Lawyers Welfare and Protection Act 2023
Lawyers Welfare and Protection Act 2023
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(21 Any expression or words used in this Act but not specifically defined
shall have the same meaning as assigned thereto in the Legal Practitioners
and Bar Councils Act, 1973 (XXXV of 1973) and the Pakistan Penal Code, (Act
XLV of 1860).
CHAPTER - II
OFFtrNCES AND PUNISHA4trNTS
(b) the investigation of the case registered under this Act shall
be completed within a period of fourteen days from the day
of registration of the case.
Provided that where the trial is not concluded within the stipulated
period of six months, the Court shall record reasons for the same.
8. Joint Trials.-(1) While trying an offence under this Act, the Court
may also try, at the same trial, any other offence with which an accused mery
be charged under the Code, if the offence is connected with such other offence.
CHAPTER - III
WELFARE OF ADVOCATtrS
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1O. Legal advisory.-Every incorporated company having more than
twenty million paid up capital, autonomous body, corporation or statutory
authority shall have to cngage at least one practicing advocate as legal advisor
on retainer-ship basis, whcreas no advocate shall serve more than three such
entities as legal advisor simultaneously.
Provided that for the purpose of this section, the parents, minor
children, spouse of the advocate shall aiho be entitled to the same facilities.
12. Financial Facilities.-_All financial institutions shall extend to thc
advocates the provision of financial facilities without discrirnination in any
manner whatsoever, and in case of any violation, on the complaint of
aggricved advocate, the concerned authority shall initiate appropriate action.
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16. Application of the Code.-The provisions of the Code, to the extent
not inconsistent with anything contained in this Act, shall apply mutatis
mutandis.
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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
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Minister-In-Charge