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LAW OF MONGOLIA

 March 7, 2012                                           Ulaanbaatar city

ON LEGAL STATUS OF LAWYERS

CHAPTER ONE

GENERAL PROVISION

Article 1.Purpose of the law

1.1.The purpose of this Law is to establish legal background for legal status of lawyers, licenses for practicing professional activities, professional reputation and accountability system, and functions and organizational structure of professional self-governing organization for lawyers.

Article 2.Legislation on Legal status of lawyers

2.1.Legislation on legal status of lawyers shall consist of the Constitution of Mongolia, this law, and other legislative acts in connection with the professional activities of lawyers.

2.2.If an international treaty, to which Mongolia is a party, stipulates otherwise than this Law, the provisions of the international treaty shall prevail.

Article 3.Definitions of the terms of the law  

3.1.The following terms used in this Law shall have the meanings as follows:

3.1.1."Lawyer" means a person who is authorized to carry out professional activity of lawyer; 

3.1.2."License for  professional activity of lawyer" shall mean an official document that certifies the rights to carry out professional activity of lawyer in accordance with principles and requirements determined by this Law;

3.1.3."professional activity of lawyer" shall mean to implement judicial authority or to participate to legal proceedings by representing and protecting others' legal rights and interests in court and to provide legal assistance to others and teaching and researching in the field of law;

/This paragraph was modified by the law as of November 21, 2014 and it was annulled by the resolution No.06 of Constitutional court as of October 28, 2015/

3.1.4."Professional self-governing organization for lawyers" /hereinafter referred to as "Bar Association"/ shall mean public legal entities that has own management and mandatory membership of lawyers;

3.1.5."Lawyer professor" shall mean lawyer professor who teaches at law schools that are accredited by Bar Association;

3.1.6."Lawyer's professional publicly beneficial activity" shall mean any activities that aim to support legal assistance, advocacy service and civil legal education that is delivered by a lawyer without charge for the sake of representing and protecting rights and legal interests of public and socially vulnerable group.

Article 4.Scope of application of this Law

4.1.This Law shall regulate the relations of organizing lawyer's professional examination and continuous trainings, issuing licenses for carrying out professional activity of lawyer, providing legal assistance and advocacy service, implementing functions of professional self-governing organization of lawyers and providing with organizational activities, resolving disputes related to violations on professional activities of lawyers, and impose liability on lawyers and other relations.

Article 5.General obligations of lawyers' profession

5.1.A lawyer shall perform his or her professional activities faithfully.

5.2.A lawyer shall be respectful and shall enjoy public confidence.

5.3.A lawyer shall aim to carry out lawyer's professional publicly beneficial activity, voluntarily. 

Article 6.Principles to be observed in lawyers' professional activities

6.1.A lawyer shall perform the lawyer's professional activities with the ways that are not contrary to laws.

6.2.A lawyer shall protect human rights and freedom and provide justice.

6.3.A lawyer shall develop himself or herself continuously as a specialist.

6.4.Lawyer's professional activities shall be independent.

6.5.A lawyer shall treat the lawyer's professional activities, seriously.  

CHAPTER TWO

LAWYER'S PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION

Article 7.Lawyer's Professional Examination  

7.1.The purpose of the lawyer's professional examination /hereinafter referred to as "lawyer's examination"/ shall be to determine whether the person who applies for getting the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer has obtained sufficient knowledge, ability and skills for implementing the judicial power, participating in the judicial proceedings, and providing legal assistance.  

7.2.The principles of providing equal rights and justice, being transparent, respecting rule of law, enjoying public confidence, and being independent shall be adhered in organizational activities of lawyer's examination.

Article 8.Lawyer's Examination Commission

8.1.The lawyer's examination commission /hereinafter referred to as "Examination commission"/ established by the Committee in charge of Lawyers' professional examination issues of Bar Association that is stated in the Article 52 of this Law shall organize the lawyer's examination.

8.2.The Examination commission shall include the representatives from judge, prosecutor, and advocate committees as well as lawyer professors.

Article 9.Rights to take the lawyer's examination

9.1.A Mongolian citizen, a foreign citizen and a stateless person who graduated from law schools accredited by the Bar Association and who has completed professional practice at least two years shall be entitled to take the lawyer's examination.

9.2.The Bar Association shall approve the procedure for Mongolian citizens, foreign citizen and stateless person who graduated from law schools abroad taking the lawyer's examination.

Article 10.Applying for taking lawyer's examination

10.1.A person who meets the requirements stated in Article 9.1 of this Law shall apply to the Examination commission for taking the lawyer's examination.

10.2.The Examination commission shall accept the applications within the period stated in Article 14.4 of this Law.

10.3.The following documents shall be enclosed to the application requesting to take the lawyer's examination:

10.3.1.copy of National identity card of Mongolia, copy of foreign passport and other legal documents that can substitute it for foreign citizen and stateless person;

10.3.2.copy of lawyer`s professional education diploma;

10.3.3.reference certifies professional practice;

10.3.4.personal information filled in the application form approved by the Bar Association.

10.4.The Examination commission is entitled to request organizations and officials inquiring required documents and information for ensuring the accuracy of the applications to take the lawyer's examination and other personal information and shall compare and ensure the copies of documents attached to the application with their original copies.  

Article 11.Lawyer's professional practice

11.1.The following job and positions shall be included in the professional practice of lawyer stated in Article 9 of this Law:

 11.1.1.assistant to prosecutor, notary and advocate;

/This sub-paragraph was amended by the law as of January 15, 2021/

11.1.2.consultant and assistant of member of State Great Khural;

11.1.3.legal consultant and personnel in charge of legal issues of government and non-governmental organizations and business entities;

11.1.4.teacher and assistant teacher of law schools, legal research worker of government and non-governmental organizations.

11.2.Assistant works to the advocacy service and legal assistance performed part-time and under the contract in addition to as stated in Article 11.1 of this Law shall be transferred into credit hours and shall be considered as the professional practice.

11.3.The Bar Association shall approve the procedure for performing the professional practice abroad and the procedure for considering as professional practice as stated in Article 11.2 of this Law.  

Article 12.Settling the applications by the Bar Association

12.1.The permission of applicants to take the lawyer's examination shall be ensured by the lists and shall be informed publicly, except the cases stated in Article 12.2 of this Law.

12.2.The Examination commission shall refuse to give the lawyer's examination if following grounds exist:

12.2.1.the applicant does not meet the requirements stated in Article 9 of this Law;

12.2.2.constituted the documents stated in Article 10.3 of this Law incompletely or falsely;

12.2.3.did not register within the arranged time of lawyer's examination;

12.2.4.punishment period that invalidates the permission to carry out lawyer's professional activity for certain period of time is not expired.

