(1) The law society may make rules (the
"society rules" ) for the following purposes—
(a) to define, and carry out,
the objects of the law society;
(b) for the regulation and good government of
the law society and its members;
(c) to provide for the way of electing or
appointing the presidential members and other council members, and filling a
vacancy of a council member, other than an appointed member or person
appointed because the person is the immediate past president;
(d) to regulate
council meetings and the conduct of business at the meetings;
(e) the custody
and use of the law society’s common seal;
(f) the admission, re-admission,
resignation, and expulsion of members of the law society;
(g) to fix fees,
levies and subscriptions in relation to membership of the law society and to
recover unpaid fees, levies and subscriptions;
(h) to waive compliance with
the society rules, in whole or in part, absolutely or conditionally, in
relation to a member or a class of members.
(2) Society rules must be made by
resolution of the council.
