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Section 57 of Advocates Act CAP 16: Establishment of Disciplinary Tribunal

    

(1) There is established a tribunal to be known as the Disciplinary Tribunal (in this Part referred to as “the Tribunal”) which shall consist of—
(a) the Attorney-General;
(aa) the Director of Public Prosecutions;
(b) the Solicitor-General or a person deputed by the Attorney-General; and
(c) six advocates (other than the chairman, vice-chairman or secretary of the Society), of not less than ten years standing, one of whom shall be an advocate who does not ordinarily practise in Nairobi, all of whom shall be elected and shall hold office for three years and be eligible for re-election;
(d) deleted by Act No. 7 of 2007, Sch.
(1A) The members of the Tribunal shall be paid such remuneration, fees or allowances for expenses as the Attorney-General, in consultation with the Treasury, may authorise out of monies provided by Parliament for that purpose.
(2) During the illness, or temporary absence from Kenya, of any of its elected members, the Tribunal may nominate any advocate who is qualified for election as a member of the Tribunal to act as a temporary member of the Tribunal.
(3) In the event of there being any complaint or matter pending before the Tribunal at the date of retirement of any member and such member being a member of a tribunal thereof which had, prior to such date, entered upon the hearing thereof in accordance with section 60, that member shall, in the event of his not being re-elected, be deemed to remain in office for the purpose only of such complaint or matter and shall so remain until such complaint or matter has been finally disposed of.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), a complaint or matter shall be deemed to be pending if under consideration by the Tribunal, and a complaint or matter shall be deemed to have been finally disposed of—
(a) in the case of an application under section 59, or a complaint under section 60, upon the making of a final order; or
(b) in the case of a matter arising under section 71, when the Chief Justice has signified his decision thereon; or
(c) in the case of an application under section 72, upon the final
conclusion of the proceedings relating thereto before the Committee or the Court, as the case may be; or
(d) in any other case, upon the final determination thereof by the Committee.

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