Article 13.Procedures for making complaint in accordance with the refusal decision to give lawyer's examination

13.1.If an applicant does not agree the refusal decision to give the lawyer's examination, the applicant may make complaint to the Committee in charge of Lawyer's professional examination issues of Bar Association at least 14 days before commencing the examination. 

13.2.The Committee in charge of Lawyer's professional examination issues of Bar Association shall finalize and settle the complaint at least three days before commencing the examination.

Article 14.Place and time of the lawyer's examination

14.1.Bar Association shall announce the lawyer's examination arrangement once in a year and shall organize it by regions.  

14.2.The lawyer's examination arrangement shall be announced publicly by media at least 75 days before commencing the examination.

14.3.The lawyer's examination arrangement shall include examination schedule, registration procedure, examination place, time and sequence of examinations.

14.4.The registration of examinees of the lawyer's examination shall be commenced from the date of announcing the examination arrangement and shall be finished 30 days prior to beginning the examination.

Article 15.Task of the lawyer's examination

15.1.Examination commission shall keep the confidentiality of the lawyer's examination task until the examination commences and the confidentiality of their key until the examination completed.  

15.2.The performance of the lawyer's examination tasks shall be numbered in digits and the name of examinees associated with the number shall be kept secret.  

15.3.The performance of the problem examination tasks shall be assessed by a team of examiners at least 3 members and the result shall be calculated with the average of their assessment.

Article 16.Procedures for obtaining the lawyer's examination

16.1.The lawyer's examination shall be carried out in the types of test that examines general legal knowledge and problem examination that could solve certain cases using law application.

16.2.Total lasting period of the lawyer's examination shall be three days.  

16.3.If the examinee of the lawyer's examination gets 60 scores and more of the total score of test examination, he or she will be entitled to take the problem examination.  

16.4.If the total score obtained from both test and problem examination reaches into 70 percent and more of the total score of the lawyer's examination, it shall be considered that the examinee passed the examination.

16.5.The Examination commission shall produce the consolidated results of the lawyer's examination with digital numbers regarding to the list of examinee names within five working days after the examination is completed and inform it publicly.

16.6.Other issues related to the lawyer's examination shall be regulated in accordance with the procedures approved by the Bar Association.

Article 17.Issuing confirmation note on passing the lawyer's examination

17.1.The Committee in charge of Lawyer's professional examination issues of the Bar Association shall issue the confirmation note to the persons who passed the examination within 30 days after the lawyer's examination is completed. 

Article 18.Taking the lawyer's re-examination

18.1.Persons who did not pass the lawyer's examination or who is imposed with disciplinary punishment that invalidates the permission to carry out lawyer's professional activity for certain period is entitled to take the lawyer's re-examination after the disciplinary punishment is ended.  

CHAPTER THREE

LICENSE FOR CARRYING OUT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY OF LAWYER

Article 19.License for carrying out professional activity of lawyer and procedures to issue it

19.1.A person who passed the lawyer's examination and accepted the confirmation note shall apply to the Bar Association for membership within 90 days after the confirmation note is accepted.

19.2.The following documents shall be enclosed to the application stated in Article 19.1 of this Law:

19.2.1.confirmation note certifies passing the lawyer's examination;

19.2.2.police reference letter certifies that has not been sentenced;

19.2.3.health reference letter certifies no diseases and mental illness that conflict to holding lawyer's professional activity. 

19.3.The Bar Association shall inspect the accuracy of the documents attached to the application letter and shall decide whether to join as a member regarding to requirements of personality and health conditions for a lawyer.

19.4.If the Bar Association registers the applicant as a member, the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer shall be issued.

19.5.A person who obtained the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer shall be entitled to use the professional name of a lawyer. 

19.6.A lawyer shall work as an advocate, if passed the professional exam set out by relevant law, a notary, a prosecutor, and a judge based on the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer.

/This paragraph was amended by the law as of May 30, 2019/

19.7.The license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer shall be issued in indefinite term.  

Article 20.Grounds to suspend the issuance of the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer

20.1.If there are following grounds, the issuance of the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer shall be suspended:

20.1.1.the applicant convicted to a crime and is investigated by competent authority;

20.1.2.the applicant incapable to carry out professional activity of lawyer in indefinite term due to his or her health condition;

20.1.3.dispute arisen regarding to the documents stated in Articles 10.3 and 19.2 of this Law;

20.1.4.engaged in active political activities or holds political position;

20.1.5.voluntarily recruited in permanent or temporary military service.

Article 21.Grounds to refuse to issue the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer

21.1.If there is any of following grounds, the issuance of the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer shall be refused to the applicant:

21.1.1.proven the premeditated conviction to a crime and/or court decision become valid or imposed legal responsibility for corruption and position rank-crime;

21.1.2.determined the incomplete or counterfeit documents stated in Articles 10.3 and 19.2 of this Law;

21.1.3.holding a position contrary to the independence of lawyer's professional activity or being impossible to work independently as a lawyer;

21.1.4.prohibited to work for civil service;

21.1.5.accused of actions prohibited to lawyers as stated in Article 27 of this Law.  

21.2.An applicant is entitled to make complaint against the decision refusing to issue the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer, in accordance with the procedure stated in Article 64 of this Law.

Article 22.Grounds to suspend, invalidate and terminate the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer

22.1.The relations to suspend and invalidate the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer shall be regulated only in accordance with this article except suspended and invalidated the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer by the Committee in charge of Lawyer's professional responsibility issues of Bar Association /hereinafter referred to as "Professional responsibility committee"/.

22.2.In case of a lawyer is impossible to carry out professional activity of lawyer due to health condition or other respectful reasons, the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer shall be suspended by his or her own request and by a conclusion made by competent person.  

22.3.The issues related to suspending the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer in accordance with the grounds stated in Article 22.2 of this Law shall be resolved by Bar Association.

22.4.During the period of suspending the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer, the lawyer shall be released from fees of Bar Association membership.

22.5.If the condition of suspending the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer is disappeared, Bar Association shall restore it.

22.6.Bar Association shall invalidate the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer, if the lawyer requested, or constituted counterfeit documents when obtaining the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer, or determined that the lawyer is convicted to an intentional crime when working as a lawyer.

22.7.Death of a lawyer terminates the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer.  

