Act No. 190 Section 24

Institution and costs of disbarment proceedings.

Section 24

SEC. 24. Institution and costs of disbarment proceedings. — Proceedings for the removal or suspension of a lawyer may be taken by the court of its own motion, or upon the complaint of another in writing. It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General for the Islands to appear for the Government in all such proceedings in the Supreme Court, and to conduct prosecutions. The costs of the prosecution of such proceedings shall be paid by the Government; the cost of the defendant by himself.

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