Vacancy in office of attorney
5 Vacancy in office of attorney
For the purposes of this Act, there is a vacancy in the office of an attorney if—
the appointment of the attorney is revoked, or
the attorney renounces the power, or
the attorney dies, or
the attorney becomes bankrupt, or
where the attorney is a corporation, the corporation is dissolved, or
the attorney, by reason of any physical or mental incapacity, ceases to have the capacity to continue to act as an attorney, or
in such other circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by the regulations
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