising Certificate) Regulations
Legal Practitioners (Examinations and Qualifications for Admission) Regulations
Legal Practitioners (Exemption from Notary Public or Conveyancing Examinations) Regulations
Legal Practitioners (Exemption from Pupillage) Regulations
Legal Practitioners (Misconduct) Regulations
Legal Practitioners (Syllabuses) Regulations
FOR ADMISSION AS NOTARIES PUBLIC) REGULATIONS
(section 9(d)(i))
(8th March, 1991)
S.I. 27, 1991.
SYLLABUS FOR EXAMINATION
The elementary history of the office of notary public functions of a notary public with particular reference to the Wills Act, Cap. 31:04, Succession (Rights of Surviving Spouse and Inheritance Family Provisions) Act, Cap. 31:03; Administration of Estates Act, Cap. 31:01; Marriage Act, Cap. 29:01; Bills of Exchange Act, Cap. 46:02; Deeds Registry Act, Cap. 33:02; Insolvency Act, Cap. 42:02; Prescriptions Act, Cap. 13:01; Authentication of Documents Act, Cap. 14:02; the preparation of wills, antenuptial contracts, surety bonds, deeds of donations, deeds of separation a mensa et thoro.
(section 9(d)(ii))
(8th March, 1991)
S.I. 28, 1991.
SYLLABUS FOR EXAMINATION
History of land and deeds registration in Southern Africa; Deeds Registry Act, Cap. 33:02, and the regulations made thereunder; preparation of deeds, powers of attorney and other documents lodged for execution, registration of record.
(section 54)
(13th November, 1981)
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
REGULATION
1. Citation
2. Prescribed degrees and additional qualifications
3. ...
4. Qualification for admission as notary public
5. Qualification for admission as conveyancer
6. Examinations and syllabuses
Schedule
S.I. 109, 1981,
S.I. 143, 1982.
These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Practitioners (Examinations and Qualifications for Admission) Regulations.
2. Prescribed degrees and additional qualifications
For the purposes of section 4(b)(ii) of the Act—
(a) a degree in law from any of the universities specified in the Schedule hereto shall be a prescribed degree; and
(b) the additional qualification prescribed shall be that a candidate must pass a local examination covering the following subjects—
(i) practice and procedure in the High Court, and the magistrates' courts; and the constitution and jurisdiction of the customary courts;
(ii) the elementary principles of Roman-Dutch law:
Provided that where the degree in question includes Roman-Dutch law as a subject, this subparagraph shall not apply; and
(iii) the statutory law of Botswana:
Provided that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to a candidate who has passed examinations in the subjects specified therein at the University of Botswana prior to obtaining a law degree at any of the universities specified in the Schedule.
4. Qualification for admission as notary public
For the purposes of section 11(a)(ii) of the Act, a candidate for admission as a notary public must—
(a) pass a local examination covering the following subjects—
(i) elementary history of the office of notary public;
(ii) the Acts listed below, with particular reference to the function of a notary public—
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