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 in accordance with 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;
"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;
"levy" means a levy under Section 90;
"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"repealed Act" means the Lawyers Act (Chapter 91) repealed by Section 110;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 appears, an account which contains money held or received by the lawyer on account of a person for whom the lawyer is acting in relation to the holding or receipt of such money as a lawyer, or in connection with his practice as a lawyer;
"unrestricted practising certificate" means an unrestricted practising certificate issued under Section 41