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| SEX DISQUALIFICATION REMOVAL |
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AN ORDINANCE TO ENABLE WOMEN TO BE ADMITTED TO THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND TO BE APPOINTED AS COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS.
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| Ordinance Nos, |
| 25 of 1933 |
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[14th November
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Short title.
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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Sex Disqualification Removal (Legal Profession) Ordinance.*(*See also Article 12 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, 1978.)
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Women entitled to become attorneys-at-law, &c.
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2. A woman shall not be disqualified by reason only of her sex –
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(a) from being admitted and enrolled, or from practicing, as an attorney-at-law; or
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(b) from being authorized to practice as a notary by a warrant issued under the provisions of the Notaries Ordinance, or from practicing or functioning as a notary under the provisions of that Ordinance or of any other written law; or,
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(c) from being appointed, or from functioning, as a Commissioner for Oaths under the provisions of the Oaths Ordinance.
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| Chapter 78 |
