Cap. 12 чл. 81Qualifications for obtaining warrant.

(1) No person shall be entitled to obtain the warrant referred to in article 79, unless -

(a) he is a fit and proper person as recommended by the

Committee;

(b) he is of good conduct and good morals, and is not or has not engaged in or is not or has not been associated with any activity or practice which in the view of the

Committee is not compatible with the exercise of the legal profession or has not otherwise conducted himself in such a manner which casts doubt on his honesty and integrity;

(c) he is a citizen of Malta or of a Member State or is otherwise permitted to work in Malta under any law;

(d) he has obtained the academic degree in law in accordance with the provisions of the Statue of the University of Malta, or such other qualification as the Minister, after consultation with the Committee, may from time to time prescribe, or a comparable degree from such other competent authority in accordance with the principles of mutual recognition of qualifications, after having read law in Malta or in a Member State;

(e) he has, after satisfying the requirement of paragraph (d), or, in the case of persons regularly following the academical course of law in the University of Malta, at any time after the commencement of the last academic year of the said course, for a period of not less than one year regularly attended at the office of a practising advocate of the Bar of Malta and at the sittings of the superior courts;

(f) he possesses a full knowledge of the Maltese language as being the language of the courts;

(g) he has been duly examined and approved by two judges who shall issue, under their signature and seal, a certificate attesting that they have found him to possess the qualifications mentioned in paragraphs (b) to (e) and that he is competent to exercise the profession of advocate in the courts of Malta.

(2) The Committee shall from time to time and with the approval of the Minister, prepare and publish rules and guidelines setting out the requirements that a person shall need to satisfy from time to time to comply with the requirements of article 81(a), (b) and (c).