Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 97

97. (1) It shall be an abuse in t he exercise of his profession: (a) for any advocate or legal procurator to knowingly, directly or indirectly empl oy or accept the services of any tout; or (b) for any advocate to agree with a legal procurator or a notary public, or for a legal procurator to agree with any advocate or notary public, to give or to receive any share of the fees or other remuneration earned by any of them in respect of professional work; or (c) for any advocate or legal procurator to act in contravention of any law or Code of Ethics that may be in force and appl icable to him, and any judge or magistrate shall report to the Commission for the Administration of Justice any ad vocate or legal procurator whom he suspects to be guilty of such abuse. (2) In this article, the expression "tout" means any person who undertakes in return for a fee, reward or remuneration, whether in cash or in kind or for any other consideration, to find clients for any advocate or legal procurator. Appointment of judicial assistants. Added by: XXIV .1995.49. Amended by: XXXI.2002.46.