Article 35 of Legal Profession Law

Without prejudice to any penalty prescribed by the Penal Code or any other law, and without prejudice to civil liability, any breach of the provisions of this Law or professional duties, or degradation of the profession's standing and impairment of its honour through any disgraceful conduct, shall be punishable by one of the following disciplinary penalties: 1 - Warning 2 - Reprimand 3 - Suspension for a period not exceeding three years (1) The first paragraph of the Article was ruled unconstitutional insofar as it provided that . ... In the absence of a written agreement on fees, or if the agreement is invalid, the assessment thereof shall be submitted to the Civil Circuit of the Court of Appeal for determination, after seeking the opinion of the Lawyers Association, by a final decision not subject to appeal) in the judgment rendered in Constitutional Appeal No. 21 of 2015 Law Index Home Page 748 Legal Profession Law Law No. 42 of 1964 concerning the Regulation of the Legal Profession - 4 - Removal of the name from the roll Disclosure of a client's secrets, collusion with the opposing party, failure to pay fees paid by the client, failure to hand over entitlements collected on the client's behalf, failure to preserve original documents, refusal to return papers and documents without legal justification, gross negligence in performing duties resulting in the loss of rights or the expiry of appeal time limits, and signing statements of claim without the signatory being entitled to do so shall constitute breaches of the principles and honour of the profession. The penalty of suspension shall entail transferring the lawyer's name to the roll of non-practising lawyers and closing the office throughout the penalty period, which shall not count towards the training period or the periods required for enrolment on the rolls. Practising the profession during the penalty period shall constitute a disciplinary violation punishable by permanent removal of the name from the roll.