of January 13, 2005 No. ZR-29
About legal profession
Accepted by National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on December 14, 2004
1. This Law establishes bases for the organization and implementation of lawyer activities in the Republic of Armenia and procedure of these activities, procedure for creation and management of lawyers of professional association, the status, including the rights and obligations of lawyers, the organization of training and retraining of lawyers, licensing of lawyer activities and the termination or suspension action of the license, the basis and procedure for disciplinary responsibility of lawyers, bases and procedure for provision of paid and voluntary free legal aid, and also other relations connected with lawyer activities in the Republic of Armenia.
The legislation on legal profession consists of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, the Code of civil procedure , the Administrative Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia and the Code of penal procedure of the Republic of Armenia, this Law and other legal acts.
The procedure established by this Law is single and is obligatory for all lawyers.
The legal profession is professional community of lawyers which, being institute of civil society, is not a part of the system of state bodies and local government bodies.
The legal profession acts on the basis of the principles of independence, respecting the rule of law, self-government and equality of lawyers.
1. The organizations are forbidden to use in the name the words "lawyer" in all its case forms or phrases including this word, and also use of foreign-language semantic translations of the word "lawyer", except for chambers of lawyers, lawyer academy and the organizations created by the lawyer for the purpose of implementation of lawyer activities.
1. Lawyer activities are type of human rights activities which are performed by the lawyer directed to implementation and protection of the rights, freedoms and interests of person receiving legal aid, all means and methods which are not prohibited by the Law.
2. The lawyer can perform the following activities:
1) consultation, including: consultation provision to principals about their rights and obligations, studying of documents, creation of other documents of legal nature (further - consultation);
2) representation, including representation in court (further - judicial representation);
3) protection on criminal proceedings;
4) in the cases and procedure provided by the law, rendering legal aid to the witness.
3. Only the lawyer, except for can perform the judicial representation provided by this Article or its organization in service quality provided periodically or on the paid bases:
1) cases of non-paid implementation of representation for close relatives, including: the parent, the child, the adoptive father adopted, native or nonnative (summary on the father or mother) the brother or the sister, the grandfather, the grandmother, the grandson (chka), and also parents of the spouse or the spouse, the son-in-law or the daughter-in-law;
2) cases when person represents the interests of the legal entity on paid or free basis, twenty and more percent of shares of the authorized capital or shares of which belong to it or persons specified in Item 1 of this part.
4. Only the lawyer can perform the protection on criminal proceedings provided by this Article.
5. Lawyer activities rendering legal aid by the lawyer to the employer based on the employment contract, except for the activities performed by the lawyer working for the lawyer is not considered.
6. Cases of implementation of judicial representation in civil legal proceedings by persons who are not lawyers are established by the Code of civil procedure of the Republic of Armenia.
1. The lawyer has the right to receive compensation for the services.
2. The amount of payment for lawyer activities is determined by the written agreement signed between the lawyer and the principal according to the procedure, established by the Civil code of the Republic of Armenia (further – the agreement).
3. With the consent of the lawyer legal aid can be given gratuitously.
4. The state guarantees free legal aid to persons, the stipulated in Article 41 this Law, in the cases and procedure provided by the same Article.
5. For the purpose of determination by courts, in connection with compensation of court costs (costs), the reasonable amount of payment of the lawyer, council of chamber of lawyers can found the average price list of payment of lawyer activities. The specified price list cannot be used in other purposes.
6. Payments for lawyer activities are made according to the procedure, established by the Law of the Republic of Armenia "About non-cash transactions".
1. The chamber of lawyers of the Republic of Armenia (further - Chamber of lawyers) is the professional, independent, self-governed non-profit organization of lawyers created on the basis of this Law which features are established by this Law. The chamber of lawyers acquires the status of the legal entity from the moment of registration in the procedure established by the Law.
2. Tasks of chamber of lawyers are:
1) protection of the rights and legitimate interests of the members in relations with state bodies and local self-government and the organizations, and also in court;
2) organization of process of licensing of lawyers;
3) organization of professional training of listeners of lawyers and retraining of lawyers;
4) control of observance by the members of requirements of this Law, the charter of chamber of lawyers and the set of rules of behavior of lawyers, and also fulfillment of requirements of the Law of the Republic of Armenia "About fight against money laundering and financing of terrorism" and the regulatory legal acts adopted on its basis;
5) taking measures in the direction of increase in the authority of legal profession;
6) in the cases provided by this Law for everyone equally to provide the right to available and effective free legal assistance;
7) to promote increase in public sense of justice and legal culture.
3. The chamber of lawyers can cooperate with lawyer structures of other countries, the international and other organizations.
4. The chamber of lawyers can perform personally business activity only in those cases if it serves implementation of the tasks provided by this Article. The chamber of lawyers has the right to be engaged personally only in the types of business activity provided by its charter.
1. Bodies of Chamber of lawyers are:
1) general meeting of Chamber of lawyers (further also – general meeting);
2) council of Chamber of lawyers (further also – council);
3) the disciplinary commission of Chamber of lawyers (further also – the disciplinary commission);
4) the qualification commission of Chamber of lawyers (further also – the qualification commission).
2. The provisions concerning bodies of Chamber of lawyers, established by this Law do not extend to general meeting if it is directly not provided by this Law.
3. Members of bodies of Chamber of lawyers do not earn reward, except as specified, provided by this Law and the charter of Chamber of lawyers.
