In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
"admission" means admission to practice as a lawyer;
"Admission Council" means the Admission Council established by Section 25A;
"Attorney-General" means the Attorney-General referred to in the Attorney-General Act 1989;
"Committee" means the Lawyers Statutory Committee established by Section 48;
"Contribution Fund" means the Trust Accounts Contribution Fund established by Section 80;
"costs" includes fees, charges, disbursements, expenses and remuneration;
"Council" means the Council of the Law Society established by Section 11;
"Councillor" means a Councillor of the Society appointed under Section 11;
"country", in the case of a foreign country with a federal system of government, includes States within that country;
"Court" means the National Court;
"fit and proper person" means a person determined as such in accordance with this Act;
"Fund" means the General Fund established by Section 85;
"lawyer" means a person who has been admitted to practice as a lawyer under this Act;
"practising certificate" means a practising certificate issued under Section 39;
"President" means the President of the Society;
"Registrar" means the Registrar of the Court;
"repealed Act" means the Lawyers Act (Chapter 91) repealed by Section 110;
"resident" means, for the purpose of the issue of a practising certificate,
(a) a lawyer who is a citizen; or
(b) a person who declares on oath in writing that he intends to reside in Papua New Guinea for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of his application for a practising certificate;
"restricted practising certificate" means a restricted practising certificate issued under Section 40;
"Roll" means the Roll of Lawyers kept under Section 30;
"Rules" means the Rules of the Society made by the Council under Section 21;
"Rules of Court" means the Rules of Court of the National Court;
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Society appointed under Section 22;
"Society" means the Papua New Guinea Law Society established under Section 2;
"this Act" includes the Regulations;
"trust account", in relation to Section 82, means a current or deposit account in the name of the lawyer at a bank in the title of which account the word "Trust" appears, or where no such word...