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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2008 (NO. 21 OF 2008) - SECT 229

229 .         False names

        (1)         A law practice must not knowingly receive money or record receipt of money in the practice’s trust records under a false name.

        Penalty: a fine of $10 000.

        (2)         If a person on whose behalf trust money is received by a law practice is commonly known by more than one name, the practice must ensure that the practice’s trust records record all names by which the person is known.

        Penalty: a fine of $10 000.



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