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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2008 (NO. 21 OF 2008) - SECT 256

256 .         Displacement of Part

        (1)         This section applies if this Part applies to a matter by the operation of section 254 or  255.

        (2)         This Part ceases to apply to a matter if —

            (a)         either —

                  (i)         the legal services are or will be provided wholly or primarily in another jurisdiction; or

                  (ii)         the matter has a substantial connection with another jurisdiction,

                or both; and

            (b)         either —

                  (i)         the client enters under the corresponding law of the other jurisdiction into an agreement with the law practice that the corresponding provisions of the corresponding law apply to the matter; or

                  (ii)         the client notifies under the corresponding law of the other jurisdiction (and within the time allowed by the corresponding law) the law practice in writing that the client requires the corresponding provisions of the corresponding law to apply to the matter.

        (3)         Nothing in this section prevents the application of this Part to the matter by means of a later agreement or notification under section 255.



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