BRITISH RULES relative to Legal Practitioners in the British Courts in Zanzibar.-Zanzibar, April 14, 1901. Notice. THE following Rules made by the Court for Zanzibar, with the approval of the Secretary of State, are published for general information. Zanzibar, April 14, 1901. G. BETTES WORTH PIGGOTT, Rules under Article 46 of "The Zanzibar Order in Council, [No. 2 of 1901.] 1897."* Legal Practitioners. 1. THE following persons shall be entitled to practise before His Majesty's Court for Zanzibar, or any of the Courts subordinate thereto, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter contained : (1.) Members of the Bar of England, Scotland, or Ireland (hereafter referred to as barristers). (2.) Solicitors of the Supreme Court in England or Ireland, Writers to the Signet and solicitors in the Supreme Courts in Scotland (hereinafter referred to as solicitors). (3.) Pleaders who have been admitted to practise before one of the High Courts in India. (4.) Native vakeels as hereinafter provided. Such 2. Any barrister, solicitor or pleader upon producing to the Judge of the Court for Zanzibar satisfactory proof of his qualification and such testimonials as to character as the Judge shall deem satisfactory, and upon payment of the prescribed fee, and upon signing the roll of the Zanzibar Court, shall be admitted to practise in the Zanzibar Court and the Courts subordinate thereto. barrister, solicitor, or pleader will thereupon become and be styled a pleader of the Zanzibar Court (hereinafter referred to as a pleader), and shall continue to be a pleader so long as he takes out the annual certificate to practise hereinafter referred to, and is not struck off the roll as hereinafter mentioned. 3. Barristers, solicitors, and pleaders of a High Court in * Vol. LXXXIX, page 380. India will take precedence in the order named and as between themselves according to the date of their signing the roll of the Zanzibar Court: provided always that any pleader appointed to represent His Majesty under whatever designation, shall take precedence of all other pleaders. 4. If, in the opinion of the Judge of the Court for Zanzibar, the number of pleaders is insufficient for the public requirements in any Court, he may, in his discretion, admit other persons of good character and sufficient capability to practise in such Court, but such persons shall only be licensed to practise during the pleasure of the Judge of the Court for Zanzibar. 5. The Judge of the Court for Zanzibar may, after such inquiry as he thinks fit, suspend or dismiss any pleader for any of the following causes :— (1.) If he takes instructions in any case except from the party on whose behalf he is retained, or some person who is the recognized agent of such party, within the meaning of the Indian Civil Procedure Code, or some servant, relation, or friend authorized by the party to give such instructions. (2.) If he is guilty of fraudulent or improper conduct in the discharge of his professional duty, or misleads, or allows the Court to be misled, so that the Court makes an order which he knows to be wrong or improper. (3.) If he tenders, gives, or consents to the retention out of any fee paid or payable to him for his services of any gratification for procuring or having procured the employment in any legal business of himself or any other pleader. (4.) If he directly or indirectly procures, or attempts to procure, the employment of himself as such pleader, through or by the intervention of any person to whom any remuneration for obtaining such employment has been given by him, or agreed or promised to be so given. (5.) If he accepts any employment in any legal business through a person who has been proclaimed as a tout, as hereinafter mentioned. (6.) If he is otherwise guilty of unprofessional conduct. 6. "Tout" means a person who procures the employment in any legal business of any legal practitioner in consideration of any remuneration moving from such practitioner, or proposes to a legal practitioner to procure his employ ment in any legal business in consideration of such remuneration. 7.-(1.) The Judge of the Court for Zanzibar and any subordinate Judge, or class of Judges, authorized by the Judge of the Court for Zanzibar may frame and publish lists of persons proved to his or their satisfaction by evidence of general repute or otherwise habitually to act as touts, and may from time to time alter and amend such lists. (2.) No person's name shall be included in any such list until he shall have bad an opportunity of showing cause against such inclusion. (3.) A copy of every such list shall be kept hung up in every Court to which the same relates. (4.) The Judge may by general or special order exclude from the precincts of his Court, or of any Court subordinate to himself, any person whose name is included in any such list. (5.) Any person whose name is included in any such list shall be deemed to be proclaimed as a tout within the meaning of Rule 5 (5). 8. No agreement entered into by any pleader with any person retaining or employing him respecting the amount and manner of payment for the whole or any part of any past or future services, fees, charges, or disbursements in respect of business done, or to be done, by such pleader shall be valid unless it is made in writing signed by such person, and is filed within such time and in such Court as may from time to time be prescribed by the Zanzibar Court. 