Professional statute overview
Enactment structure, operative effect and source provenance
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Purpose and legislative effect
“This law establishes the Rwanda Bar Association and sets out how it is organized and how it operates.”
This law establishes the Rwanda Bar Association and sets out how it is organized and how it operates. This article defines key terms used in the law on advocates. The Bar Association is established, has legal personality, and its head office is in Kigali unless moved within Rwanda by a two-thirds General Assembly decision. The Bar Association has a list of mission duties, including bringing members together, enforcing professional rules, preventing conflicts, monitoring advocates’ conduct, and supporting legal aid. A person may not use the title of Advocate or practice as an advocate unless enrolled on the Advocates’ roll or the interns’ list.
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How the instrument operates
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Record updated 4 Nov 2013. The date shown identifies this source expression and should not be treated as proof that no later change exists.
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This law establishes the Rwanda Bar Association and sets out how it is organized and how it operates.
Section 1
General Assembly decisions are made by an absolute majority of votes of members present or represented, and interns may attend meetings but cannot vote.
Section 23
Advocates in an association are individually responsible to clients, may plead for a colleague in the same association, and must not assist or represent parties with opposing interests.
Section 45
Principal state attorneys and state attorneys may appear in court, advise, and represent people in the national interest, and they must follow the rules governing advocates.
Section 67
This law starts to apply on the date it is published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Rwanda.
Section 89
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Source and current-law status
In force source record
Source record from www.amategeko.gov.rw · Record updated 4 Nov 2013
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