22.8.If a lawyer requests to get the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer again after his or her license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer is invalidated by the request of the lawyer in accordance with Article 22.6 of this Law, the lawyer shall take the lawyer's re-examination as stated in Article 18 of this Law.   

22.9.It is prohibited to suspend and invalidate the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer with the grounds other than stated in this Law.  

CHAPTER FOUR

RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A LAWYER

Article 23.Lawyer's oath

23.1.Within 30 days after getting the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer, the lawyer shall take an oath to the Bar Association that "I am a lawyer taking an oath to comply with Constitution of Mongolia, to observe rules to be adhered to the lawyer's obligations and professional activities, strictly, to protect civil rights and legal interests completely and loyally as for the defender of the justice. If I recant on oath, shall assume legal responsibility".  

23.2.The oath ceremony of lawyers shall be held openly.

23.3.The Council of Bar Association stated in Article 48 of this Law shall approve the procedure for lawyers' oath ceremony.

Article 24.Types of professional activities of lawyer

24.1.A lawyer shall carry out following professional activities:

24.1.1.to provide written and oral consultancy and inquiry on legal issues;

24.1.2.to develop, review and approve legally important original documents;  

24.1.3.to provide legal assistance as stated in legislation by the request of citizens and legal entities and to represent their rights and legal interests before appropriate organizations;

24.1.4.to settle claims and requests and carry out the activities of agreement or reconciliation for damage servicing.

24.1.5.to represent client's right, legal interest in court proceedings to resolve a case and dispute, and participate as an advocate.

/This sub-paragraph was added by the law as of July 9, 2013/  

24.2.Lawyer, when she/he conducts lawyer's professional activity stipulated in Article 24.1.5 of this Law, must obtain the right to represent in court in accordance with Articles 30, 31 of this Law.

/This paragraph was modified by the law as of July 9, 2013/  

Article 25.Rules to be adhered in professional activities of lawyer

25.1.Lawyers shall have rules to pursue /hereinafter referred to as "Lawyers' Professional Rules"/ in their professional activities and that comply to this Law and other legislation.

25.2.The purpose of lawyer's professional rules shall be to make consolidated standards in professional activities of lawyers in order to keep the professional activities of lawyers responsible and of high quality.

25.3.Lawyers professional rules shall regulate the relations between a lawyer and client, and between lawyers, lawyers' obligations undertaken before public, conflicts of interests, confidentiality, competence, independence and other relations related to professional activities of lawyers.  

25.4.For the lawyers who are in the position of judge, prosecutor and other, the issues of ethics, discipline and responsibility regarding to their organizations shall not be included to the Lawyers Professional Rules.

Article 26. General obligations to be pursued to the professional activities of lawyers

26.1.A lawyer shall assume following general obligations when carrying out professional activities:  

26.1.1.to be subject to Constitution of Mongolia, other legislation and the Lawyers Professional Rules; 

26.1.2.to be a member of Bar Association and to pay membership fees;

26.1.3.to participate in the activities of Bar Association and to fulfill duties and tasks given by the Association; 

26.1.4.to be involved in lawyers' continuous trainings and to maintain definite credit hours;

26.1.5.not to disclose information illegally that is accessed during the performance of the professional obligations of lawyer; 

26.1.6.not to make any illegal actions against civil rights and legal interests;

26.1.7.to avoid from any relation or communications that may put him or her under the conflict of interest and dependence and to decline fulfilling others illegal requirements;

26.1.8.other obligations set forth in legislation.

26.2.The procedure on credit hours and completing them specified in Article 26.1.4 of this Law shall be approved by the Committee in charge of lawyers' continuous training issues of Bar Association stated in Article 53 of this Law.

26.3.Unpaid subsequent three months of membership fees stated in Article 26.1.2 of this Law without respectful reasons by a lawyer shall be considered as a ground to invalidate the lawyer's license to carry out professional activity by the Bar Association.

Article 27.Prohibitions on lawyers

27.1.The following actions are prohibited on lawyer's professional activities:

27.1.1.to violate the Professional rules of lawyers, with intent to violate it, knowingly help and incite to others to make such actions on purpose;

27.1.2.to make actions and violations that influence negatively to lawyers' justice, confidence and other requirements;  

27.1.3.to deceive, betray and carry out illegally the activities to represent in court;

27.1.4.to carry out activities against the concept and legal principles of the Constitution of Mongolia; 

27.1.5.to influence government body and officials improperly, or to promise that can reach the results as wanted by violating legislation, and Professional rules of lawyers;

27.1.6.to lead or help judges and judicial officials to violate the judicial legislation on purpose; 

27.1.7.to use counterfeit testimonies and other evidences on purpose to the professional activities of lawyer;

27.1.8.to purchase property and property rights of his or her client and other persons who are affected by the professional activity of lawyer under his or her name and under other persons' name or acquire and own with other methods.  

27.2.Other prohibitions on lawyer's professional activities unless stated in this Law shall be determined by law.

Article 28.Informing the violations on lawyer's professional activities

28.1.A lawyer shall be obliged to inform to the Committee of professional responsibility about any actions that violate this Law and Lawyers Professional rules. 

28.2.The obligation of a lawyer on notification stated in Article 28.1 of this Law shall not require to disclose the information stated in Article 33.1 of this Law and the information included in state and official secret, personal sensitive information acquired during the implementing the certain functions of the Bar Association.

/This paragraph was amended by the law as of December 17, 2021/

Article 29.Responsibilities to be held on the violations of lawyer's professional activities

29.1.Lawyers violated this Law and Professional rules of lawyers shall be held following responsibilities by the Professional responsibility committee:

29.1.1.closed and open warning;

29.1.2.to suspend the representative rights in court for definite and indefinite terms;

29.1.3.to suspend the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer for definite and indefinite terms;

29.1.4.to invalidate the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer for definite and indefinite terms. 

29.2.The warning to a lawyer who made a violation, solely means closed warning and the warning publicly means open warning.

29.3.If the Professional responsibility committee suspends the lawyer's representative rights in court and the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer for definite terms, the rights or the license shall be restored after expiration of the definite term.

29.4.If the lawyer's representative rights in court and the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer are suspended for indefinite terms, the Professional responsibility committee shall solve the issue to restore the representative rights in court and the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer every 6-month after the responsibility is being held based on the conclusion made by the Committee in charge ethical issues of the Bar Association. 

29.5.If the Professional responsibility committee invalidates the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer for definite terms, after the term is expired, the person may take the lawyer's professional re-examination in accordance with the Article 18 of this Law. 