9. When a suit is brought to enforce any such agreement, if the agreement is not proved to be fair and reasonable, the Court may reduce the amount payable thereunder or order it to be cancelled, and the costs, fees, charges, and disbursements in respect of the business done to be ascertained in the same manner as if no such agreement had been made. 10. Such an agreement shall exclude any further claim of the pleader beyond the terms of the agreement with respect to any services, fees, charges, or disbursements in relation to the conduct and completion of the business in respect of which the agreement is made, except such services, fees, charges, or disbursements, if any, as are expressly accepted by the agreement. 11. A provision in any such agreement that the pleader shall not be liable for negligence, or that he shall be relieved from any responsibility to which he would otherwise be subject as such pleader, shall be wholly void. 12. On the admission of a pleader he will be granted a certificate to practise up to the 31st December next following the date of his admission, and every pleader desirous of practising thereafter shall renew his certificate on the 1st January in every subsequent year, and shall pay the prescribed fee upon the renewal of his certificate. No pleader shall be entitled to practise in any year until he shall have taken out a certificate to practise during that year; and any pleader who shall infringe this Regulation shall be liable to be struck off the roll, and to pay a penalty of 100 rupees for each separate occasion on which he may practise without having obtained such certificate. 13. These Rules may be cited as "The Zanzibar Legal Practitioners' Rules, 1901." Approved: G. BETTESWORTH PIGGOTT, LANSDOWNE, His Britannic Majesty's Principal ARRÊTÉ du Roi des Belges, réglant l'Admission des Bâtiments de Guerre Etrangères dans les Eaux et Ports Belges.Bruxelles, le 18 Février, 1901. LÉOPOLD II, Roi des Belges, à tous présents et à venir, Salut. Considérant qu'il y a lieu de régler, conformément au droit international et aux obligations de la neutralité perpétuelle, l'admission des bâtiments de guerre étrangers dans les eaux et ports du Royaume; Sur la proposition de nos Ministres des Affaires Étrangères, de la Guerre, et des Chemins de Fer, Postes et Télégraphes, Nous avons arrêté et arrétons: Dispositions Générales en Temps de Paix. ART. 10. En temps de paix, les bâtiments de guerre appartenant à des Puissances étrangères peuvent entrer librement dans les ports Belges de la Mer du Nord et mouiller devant ces ports dans les eaux territoriales, pourvu que le nombre de ces bâtiments portant le même pavillon, en y comprenant ceux qui se trouveraient déjà dans cette zone ou dans un port, ne soit pas supérieur à trois. 2. Les bâtiments de guerre étrangers ne peuvent entrer dans les eaux Belges de l'Escaut, mouiller en rade d'Anvers ou pénétrer dans les eaux intérieures du Royaume, sans avoir obtenu l'autorisation du Ministre des Affaires Etrangères. par Cette autorisation sera demandée inspecteur du pilotage Belge à Flessingue. l'entremise du sous 3. Les bâtiments de guerre étrangers, à moins d'une autorisation spéciale du Gouvernement, ne peuvent séjourner pendant plus de quinze jours dans les eaux territoriales et ports Belges. Ils sont tenus de prendre le large dans les six heures, s'ils y sont invités par l'administration de la marine ou les autorités militaires territoriales, même dans le cas où le terme fixé pour leur séjour ne serait pas expiré. 4. Si des circonstances particulières l'exigent, le Gouvernement se réserve la faculté d'apporter des modifications aux restrictions imposées ci-dessus à l'entrée et au séjour des bâtiments de guerre étrangers dans les ports et eaux Belges. 5. Les dispositions des Articles 1er, 2, et 3 ne s'appliquent pas aux bâtiments de guerre dont l'admission a été autorisée par la voie diplomatique, ni aux navires à bord desquels se trouve soit un Chef d'État, soit un Prince d'une dynastie régnante, soit un Agent Diplomatique accrédité auprès du Roi ou du Gouvernement. 6. Il est interdit aux bâtiments de guerre étrangers, se trouvant dans les eaux Belges, de faire des relevés de terrains et des sondages, ainsi que des exercices de débarquement ou de tir. Les hommes et l'équipage devront être sans armes lorsqu'ils descendront à terre. Les officiers et sous-officiers pourront porter les armes qui font partie de leur uniforme. Les embarcations qui circuleront dans les ports et les eaux territoriales ne pourront être armées. Si des honneurs funèbres doivent être rendus à terre, une exception au section 2 du présent Article pourra être autorisée par le Ministre de la Guerre, sur la demande des autorités militaires territoriales. 7. Les Commandants des bâtiments de guerre étrangers sont tenus d'observer les lois et les règlements concernant la police, la santé publique et les impôts et taxes, à moins d'exceptions établies par des Conventions particulières ou par les usages interna tionaux. Admission des Navires de Guerre appartenant à des Nations Belligérantes. 8. Les bâtiments appartenant à la marine militaire d'un État engagé dans une guerre maritime ne sont admis dans les eaux territoriales et les ports Belges de la Mer du Nord que pour une durée de vingt-quatre heures. Le même navire ne peut être admis deux fois dans l'espace de trois mois. 9. L'accès des eaux Belges de l'Escaut est interdit, à moins d'autorisation spéciale du Gouvernement, aux bâtiments de appartenant à un État engagé dans une guerre maritime." guerre |