Chapter 1 General Provisions Article 1 In order to improve the management system of the lawyer industry, give full play to the industry management role of the Lawyers Association, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of members, in accordance with the Lawyers Law of the People's Republic of China and the Lawyers Law of the People's Republic of China "Articles of Association of the Lawyers Association" to formulate this Article of Association.
Article 2 The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Lawyers Association (hereinafter referred to as the Association) is a social group legal person established in accordance with the law. It is a self-regulatory organization for lawyers in the region and implements industry management of lawyers in accordance with the law.
The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Lawyers Association is a collective member of the All-China Lawyers Association, and the local bar associations established in cities divided into districts (counties) are group members of this association.
Article 3 The purpose of this Association is to unite and educate members to safeguard the dignity of the Constitution and the law, be loyal to the lawyer's career, and abide by lawyer professional ethics and discipline; safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of members, improve the professional quality of members; strengthen the Industry self-discipline promotes the healthy development of the legal profession; it serves to govern the country according to law, comprehensively build a well-off society, build a socialist harmonious society, improve the socialist legal system, and promote social civilization and progress.
Article 4 The Association accepts the supervision and guidance of the Department of Justice of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the guidance of the All-China Lawyers Association.
Chapter 2 Members Article 5 In accordance with the provisions of the Lawyers Law of the People's Republic of China, individuals who have obtained a lawyer's practicing certificate in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are members of this association. Lawyers who join this association are also members of the All-China Lawyers Association.
Law firms, law firm branches, public law firms, and corporate legal affairs departments practicing in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are group members of this association.
Law firms that have been cancelled, as well as individual members whose lawyer practicing certificates have been revoked or transferred out of our district, will lose their membership in this association.
Article 6 Rights of individual members:
(1) Enjoy the right to elect and be elected by the Association;
(2) Maintain the rights of practicing lawyers of the Association Legitimate rights and interests;
(3) Participate in learning, training, professional research and experience exchange activities organized by the Association;
(4) Enjoy the welfare benefits organized by the Association;
(5) Use the association’s books, materials, networks, information and facilities;
(6) Propose opinions and suggestions on legislation, justice and administrative law enforcement to relevant departments through the association;
(7) Supervise the work of the association and make criticisms and suggestions.
Article 7 Obligations of members:
(1) Abide by the constitution and laws;
(2) Observe the association’s charter and implement the association’s resolutions;
(3) Observe the professional ethics and professional disciplines of lawyers, and abide by legal professional norms and standards;
(4) Accept the guidance, supervision and management of this Association, and complete the work entrusted by this Association ;
(5) Supervise and criticize the work of the Association. p>
(5) Pay membership fees on time in accordance with the regulations of the Association;
(6) Consciously safeguard the honor of the lawyer profession and maintain the unity of members;
(7) Fulfill legal aid obligations stipulated by law.
Article 8: Group members shall enjoy rights other than those in Paragraph 1 of Article 6 and shall bear the obligations stipulated in Article 7.
Chapter 3 Responsibilities of the Association Article 9 The Association shall perform the following responsibilities:
(1) Support members’ practice in accordance with the law, safeguard members’ legitimate rights and interests, and improve members’ practice guarantee system;
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(2) Formulate lawyers’ practice standards and supervise their implementation;
(3) Guide the standardized management of law firms;
(4) Summarize and exchange lawyer work experience, Improve members’ ability to practice law.
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(4) Summarize and exchange lawyers’ work experience and improve members’ professional standards;
(5) Educate, inspect and supervise lawyers’ professional ethics and practice disciplines;
(6) Formulate continuing education plans for lawyers, carry out lawyer training, formulate training plans for intern lawyers, and carry out pre-practice training;
(7) Handle complaints against members;
(8) Formulate member reward and punishment measures and supervise their implementation;
(9) Mediate disputes arising from members’ practice;
(10) Organize members’ external exchanges;
(11) Promote the work of lawyers and publish lawyer publications;
(12) Organize lawyer welfare projects;
(13) Guide the work of lower-level lawyer associations;
(14) Participate in legislative activities and make suggestions on legal system construction and lawyer system construction to relevant departments;
(15) Coordinate the work of relevant judicial administrative agencies;
(16) Other responsibilities entrusted by the judicial administrative department and the superior bar association;
(17) Other responsibilities stipulated in laws and regulations
Chapter 4 Organizational Structure 10. Article 1 The highest authority of the Association is the District Lawyers Congress.
