Annotation to Legal Practitioners Act and Rules of the Law Society

Legal Practitioners  Act 15 of 1995 amended by:
Legal Practitioners Amendment Act 4 of 1997
Legal Practitioners Amendment Act 6 of 1999
Legal Practitioners Amendment Act10 of 2002
Legal Practitioners Second Amendment Act 22 of 2002

Legal Practitioners Amendment Act 4 of 1997
Amendment of Section 11 of Act 15 of 1995 by the substitution for subsection (2); Section 21 by the substitution for paragraph (c) of subsection (1) ; substitution of section 22;  Section 54 by the addition of subsection (1); Section 67 by the addition of Subsection (4); Section 72 by the substitution for paragraph (a) of the subsection (10) and Section 87 by the substitution for subsection (1).

Legal Practitioners  Amendment Act 6 of 1999
Amendment of section 79 of Act 15 of 1995

Legal Practitioners  Amendment Act 10 of 2002
Amendment of section 5 of Act 15 of 1995 by the insertion in subsection (1) for paragraph (cA) after paragragh (c) and Section 18 by substitution for subsection (1)

Legal Practitioners  Amendment Act 22 of 2002
Amendment of section 1of Act 15 of 1995 by insertion of the definitions; Section 21 by substitution for section (2); Section 32 by the Addition of subsections; (3), (4) and (5); substitution of section 45; Section 52 by deletion of paragraph (e) of subsection (1); Section 72 by the Insertion  (eA) after paragraph (e) of subsection (1); Repeal of section 79 and Repeal of Act 6 of 1999.

Rules of the Law Society of Namibia: General Notice 340/2002 as amended by:
General Notice 251/2004
General Notice 385/2007
General Notice 308/2008

General Notice 251/2004
Amendment of Rule 24 of the Rules by the deletion of subrule (6).

General Notice 385/2007
Amendment of rule 1 of the Rules; Amendment of rule 6; Amendment of rule 9 of the Rules; Substitution of rule 13 of the Rules; Amendment of rule 19 of the Rules; Amendment of Rule 20 of the Rules; Insertion of Rule 20A in the Rules; Amendment of rule 21of the rules; Amendment of rule 22 of the Rules and Amendment of rule 24 of the Rules.

General Notice 308/2008
Amendment of rule 21 of the rules of the Law Society of Namibia.

Regulations:
Regulations relating to the Fidelity Fund Act, under section 30 of the Act 22 of 1990 (Government Notice 136 /1993).

Regulations relating to fees for certificate of enrollment as Legal Practitioners, under section 2 (3) of the Legal Practitioners Act 15 of 1995, (Government Notice 201/1995).

Candidate Legal Practitioners Regulations, under section 81 (1) of the Legal Practitioners  Act 15 of 1995, (Government Notice 228/1995), as amend by:
Government Notice 58/1997; 67/1997 and 8/1999.

Regulations relating to the rules of governing the Disciplinary committee,Under section 39 (1) of the Act 15 of 1995, (Government Notice 54/1996)

Regulations relating to the Degrees or equivalent qualifications in law from common law countries prescribed for legal practitioners, under section 5 (4) (a) of the Act 15 of 1995 (Government Notice) 134/1996 as amend by:
Government Notice 220/1996;18/1997; 159/1998; 29/2002; 139/2002 and 153/2009.

Regulations relating to prescription of Degrees, under subsection (4) (b) of section 5 of Act 15 of 1995  (Government Notice 127/1997).

Commencement of the Legal Practitioners Act 15 of 1995 : Date 07 September 1995 (Government Notice 150/1995).