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    "id": 734878,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended in the Schedule – (a) in the provisions in the Bill relating to the Advocates Act (Cap 16) - (i) by deleting the proposed subsection 23(2A) and substituting therefor the following new subsection- (2A) The Society shall issue to every advocate registered with it a stamp or seal bearing the advocate’s name, admission number and the year of practice in such form as may be approved by the Council of the Society and prescribed in regulations, and such stamp or seal shall be affixed on every document drawn by such advocate and lodged for registration in any registry in Kenya or issued for any other professional purpose. (ii) by deleting the proposed section 34A and substituting therefor the following new section- Additional 34A. Subject to section 10, an advocate who holds a endorsement. current practising certificate shall not file any legal documents in any registry under any law which requires filing of such document by an advocate, or issue such document for any other professional purpose, unless there is affixed on each such document the stamp or seal issued by the Society under section 23(2A). (iii)by inserting the following subsections immediately after subsection (1) in the proposed section 34B- (1A). An advocate who is not exempt under section 10 shall, where he does not intend to practise in any year, apply to the Council of the Society at least three months before the commencement of that year for exemption from the requirement of taking out a practising certificate in respect of that year. (1B). Any advocate who, being required to do so, fails to apply for exemption under subsection (1A) commits an act of professional misconduct. I want to give the justification. I want to thank the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs because he wrote to the Attorney-General (AG) seeking The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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