29.6.If the Professional responsibility committee invalidates the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer for indefinite terms, the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer shall not be re-issued.

29.7.The Professional responsibility committee may impose an optional punishment of compulsory involvement in ethical and influence trainings and the violator shall be responsible for the expenses of these trainings.

Article 30.An advocate's rights to represent in court

/This article was invalidated by the law as of January 15, 2021/

30.1.After obtaining the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer, a lawyer shall be registered to the Supreme Court in order to open the rights to represent in court and shall be registered in the list of advocates names stated in the Article 34 of this Law.

30.2.A lawyer who desires to open the rights to represent in court shall be insured with advocate's responsibility insurance, obligatorily.

30.3.A lawyer shall enclose following documents to the application for being registered by the Supreme Court:

30.3.1.copy of the license for carrying out professional activity of lawyer;

30.3.2.copy of advocate's responsibility insurance letter. 

30.4.After the lawyer is listed in advocates' names, his or her rights to represent in court shall be opened. 

30.5.The advocate's rights to represent in court shall be limited by this Law, only.

30.6.An advocate is a free and independent specialist who is authorized to represent in court, to participate to judicial proceedings /hereinafter referred to as "provide advocacy service"/.

Article 31.A prosecutor's rights to represent in court

31.1.If a lawyer is appointed as a prosecutor his or her rights to represent in court shall be opened by taking prosecutor's oath.   

Article 32.Requirements for specialized lawyers

32.1.A lawyer may use term of a specialized lawyer before the court according to his or her representing area.

32.2.If the term stated in Article 32.1 of this Law is used, following requirements shall be provided, obligatorily: 

32.2.1.specializes an area before the court, carries out the advocacy service in this area to greater extent and desires to get the term of the specialized lawyer with it; 

32.2.2.being a member of a relevant committee in charge of this area of the Bar Association at three years;

32.2.3.at least two third of credit hours to be obtained every three years with the continuous trainings as stated in Article 26.1.4 of this Law shall include the training content of this specialized area.

32.3.A lawyer shall not be entitled to use the term of a specialized lawyer if does not meet any of the requirements stated in Article 32.2 of this Law. 

Article 33.Confidentiality of a lawyer's professional activity

33.1.All information related to providing legal assistance by a lawyer shall regard to the confidentiality of the lawyer's professional activity. A lawyer shall not be entitled to disclose the information without the permission of a client.  

33.2.It is prohibited to investigate a lawyer as a witness or in other conditions and to take a testimony or explanation for clarifying the situations in accordance with the information acquired by a lawyer from any person who access for legal assistance and/or during the legal assistance by a lawyer to client.

33.3.A lawyer is prohibited to disclose the confidentiality of professional activity or to use it for own and third party's interests.

33.4.A lawyer shall keep the confidentiality of professional activity for indefinite term.  

33.5.A lawyer assistant or other personnel of his or her organization who know the confidentiality of professional activity of the lawyer shall be responsible to keep the confidentiality.

33.6.The confidentiality of lawyer's professional activity shall be protected by laws.  

33.7.The fact that a lawyer fulfilling the reporting obligation in accordance with the Law on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing shall not be considered as the breach of lawyer's confidentiality of professional activity. 

/This paragraph was added by the law as of April 26, 2018/ 

CHAPTER FIVE

ADVOCACY SERVICE

/This chapter was invalidated by the law as of October 18, 2019/

CHAPTER SIX

BAR ASSOCIATION

Article 44.Bar Association and its' membership

44.1.The Bar Association shall implement functions to establish the integrated standard of lawyers' professional reputation, activities and responsibility, to protect lawyers' interest, to increase their skills and abilities and other functions stated in the Article 45 of this Law.

44.2.Every lawyer shall be a member of the Bar Association.

44.3.Lawyers may establish a non-governmental organization joining voluntarily and the non-government organization founded by the lawyers may enjoy rights and assume obligations of a committee in the activities of the Bar Association if it is not contrary to this Law.

44.4.Prosecutors are prohibited to join to other professional and non-governmental organizations for the purpose other than increasing their reputation, responsibilities and supporting legal science and educational development.

/This paragraph was amended by the law as of January 15, 2021/

44.5.The Bar Association shall keep the record of unified registration of lawyers.

44.6.The procedure for registration stated in Article 44.5 of this Law shall be approved by Council of the Bar Association.

44.7.A lawyer may suspend from the membership of the Bar Association upon appointment as a judge.

/This paragraph was amended by the law as of January 15, 2021/

Article 45.Functions of the Bar Association

45.1.The Bar Association shall exercise following functions:

45.1.1.to organize lawyer's examination;

45.1.2.to issue, suspend and invalidate the license for carrying out professional

activity of lawyer;

45.1.3.to organize continuous and informal lawyers' trainings and to calculate credit hours;

45.1.4.to protect rights and legal interest of lawyers;

45.1.5.to approve and enforce lawyers' professional rules;

45.1.6.to establish and engage the committee of lawyers' professional responsibility;

45.1.7.to participate in organizing judge's selection;

/This sub-paragraph was invalidated by the law as of January 15, 2021/

45.1.8.to accredit law schools;

45.1.9.to provide assistance of a professional expert in legislative activities;

45.1.10.to support legal science development and to conduct researches in judicial practices and legal policy trends;

45.1.11.to organize policy influence in professional areas and lawyer's professional publicly beneficial activities;

/This sub-paragraph was amended by the law as of July 1, 2022/

45.1.12.to nominate for the member of Judicial General Council.

/This sub-paragraph was invalidated by the law as of January 15, 2021/

45.2.Government shall be responsible for an advocacy service fee for insolvent citizens that is stated in Article 45.1.11 of this Law. 

/This paragraph was invalidated by the law as of July 1, 2022/

45.3.The Bar Association shall approve the procedures for lawyer's professional publicly beneficial activities. 

Article 46.Lawyers congress

46.1.The highest self-governing organization of lawyers shall be Lawyers Congress.

46.2.The Lawyers Congress shall exercise following powers:

46.2.1.to approve the charter of Bar Association and make amendments and alterations thereto; 

46.2.2.to adopt the professional rules for lawyers and make amendments thereto;

46.2.3.to appoint the President of the Bar Association, to release and set his or her salary amount;

46.2.4.to approve and release a council member of the Bar Association;

46.2.5.to establish the committee in charge of professional responsibility, to approve and release its personnel;

46.2.6.to accept the report of Bar Association Council and to make recommendation;

46.2.7.to set fee amount of Bar Association membership;

46.2.8.other powers established by the charter of the Bar Association.

