The petitioner then turns his at~ tention to the question of the committee-men's right to grant and rule that school diplom and lawyers' certificates are to be Presented for investigation, is but an administrative procedure regarding admissions into the Association, OF course, that article does not give the committee-men the power to grant or refuse applications for admissions in a judicial way. But the committee-men are. enjoying special privileges in deciding as ta whether the applicants should be admitted or not according to their relationship or friendship with the applicant concerned. A. lawyer'a certificate from the Ministry of Justice docs not give the holder the right to practise his profession until the committee-men have ratified it.
other words, the lawyer's certificate is subject to ratification and approval of the Assoc lenders."
Continuing, the petition alleges that the members of the committees have insulted und publicly defamed practising lawyers who are not members of the A: hai Provisional Court, viz., thor admitted by the former Interna tional Mixed Court. Now, it is ale leged, the Association ix adopting every means to prohibit them from. practising as, the Association claims, they are not eligible to do 0, "In~ stead of notifying them to apply for, membership in a proper way, thi Association highly insults them, is nes defamatory statements in Tocat newspapers against them, and writes to the Provisional Court requesting their disbarment. The motive of the Association "is to create monopoly in the legal profession and to do as much damage' as possible so that they will be forced to give The petitioner, in conch prays for an investigation of the matter, and requests the High Court ' to declare the decisions for no accounting has been given.
Then the petitioner dents with the matter of badges and says>—
"The Association has recently i sued badges (in two sizes—one Targe and one small), the material of which is brass substance, to all its members with a view to di tinguishing between members and nonmembers. In looking into the passed by the association committee. men null and vold, to order that plications for membership should be dealt with in accordance with the 'Lawyers' Regulations, and to forbid all abuses and eprruptions as welt fas to demand an accounting for moneys oppressively collected and for adequate punishment for those who are guilty of libel or public me sult and also those guilty of mal
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