The District Lawyers Congress is convened by the Association’s Standing Council if necessary. Convene the Lawyers’ Congress in advance or postpone it.
The representatives of the Lawyers’ Congress are elected or elected from individual members and a small number of judicial administrators with lawyer qualifications or legal professional qualifications who are responsible for management.
According to the needs of the Association, relevant personnel will be invited to participate in the Lawyers Congress as special representatives. The powers of the special representatives shall be determined by the Standing Council.
Article 11. The powers of the Lawyers Congress:
(1) Make suggestions to the All-China Lawyers Association on amending the "Articles of Association of the All-China Lawyers Association" and other major matters;
(2) Formulate and amend the Articles of Association of the Association;
(3) Discuss and decide the work policy, tasks and other major matters of the Association;
(4) Listen to and review the work report of the Council;
( 5) Review the audit report on the association’s dues revenue and expenditure;
(6) Elect and remove directors of the association;
(7) Review other matters proposed by the presidium of the conference.
Article 12 The Board of Directors of the Association is elected by the Regional Lawyers Congress. The Council is the permanent body of the Lawyers Congress and is responsible to the Lawyers Congress.
The term of the Council is three years. Article 3 The plenary meeting of the Board of Directors shall elect a president, several vice-presidents, and several executive directors.
According to work needs, an honorary president may be elected and several consultants may be hired.
When necessary, with the consent of two-thirds of the directors, individual directors, standing directors, and vice-chairmen may be elected or removed.
The president may be re-elected, but shall not serve more than two terms. If necessary, more than two-thirds of the directors of the board of directors can remove the president.
In principle, the vice president shall not be re-elected for more than two terms. Candidates for vice president and executive director should be updated by one-third for each term.
If a director fails to attend two consecutive meetings of the board of directors without any reason, he will be deemed to have automatically withdrawn from the membership.
Article 14 The plenary meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held at least once a year. If necessary, the meeting may be postponed or held in advance upon the decision of the Association's Executive Council. Article 15 The plenary meeting of the Board of Directors shall listen to the work report of the Standing Board, review the income and expenditure of membership fees, review the financial budget plan for the next year, and discuss and decide on major matters concerning the work of the Association.
Article 15: The Standing Council is the permanent body of the Association. The Standing Council is composed of the President, Vice President, and Executive Directors. The Standing Council shall exercise the powers of the Council when the Council is not in session.
Article 16 The Standing Council shall hold at least one meeting every six months to study and decide on major issues of the Association's work and to deploy the Association's work.
The meeting of the Standing Council is convened and chaired by the president. When necessary, the Vice President or Secretary General may be entrusted to convene and support the Standing Council meetings.
Article 17 The President’s Office Meeting is responsible for supervising and implementing various tasks assigned by the Standing Council. The president's office meeting consists of the president, vice president and secretary-general, and deputy secretary-general. The president convenes meetings regularly.
Article 18: The Association has established an executive agency, which is specifically responsible for implementing the resolutions and decisions of the Lawyers Congress, the Council, and the Standing Council, and undertaking the daily work of the Lawyers Association.
The association has a secretary-general and deputy secretary-general. The Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General are ex officio directors and standing directors, and are appointed by the Standing Council. The Secretary-General leads and organizes the work of the executive body of the association within the scope of authorization of the Standing Council. The Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General attend the President’s office meeting.
The working departments of the executive body of the Association are set up by the Standing Council as needed.