46.3.The regular meeting of Lawyers Congress shall be held once in two years and the Lawyers Congress shall appoint its chairman and establish its meeting order.

46.4. The Lawyers Congress shall be effective by the majority participation of delegations of lawyer.

46.5. The election procedure for lawyers' delegations to the Lawyers Congress shall be established by the charter of Bar Association. 

46.6. Lawyers' delegations to the Lawyers Congress shall be constituted with 40 percent of advocates, 40 percent of judges, prosecutors and 20 percent of other lawyers' delegations.

/This paragraph was invalidated by the law as of January 15, 2021/

46.7.The arranged time of convene and the agenda plan of the Lawyers Congress shall be announced by the President of Bar Association through daily media before 21 days of the congress.

46.8.The Lawyers Congress shall decide the agenda stated in Articles 46.2.1, 46.2.2 and 46.2.7 of this Law with the overwhelming majority votes of delegations participated to the congress and on other agenda with the majority votes of delegations participated to the congress, respectively and shall make resolution on agendas.

46.9.If a delegation of the Lawyers Congress is impossible to participate to the Lawyers Congress with respectful reasons, he or she may seal and put forward his or her proposal in written form.

46.10.The procedure on discussing the proposal put forward as stated in Article 46.9 of this Law shall be regulated with the meeting order.

Article 47.President of Bar Association

47.1.The President of Bar Association shall be hegemony as a lawyer, an ideal of Lawyer's reputation, prestige and ethics and shall be an expression of lawyers' stance and policy.

47.2.The term of the President of Bar Association power shall be two years and he or she shall not be re-elected. 

47.3.The President of Bar Association shall exercise following powers:

47.3.1.to announce the Lawyers Congress by arranging with Bar Association council;

47.3.2.to chair a meeting of Bar Association council;

47.3.3.to represent the Bar Association abroad and domestically;

47.3.4.to nominate a nominee to a head of Bar Association Secretariat and to Bar Association council;

47.3.5.to elect the member of Judicial General Council from the nominees nominated by board of directors of judges committee under Bar Association stated in the Article 61 of this Law and suggest him/her to the President of Mongolia;

/This sub-paragraph was invalidated by the law as of January 15, 2021/

/This sub-paragraph was modified by the law as of September 07, 2012/

47.3.6.other power set forth in this Law and the charter of Bar Association.

47.4.The President of the Bar Association shall not participate in administrative activities of the Bar Association.

Article 48.Bar Association Council

48.1.The Bar Association Council /hereinafter referred to as "the Council"/ shall be a collective leadership organization obliged to provide daily activities of Bar Association with management and to determine its policy.

48.2.The Council comprises not less than 30 members and the Council members shall be delegations from the committees stated in Article 49.4 of this Law.  

48.3.The Council comprises one delegation from law school students and lawyers who do professional practice for taking lawyers examination, respectively, in addition to comprising Council members stated in Article 48.2 of this Law.  

48.4.The term of Council member power shall be three years and a member may be re-elected once and the power of a council member stated in Article 48.3 of this Law shall be one year.

48.5.The council member stated in Article 48.3 of this Law shall attend a council meeting without voting rights.

48.6.The council shall convene at least once in a quarter.

48.7.The council meeting shall become effective by the participation of majority of council members stated in Article 48.2 of this Law and decisions shall be approved by majority voting of members attended in the meeting.

48.8.The President of Bar Association shall not have a voting right except that voting of members attended in the meeting is equal.

48.9.The Council shall exercise following powers:

48.9.1.to discuss and approve the work plan of Bar Association and supervise on its implementation;

48.9.2.to discuss Lawyers professional rule and proposals for amendments and to submit it to Lawyers Congress and to discuss the implementation report on By-laws of lawyers professional;

48.9.3.to approve other procedures and regulations stated in this Law;

48.8.4.to establish other Directional committees except a Professional responsibility committee and to appoint its' chairman for two-year term;

48.9.5.to ratify other committees except than a Functional committee;

48.9.6.to appoint and release the Supervisory Council /hereinafter referred to as "Supervisory Council"/ personnel of the Bar Association;

48.9.7.to appoint and release a head of Lawyers Association Secretariat /hereinafter referred to as "Head of Secretariat"/ and to set his or her salary amount;

48.9.8.to approve the structure, staffs and set personnel salary amount of Lawyers Association Secretariat /hereinafter referred to as "Secretariat"/;  

48.9.9.to discuss and approve the budget, operational and financial statements of Bar Association;

48.9.10.to establish and to liquidate the local subsidiary units of Bar Association;

48.9.11.to discuss and resolve applications made by lawyers on the issues related to management, organization and activities of Bar Association and to submit to Lawyers Congress for discussion, if necessary;

48.9.12.to supervise on the implementation of this Law and Chapter of Bar Association, and procedures approved by the Bar Association;

48.9.13.to establish, change and liquidate organizational structure of association other than stated in this Law and Charter of Bar Association.

48.10.The Council's decision shall be in the form of a resolution.

48.11.The Council's meeting shall be conducted openly and decision shall be informed, publicly.

Article 49.Committees of the Bar Association

49.1.The Bar Association shall implement its functions through the committees.

49.2.The committees stated in this Law to be responsible for certain obligations of the Bar Association shall be named as "Functional committee" and the Functional committee shall be responsible and shall report its activities to the Council.

49.3.Functional committee meeting shall become effective with the majority participation of members and the meeting decision shall be approved with the majority vote of the members who attended to the meeting and in case of equal vote, the decision shall be approved by the vote of the committee chairman.

49.4.Association members may join voluntarily and may establish a committee in legal areas, qualification and in special issues. 

49.5.A committee stated in Article 49.4 of this Law shall meet following requirements:

49.5.1.number of members joined to the committee shall be not less than 20;

49.5.2.proper name of the committee, the legal area, determines it, qualification and special interest shall not be duplicated with other committees that are conducting their activities;

49.5.3.the committee activities shall not be contrary with the functional committee activities;  

49.6.The council shall not ratify the committee that does not meet the requirements stated in Article 49.5 of this Law.

49.7.The committee chairman stated in Article 49.4 of this Law shall be elected by the committee members among them and the committee chairman's term of power shall be two years.

49.8.Each committee stated in Article 49.4 of this Law shall elect a representative, respectively among them for the membership of the Council personnel and if a committee member is 50 or more, two, if 100 and more, three, if 200 and more, four members shall be elected as representatives, respectively and the maximum limit of representatives in one committee Council shall be four.

