Mauritius: The Law Practitioners (Amendment) Bill

The main object of this Bill is to amend the Law Practitioners Act, in line with certain recommendations of the Presidential Commission set up in 1997 to examine and report upon the structure and operation of the judicial system and legal professions of Mauritius, so as to –

1. provide for the establishment of a Council for Vocational Legal Education;
2. ensure that prospective law practitioners undergo an adequate period of training and pupillage;
3. make provision for law practitioners and legal officers to follow Continuing Professional Development Programmes;
4. ensure that persons who wish to be considered for appointment as a judicial or legal officer follow an appropriate course;
5. enable a citizen of Mauritius who has obtained a professional qualification as, or equivalent to that of, barrister in another Commonwealth country or the United States to apply for admission to practise in Mauritius as a barrister, and for matters related thereto.