Cap. 12 Art. 82Bargaining of fees prohibited.

Save as may be provided in regulations made under article

1004, it shall not be lawful for any advocate to fix by agreement his fees in an amount higher or lower than that fixed in this Code, except when, for some particular purpose of the contending party, the action is restricted to an interest smaller than that on which the decision will have a bearing; in which case only it shall be lawful for the advocate to stipulate that his fees be reckoned on the basis of the whole interest involved, or fixed at a sum higher than that fixed in this Code in respect of the action as actually instituted.