New Zealand Legislation: Acts

84 Notice to be given to solicitor and his partners

• (1) On receipt of any money or any records or documents under section 82 or section 83 of this Act, the Council or District Council, as the case may require, shall forthwith serve on the solicitor concerned and, if he is a partner in a firm of solicitors, on each partner in the firm, a notice setting out the amount of money received, or, as the case may be, particulars of the records or documents received, and the date of receipt.

  (2) The notice may be served personally on any solicitor, or may be sent to him by registered letter addressed to his last known place of business or residence.

  (3) Within 14 days after the notice has been so served or posted, the solicitor or any partner in the firm of solicitors of which he is a member may apply to the Court for an order directing the New Zealand Law Society or the District Law Society, as the case may require,—

  • (a) To repay any money referred to in the notice into the bank account from which it was received; or

  • (b) To return any records or documents referred to in the notice to the person or persons from whom they were received,—

  or for such other order as the Court may think fit.

  (4) On hearing any such application, the Court may make such order as it thinks fit.

  Compare: 1955 No 101 ss 73(3)-(5), 97(4)-6)