The Solicitors, Public Notaries, &c. Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 21) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed the enactments requiring certain legal practitioners in Great Britain to take out stamped practising certificates, and made consequential provision as to their right to practise and other matters.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 1(5) of the act repealed 9 enactments, listed in the second schedule to the act. +Enactments repealed by section 1(5)CitationShort titleExtent of repeal23 & 24 Vict. c. 127Solicitors Act 1860Sections twenty-two and thirty-four.33 & 34 Vict. c. 77Juries Act 1870In the Schedule, the words "certificated conveyancers and special pleaders".54 & 55 Vict. c. 39Stamp Act 1891Sections forty-three and forty-five to forty-eight; in the First Schedule the heading which begins with the words "Certificate to be taken out yearly".15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 21Land Registration Act 1925In paragraph (vi) of subsection (1) of section one hundred and forty-four, the words "or certificated conveyancers".22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 37Solicitors Act 1932In paragraph (5) of section twenty, the words "or a practising certificated special pleader in England"; in section thirty-six, the words "subject to their certificates being duly stamped"; sections thirty-nine and forty; in section forty-one, subsections (2) to (4); in section forty-two, the words "and conveyancers" and the word "stamped"; in section forty-three, the words "duly stamped".23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 21Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1933Sections eight and forty-seven.26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 35Solicitors Act 1936The Schedule so far as it amends section forty-seven of the Solicitors Act, 1932.4 & 5 Geo. 6. c. 46Solicitors Act 1941In section five, in the new subsection (1) of section thirty-seven of the Solicitors Act, 1932, the words from "and (ii) at" to "signed" where next occurring and the words "and a duplicate"; in section ten, in the new section thirty-eight of the Solicitors Act, 1932, the words "duly stamped and" in paragraphs (a) and (d) of subsection (1); section thirteen; subsection (3) of section twenty-three; in Form B in the Second Schedule, the words "on this certificate being duly stamped as required by law" and the words from "Produced to duty"; so much of the Third Schedule as reproduces the following provisions of the Solicitors Act, 1932, namely, subsection (4) of section forty-one, subsection (1) of section forty-seven, section forty-eight and section forty-nine.10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 35Finance Act 1947Subsection (3) of section fifty-six.
Subsequent developments Section 1(1) and 1(5) of, in section 2(2), the proviso, and schedule 2 to, the act repealed by section 1 of, and part IV of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.
The whole act was repealed by section 89 of, and schedule 4 to, the Solicitors Act 1974, which came into force on 1 May 1975.
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