Emoru v Attorney General (Constitutional Petition 5 of 1998)
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Held that advocates' disciplinary offences under the Advocates Act are civil, not criminal, so the Disciplinary Committee may try an advocate without prior criminal proceedings consistent with the Constitution.
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