49.9.A lawyer is entitled to be subject to committees not more than three and to participate to the activities of the Bar Association. 

49.10.If a lawyer works as a member of Functional committee, he or she may work for not more than five committees including the Functional committee and other committees. The provision in this article shall not be contrary to the maximum limit to be subject to other committees other than Functional committee as stated in Article 49.9 of this Law. 

49.11.The committee stated in Article 49.4 of this Law may impose different dues other than the membership fees of the Bar Association.

49.12.The relations of the Functional committee that are not regulated with this Law shall be regulated with the Charter of the Bar Association.

49.13.The relations of the committees other than the Functional committee that are not regulated with this Law shall be regulated with the rule of each committee.

Article 50.Тhe Secretariat

50.1.The Secretariat shall organize daily activities of the Bar Association and its Functional committees and shall support the activities of other committees.

50.2.The Secretariat shall be managed by the Head of the Secretariat.

50.3.The Head of the Secretariat and other personnel shall be persons who are not licensed to carry out lawyer's professional activities and if licensed to carry out lawyer's professional activities, the license shall be suspended.

50.4.Head of the Secretariat shall be responsible for preparing and printing the name and address inquiry of advocates.

50.5.The power of the Head of the Secretariat shall be set by the Charter of the Bar Association.  

Article 51.The Supervisory council

51.1.The Supervisory council shall exercise the function of supervising on property accumulation and consumption, and financial activities of the Bar Association.  

51.2.The Supervisory  council shall comprise a personnel of five members of lawyers and they shall be appointed for three years of term.

This paragraph was amended by the law as of January 15, 2021/

Article 52.A committee in charge of lawyers' professional examination issues

52.1.The Committee in charge of lawyers' professional examination issues under the Bar Association /hereinafter referred to as "Examination committee"/ shall comprise a personnel of 13 members including representatives of the Bar Association and lawyer professors.  

/This paragraph was amended by the law as of January 15, 2021./

52.2.The Examination committee's composition shall be approved by the Council.

52.3.The Examination committee shall exercise following powers:

52.3.1.to set up an Examination commission responsible for organizing lawyers' examination; 

52.3.2.to develop a procedure for organizing the lawyers' examination and submit it to the Council for approval;  

52.3.3.to settle complaints related to organization of a lawyers' examination and to assessment of task performance. 

52.4.The Examination committee shall set up an Examination commission on each occasion of organizing the lawyers' examination. 

52.5.The Examination commission's composition shall be constituted with the Secretariat official in charge of examination and a representative from state central administrative body in charge of legal affairs, obligatorily except including personnel as stated in Article 8.2 of this Law.  

52.6.The Examination commission shall exercise following functions: 

52.6.1.to organize lawyers' examination stated in the Article 7 of this Law;

52.6.2.to evaluate or assess task performance of the examinees' test and problem examinations; 

52.6.3.to unify the grades of a lawyers' examination, accurately and truthfully and to deliver to the Examination committee; 

52.6.4.to develop proposals on refining the task formulation of the examination and, evaluation and assessment methods for task performance.  

52.7.Members of the examination commission other than the Secretariat official in charge of examination and a representative from state central administrative body in charge of legal affairs shall be awarded with an incentive payment. 

52.8.The Council shall set up the procedure for exercising the functions stated in Article 52.6 of this Law and awarding incentive payment stated in Article 52.7 of this Law.

Article 53.A committee in charge of lawyers' continuous training issues

53.1.A committee in charge of lawyers' continuous training issues under the Bar Association /hereinafter referred to as "Training committee"/ shall comprise personnel of 13 members including representatives from committees under the Bar Association and representatives of lawyer professors. 

53.2.A Training committee shall implement the functions to determine lawyers' training policy, basic trends and forms, monitor and discuss the curriculum developed for lawyers' continuous trainings, to vote instructors to conduct trainings, to make a conclusion on training progress and results, to develop methodologies and rules for calculating the credit hours of continuous trainings and to submit it to the Council for an approval.

53.3.The Training committee shall be responsible for constituting the training system based on quality, sufficiency and mandatory learning contents of lawyers' continuous trainings, including other committees under the Bar Association for organizing lawyers' continuous trainings.

Article 54.A committee in charge of lawyers' professional rules and ethical issues

54.1.A committee in charge of lawyers' professional rules and ethical issues under the Bar Association /hereinafter referred to as "Ethical committee"/ shall organize the works as developing proposals for Lawyers' professional rules stated in the Article 25 of this Law and its supplement and annexes, to analyze the implementation of Lawyers' professional rules and to organize lawyers' ethical trainings, to develop the content and methodology of the curriculum, to determine the training results, to conduct researches on lawyers' ethical issues and etc. 

54.2.Lawyer professors conduct researches on lawyers' ethical issues, teach at law school in this field and lawyers aspire to be an ideal for lawyers ethically shall join to the Ethical committee, voluntarily.  

54.3.A member of the Ethical committee may work as an expert who shall make conclusions on personalities of lawyers who are nominated as members of Professional responsibility committee.  

/This paragraph was amended by the law as of January 15, 2021/

54.4.The Ethical committee shall introduce the proposals of Lawyers' Professional rules and its amendment and annexes, and the implementation reports on the Lawyers' Professional rules to the Council.  

Article 55.The  period of lawyers' trainings

55.1.The lawyers' continuous and ethical trainings shall be organized once in a year, at least.  

Article 56.A committee in charge of issues protecting rights and legal interest of lawyers

56.1.A committee in charge of issues protecting rights and legal interest of lawyers /hereinafter referred to as "Committee to protect lawyers' rights"/ shall comprise personnel of 13 members including representatives from committee members of prosecutors and advocates, and other specialists as well as representatives from lawyers' committees under the Bar Association set up in other qualified areas.   

/This paragraph was amended by the law as of January 15, 2021/

56.2.The committee to protect lawyers' rights shall comprise three representatives from each committee of prosecutors and advocates, respectively and totally four representatives from other lawyers' committees.

/This paragraph was amended by the law as of January 15, 2021/

56.3.The committee to protect lawyers' rights shall be obliged to provide human rights, freedom and justice by protecting lawyers' rights and legal interests, and supporting such activities.  

56.4.The committee to protect lawyers' rights shall implement its' functions stated in Article 56.3 of this Law by its own initiatives and assignment of the Bar Association in the situation of the common interest of lawyers is raised.   

56.5.The committee to protect lawyers' rights shall set up commissions by collaborating with State General Prosecutor Office if prosecutors' rights and legal interests are offended and by collaborating with Advocates' committee if advocates' rights and legal interests are offended, respectively.