4. Members of bodies of Chamber of lawyers can combine work in these bodies with lawyer activities.
5. The member of Chamber of lawyers can be elected in other body of Chamber of lawyers. The President of Chamber of lawyers (except for case when as obliges is the chairman of the board), his deputies, the head of office of the public defender, his deputies, members of council of board of Academy of legal profession cannot be members of any body of Chamber of lawyers, and in case of election as the member of any body of Chamber of lawyers of their power of the President of Chamber of lawyers, his deputy, the head of office of the public defender, his deputy, the member of council of board of Academy of legal profession stop if within ten days after election they do not refuse this status.
6. Powers of bodies of Chamber of lawyers, procedure for forming, task and function are established by this Law and the charter of Chamber of lawyers.
7. Members of council of Chamber of lawyers and other bodies of Chamber of lawyers, except for members of the qualification commission, are elected in rating procedure, but no more than two time in a row.
8. In case of early termination of powers of the member of bodies of Chamber of lawyers elected by general meeting instead of this member the following person who received according to the last elections of members of this body the greatest number of positive votes, but not the favourites, for the remained period of fixed term of the previous member, according to the procedure, established by the charter of Chamber of lawyers is involved.
9. Members of bodies of Chamber of lawyers by a majority vote elect the chairman of this body, except for the chairman of the board of Chamber of lawyers from the structure. The chairman of the qualification commission is elected of member lawyers of the qualification commission.
10. Meetings of body of Chamber of lawyers are convened by the chairman of this body as necessary. Meetings of body of Chamber of lawyers can be convened at the initiative of one third of members of this body, and meeting of council – also at the initiative of the President of Chamber of lawyers or, at least, thirty members of Chamber of lawyers.
11. The meeting of body of Chamber of lawyers is competent (has quorum) if, at least, a half of members of this body participates in it. At meetings of bodies of Chamber of lawyers members of these bodies vote and perform other powers personally. In the cases and procedure provided by the charter of Chamber of lawyers, meetings can be held also remotely or according to the procedure of poll.
12. Decisions of body of Chamber of lawyers are made by a simple majority vote members of this body, attendees at meeting if bigger number of votes is not provided by this Law or the charter of Chamber of lawyers. In case of equality of votes the chairman's voice at meeting is decisive.
13. Decisions of body of Chamber of lawyers become effective from the moment of publication according to the procedure, provided by the charter of Chamber of lawyers if other is not provided by this Law or the charter of Chamber of lawyers.
14. Powers of members of bodies of Chamber of lawyers stop:
1) in case of the expiration of their powers – from the moment of acceptance of powers by the following structure of relevant organ;
2) in case of filing of application about resignation;
3) in case of the termination or suspension of action of the license of the member of Chamber of lawyers;
4) in case of response of the members appointed on representation, the body (person) which provided them.
15. Powers of members of bodies of Chamber of lawyers stop:
1) in case of absence more than at half of meetings of this body within one year for temporary disability or other reasonable excuse;
2) in case of absence at least three time in a row or in general seven times at meetings of this body within one year for the disrespectful reason;
3) in case of periodic non-execution or improper execution of the job responsibilities provided by the law or the charter of Chamber of lawyers.
16. In the cases provided by part 15 of this Article, power of members of bodies of Chamber of lawyers (except for the chairman of the board of Chamber of lawyers) stop the decision made at least two thirds of voices of total number of members of relevant organ. The member of body of Chamber of lawyers whose question of the termination of powers is considered does not participate in vote, however has the right personally or through the representative to participate in this meeting of relevant organ, to produce the evidence and explanations.
17. If the chairman of relevant organ does not convene meeting for the solution of question of the termination of powers of the member or the chairman of body of Chamber of lawyers, it is convoked by, at least, three members of relevant organ.
18. Powers of the chairman of body of Chamber of lawyers stop in case of the termination of its powers of the member of Chamber of lawyers, and also submission of the resignation by it from position of the chairman of this body. Non-execution by the chairman of body of Chamber of lawyers of the obligations is the basis for the termination of its powers the decision made by, at least, two thirds of voices of total number of members of this body. Powers of the chairman of the board of Chamber of lawyers stop in case of the termination of its powers of the President of Chamber of lawyers.
19. In case of leave or business trip the chairman of body of Chamber of lawyers appoints replacing itself one of members of this body. In case of not appointment replacing and also temporary disability, the termination of powers of the chairman of body of Chamber of lawyers of the chairman of relevant organ the senior on age the member of this body, respectively, before its return from leave or business trip or election of the new chairman of this body replaces.
20. In case of the termination of powers of the member of the body of Chamber of lawyers appointed on representation, the body (person) which provided this member within 10 working days represents the new representative. If powers of the member of the body of Chamber of lawyers appointed on representation stop, the decision of relevant organ of Chamber of lawyers goes to the body (person) which provided the member whose powers were stopped which within 10 working days after receipt of the decision represents the new representative.
1. General meeting of Chamber of lawyers is supreme body of Chamber of lawyers which:
1) is approved by the charter of Chamber of lawyers and the code of behavior of the lawyer or the additions made to them or changes;
Disclaimer! This text was translated by AI translator and is not a valid juridical document. No warranty. No claim. More info
Database include more 50000 documents. You can find needed documents using search system. For effective work you can mix any on documents parameters: country, documents type, date range, teams or tags.
More about search system
If you cannot find the required document, or you do not know where to begin, go to Help section.
In this section, we’ve tried to describe in detail the features and capabilities of the system, as well as the most effective techniques for working with the database.
You also may open the section Frequently asked questions. This section provides answers to questions set by users.