Article 19 The Association shall establish a Lawyers Disciplinary Committee to protect the legitimate rights and interests of lawyers in their practice.
Other special committees may be established upon decision of the Board of Directors.
Article 20 The Association may establish several special committees. Each committee shall have a director, several deputy directors, and several members. The establishment and adjustment of special committees and the selection of directors and deputy directors shall be decided by the Standing Council.
Based on the requirements and purposes of establishment, the professional committee organizes theoretical research and business exchanges, and formulates the scope and standards of lawyers' practice.
The Standing Council can hire experts, scholars and relevant leaders to serve as consultants to professional committees.
Chapter 5 Rewards and Punishments Article 21 The Association may reward members who modelly fulfill their membership obligations and make outstanding contributions to the development of the lawyer’s career; members who violate laws and lawyer professional norms may be rewarded. Necessary punishment can be given.
Article 22 If a member has any of the following circumstances, the Association shall commend, award or award an honorary title:
(1) Making significant contributions to safeguarding the interests of the country and the people Contributions;
(2) Making outstanding contributions to the construction of democracy and the legal system;
(3) Successfully handling cases that have a major impact on the country or the entire region and achieving remarkable results;
(4) Successfully handle a case that has a major impact across the country or the entire region, with outstanding results;
(5) Successfully handle a case that has a major impact across the country or the entire region, with outstanding results Remarkable; outstanding achievements;
(4) Actively exploring new areas of legal practice and outstanding achievements;
(5) Being recognized by party committees, government departments at all levels, and workers, youth, and Women and other social groups confer honorary titles;
(6) Other situations where rewards should be given.
Article 23 If a member commits any of the following acts, the Association will give him a warning, a notice of criticism, or cancel his membership depending on the circumstances:
(1) Violation of the Lawyers Law Act" and other laws and regulations;
(2) Violating the association's articles of association and lawyers' professional standards;
(3) Failure to perform member obligations;
(4) Violating lawyer professional ethics and lawyer practice discipline;
(5) Seriously violating social and public standards and affecting the image and honor of the lawyer profession.
For members’ violations of laws and disciplines, the Association has the right to propose administrative penalties to administrative agencies with disciplinary powers.
Article 24 If a member is suspended from practicing by the judicial administrative department due to illegal or disciplinary behavior, he shall not enjoy the right to vote, the right to be elected and other rights of members of the association during the period of suspension of practice.
Chapter 6 Funding Article 25 The funding sources of the association include:
(1) Membership fee income;
(2) National financial appropriation;
(3) Social donations;
(4) Other legal income.
Article 26 Membership fees are mainly used for:
(1) Convening lawyers’ congresses, councils, standing councils, as well as work meetings, business seminars, commendation meetings, Exchange activities, etc.;
(2) Protect historical and legitimate rights and interests, and reward and punish members for their work;
(3) Lawyers’ committees and professional committees carry out activities;
(4) Other legal income.
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(4) Various expenses of the executive body of the association;
(5) Provide learning materials and training for members;
(6) Organize members Carry out welfare services;
(7) Support group members in poor areas;
(8) Lawyers participate in international exchange activities and carry out exchanges with lawyer organizations in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao;
(9) Publicity of the lawyer’s career;
(10) Other necessary expenses.
Article 27 The specific management measures for membership fees will be formulated separately and submitted to the Lawyers Congress or the Board of Directors for discussion and approval.
Chapter 7 Supplementary Provisions Article 28 The headquarters of this association is located in Nanning City.
Article 29 The Articles of Association of this Association shall be interpreted by the Standing Council.
Article 30 This Article of Association shall be revised by the District Lawyers Congress. When necessary, supplementary provisions may be made to this Articles of Association upon the proposal of more than two-thirds of the directors at the plenary meeting of the Association's Standing Council.
Article 31 This Article of Association shall come into effect from the date of adoption by the Association’s Sixth Member Congress.
Article 22 This Charter shall be submitted to the All-China Lawyers Association and the Department of Justice of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for filing.