/This paragraph was amended by the law as of January 15, 2021/

Article 57.A committee in charge of the accreditation of law schools

57.1.A committee in charge of the accreditation of law schools /hereinafter referred to as "Accreditation committee"/ shall organize the works as developing the accreditation procedure of law schools, integrated requirements for law schools and providing their implementation.

57.2.The Accreditation committee shall comprise mutually equal representatives from members of a committee in charge of supporting legal science and legal education development issues /hereinafter referred to as "Committee to support legal science and education development"/ and lawyer professors. 

57.3.The Accreditation committee personnel may comprise representatives from law school students.  

Article 58.Accreditation of law schools

58.1.A law school shall meet the requirements set up by the Bar Association except meeting the requirements stated in Law on higher education.

58.2.The Bar Association shall set up following requirements to law schools for satisfying the lawyers' requirements stated in this Law:

58.2.1.appropriate curriculum standards of legal education;

58.2.2.standards on teaching staff of law schools;

58.2.3.standards on educational environment of law schools;

58.2.4.standards on mandatory knowledge and skills obtained by law school students.

58.3.A student who obtains lawyer's professional education and who is prepared as a lawyer shall collect 120 credit hours when graduating from the school and his or her study period shall not be less than four years. 

58.4.The credit hours stated in Article 58.3 of this Law shall be expressed with the professional subjects' content in appropriate curriculum standards of legal education approved by the Bar Association.

58.5.The Bar Association shall implement its function to accredit law schools by setting up an accreditation commission.

58.6.The accreditation commission stated in Article 58.5 of this Law shall be authorized in accordance with the provisions set forth 26.2 of Law on Education and the rule of the commission shall be adopted by the President of the Bar Association and the Cabinet Member in charge of education issues, cooperatively.

58.7.Accredited law schools shall be reviewed every six years.

Article 59.Providing professional expert assistance and policy influence to legislative activities

59.1.The works for providing professional expert assistance to legislative activities by the request of State Great Khural shall be organized by the Secretariat cooperating with appropriate committees. 

59.2.The Bar Association shall represent the lawyers' stance of legal policy issues before State Great Khural, the Government and Constitutional Court.  

59.3.The Bar Association shall implement the issues of organizing the policy influence works through its' Secretariat and under it, the Consultants Council shall work.

59.4.The Consultants Council stated in Article 59.3 of this Law shall comprise the President of Bar Association, Chairperson of Constitutional Court, Chief Judge of State Supreme Court, State General Prosecutor and the lawyers who used to work as members of State Great Khural and the Government unless their current position is limited with holding double positions.  

59.5.The Bar Association may have a study and research unit under it that supports in policy issues.

59.6.The Council shall approve the operational organization, structure and composition of the Consultants Council stated in Article 59.3 of this Law.

Article 60.Participating in the judge's selection

/This article was invalidated by the law as of January 15, 2021/ 

Article 61.Nominating the Member of Judicial General Council

/This article was invalidated by the law as of January 15,2021/

61.1.Judges Committee under the Bar Association shall organize the selection of nominees for the member of Judicial General Council.

/This paragraph was amended by the law as of September 7, 2012/

61.2.Judges Committee under the Bar Association shall, in addition to approving ethical code of judges, inform the advertisement on conducting the selection stated in 61.1 of this Law at least 30 days before the selection date, through media, publicly and the advertisement shall contain detailed information including nominating conditions and procedures, timeline and place of accepting applications, registering and selecting the nominees.

/This paragraph was amended by the law as of January 17, 2013/  

61.3.Mongolian citizens who meet the proper conditions and requirements shall be entitled to nominate himself/herself for the member of Judicial General Council.

/This paragraph was amended by the law as of September 7, 2012/

61.4.A person stated in Article 61.3 of this Law /hereinafter referred to as "the Applicant"/ shall enclose following documents to the application to be nominated as a member of Judicial General Council:

/This paragraph was amended by the law as of September 7, 2012/

61.4.1.copy of national identity card of Mongolia;

61.4.2.copy of license to carry out professional activity of lawyer;

61.4.3.police reference letter certifies that has not been sentenced; 

61.4.4.filled out preliminary private interest and income declaration form. 

61.5.In case of delivering documents stated in Articles 61.4.1 and 61.4.2 of this Law through registered post, they shall be notarized.

61.6.Judges committee shall register an applicant regarding to that an applicant meets with the proper conditions and requirements stated in Article 62.3 of this Law and that the documents enclosed to the application are accurate and truthful and shall inform it publicly via webpage of the Bar Association and Judicial General Council. 

61.7.The Board of Judges Committee shall discuss each applicant by secret voting, select three nominees at least by majority votes and shall submit to the President of Bar Association within five days. If the Council considers necessary, shall elicit ethical conclusion for each nominee.

Article 62.Organization and financing of the Bar Association

62.1.A commission to be set up by the Bar Association and its Functional committee shall be one-time.  

62.2.The relations related to organization and activities of the Bar Association that are not regulated with this Law shall be regulated by the Chapter of Bar Association.  

62.3.The financing of the Bar Association shall be constituted with membership fees, donation, lawyers' professional examination fee, tuition fee and publication profits.  

62.4.The Bar Association may be funded with government financing, state and foreign organization's donation and aids in order to perform certain obligations under agreements.  

62.5.The financial statement and reports of the Bar Association shall be open for public, the financial auditing shall be made biennially and shall be reported to its members.

CHAPTER SEVEN

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMITTEE AND ITS' WORK RULES

/This chapter was invalidated by the law as of January 15, 2021/

Article 63.Professional responsibility committee and its' power

63.1.The Professional responsibility committee shall be obliged to implement obligations such as making a conclusion on a lawyer's professional activity breaches, disciplinary and ethical statuses by q request of the Bar Association, settling disputes /hereinafter referred to as "dispute"/ on whether a lawyer violates this Law and Lawyer's professional rules or wavering about a lawyer's professional ability in accordance with a complaint and to held responsibility to a lawyer as stated in Article 29.1 of this Law.

63.2.The Professional responsibility committee shall be comprising 30 members and a member's term of power shall be three years. The member of Professional responsibility committee may be re-elected one time.

63.3.The Professional responsibility committee shall be comprised with respectful lawyers and the committee personnel shall include 18 representatives from judges and 6 representatives from prosecutors and advocates, respectively. 10 of judge members of the Professional responsibility committee shall be from primary level court judges, 6 shall be from judges of court of appeal and 2 shall be from judges of control level court.   

