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Duties of Advocates To Court
Duties of Advocates To Court
The Advocates Act provides that every advocate and every person otherwise entitled to act as
an advocate shall be an officer to the high court and shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the
high court. When representing clients, two maxims apply, first, the advocate is an officer of
court and second, the advocate is not a party to the dispute. These two principles underguard
and inform several specific duties owed to the court. These include:
The duty not to submit or aid the submission of false evidence in courts;
Advocates shall not include in any affidavit, any matter which they know or have reason to
believe to be false. In addition, where an advocate becomes aware that any person, has before
the court, sworn a false affidavit, or given false evidence, he or she shall inform the court of
his or her discovery.