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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 704

Duty to report suspected offences

    (1)     This section applies if the Law Society suspects on reasonable grounds, after investigation or otherwise, that a person has committed an offence against any Act or law.

    (2)     The Society must:

        (a)     report the suspected offence to the Commissioner of Police or other appropriate prosecuting authority; and

        (b)     make available to the Commissioner or authority the information and documents relevant to the suspected offence in its possession or under its control.

    (3)     The obligation under subsection (2)(b) to make available the information and documents continues while the Society holds the relevant suspicion.



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