63.4.The nominating rights for judge members of the Professional responsibility committee shall be retained to prosecutors' and advocates' committees under the Bar Association, the nominating rights for prosecutor members shall be retained to judges' and advocates' committees under the Bar Association and the nominating rights for advocate members shall be retained to judges' and prosecutors' committees under the Bar Association, respectively.   

63.5.It is prohibited to include a judge from administrative court of appeal to the personnel of the Professional responsibility committee. 

63.6.A member who worked for the Professional responsibility committee for longest period shall be head of the committee and if there are two or more members who worked for longest period, the committee shall organize an election within the committee and shall elect its' chairman. 

63.7.The chairman of Professional responsibility committee shall manage the work group as stated in Article 63.10 of this Law.  

63.8.The Professional responsibility committee shall settle disputes with the personnel of five members and it comprises three judges and one prosecutor and an advocate, respectively.

63.9.The Council shall approve the rule in relation with the appointment of a personnel to settle dispute allocation and dispute proceedings of the Professional responsibility committee.  

63.10.The Professional responsibility committee shall have a work group responsible for showing technical and organizational assistance in dispute proceedings and the Council shall approve the personnel and work rules of the work group.

63.11.Professional responsibility committee shall supervise and ensure whether the person carrying lawyer's professional operation performs the obligation to notify specified in Article 4.1.9 of the Law Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism.  

/This paragraph was added by the law as of October 10, 2019/

Article 64.Dispute initiating and proceedings

64.1.The Professional responsibility committee shall settle the issue whether to initiate disputes stated in Article 63.1 of this Law by the request and complaint of appropriate person.  

64.2.If a complaint or a request is delivered in relation with a lawyer, the Professional responsibility committee shall be entitled to initiate a dispute without regard to civil or criminal proceedings take place in relation with the lawyer's professional activities.

64.3.The dispute settling personnel of the Professional responsibility committee shall be entitled to appoint an independent expert for the purpose of collecting information and eliciting professional conclusion in relation to the dispute.

64.4.Dispute proceedings of the Professional responsibility committee shall be carried out in accordance with the procedures of criminal proceedings principles and the Council shall approve the procedure.   

/This paragraph was amended by the law as of May 18, 2017/

64.5.The Professional responsibility committee shall settle following disputes:

64.5.1.the dispute initiated between an advocate and a client by the complaint of the client; 

64.5.2.the dispute initiated in relation with a judge's, a prosecutor's and an advocate's violation against Lawyer's professional rules or wavering about a lawyer's professional ability by the complaint of a judge, a prosecutor, notary and an advocate;

64.5.3.the dispute initiated in relation with a lawyer's violation of this Law and legal decisions and tasks of the Bar Association by the request of the Bar Association.  

64.6.Judge's complaint stated in Article 64.5.2 of this Law shall be made by Chief judge of all level court, prosecutor's complaint by Aimag, the capital city and district prosecutors and State General Prosecutor, advocate's complaint by advocates' committee under the Bar Association, notary's complaint by the Notary Chamber of Mongolia, respectively.

/This paragraph was amended by the law as of May 30, 2019/  

64.7.The request of the Bar Association stated in Article 64.5.3 of this Law shall be made by proper committees and if any structure of the Bar Association other than the committees prepares to make a complaint, the Secretariat shall represent it.  

64.8.State General Prosecutor may request the Professional responsibility committee to suspend and invalidate the license for carrying out professional activities of lawyers who are discharged from prosecutor's office.  

64.9.The Bar Association shall be responsible for the expenses of dispute proceedings.

Article 65.Appealing before a court against the decision of Professional responsibility committee                 

65.1.If dispute party and its' representative disagree with the decision of Professional responsibility committee, they have a right to file appeal complaint to administrative court of appeal within 14 days after receipt of the decision.

65.2.The appeal stated in Article 65.1 of this Law shall be filed through the Professional responsibility committee.

/This paragraph was invalidated by the resolution No.08 as of Constitutional court on November 4, 2015/ 

65.3.The appeal stated in Article 65.1 of this Law shall be accepted by an official of work group under the Professional responsibility committee, shall introduce to dispute party and its' representatives, shall take their explanation and shall enclose to the case material.

/This paragraph was invalidated by the resolution No.08 as of Constitutional court on November 4, 2015/

65.4.The Professional responsibility committee shall enclose the explanation made by dispute party and its' representatives to the appeal and shall deliver it and other related materials of the dispute to administrative case court of appeal within three days after receiving the dispute.

/This paragraph was invalidated by the resolution No.08 as of Constitutional court on November 4, 2015/

65.5.If there is an appeal is filed, the decision execution of the Professional responsibility committee shall be suspended.

65.6.If the dispute parties and their representatives exceed the term stated in Article 65.1 of this Law with respectful reasons, they shall request the Professional responsibility committee for resuming the term and the committee shall decide whether to provide the request by making a resolution.

65.7.Filing, accepting the appeal complaint, which is not regulated by this Law, shall be regulated by the Law on Administrative Procedure.

/This paragraph was revised by the law as of April 10, 2014 and second sentence was deleted by the law as of April 10, 2014, and amended by the law as of February 4, 2016/

Article 66.To be unauthorized to use the professional term of lawyer

66.1.If the license for carrying out the professional activity of lawyer is suspended or invalidated, the person is unauthorized to use the professional term of lawyer during the period of imposing the responsibility. 

CHAPTER EIGHT

MISCELLANEOUS

Article 67.Restrictions to government organizations and officials  

67.1.In other cases, as stated specific provisions in laws, government body and officials shall be restricted to make any action on influencing or disturbing to any activity of implementing this Law in appropriate ways and manner by the Bar Association.  

Article 68.Supervising on the implementation of Law on Legal Status of Lawyer  

68.1.The activities of the Bar Association on the implementation of Law on Legal Status of Lawyer shall be supported and supervised by the state central administrative body in charge of legal affairs.  

68.2.The implementation of Law on Legal Status of Lawyer shall be supervised by Legal Issues Standing Committee of State Great Khural. 

Article 69.Liability for the violators of the law

69.1.An individual or a legal entity who has breached this Law is subject to the liability in accordance with Criminal Law or Law on Violations.

/This paragraph was modified by the law as of December 4, 2015/  

Article 70.Entry into force of the law

70.1.This Law shall enter into force on April 15, 2013.

/This paragraph was amended by the law as of January 17, 2013/

 THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE GREAT KHURAL OF MONGOLIA DEMBEREL.D