CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR
LEGAL AND JUDICIAL AFFAIRS
ARTICLE 126
Scope of Co-operation
1.
In order to promote the achievement of the objectives of the Community as
set out in Article 5 of this Treaty, the Partner States shall take steps to
harmonise their legal training and certification;
and shall encourage the
standardisation of the judgements of courts within the Community.
2.
For purposes of paragraph 1 of this Article, the Partner States shall
through their appropriate national institutions take all necessary steps to:
(a)
establish a common syllabus for the training of lawyers and a
common standard to be attained in examinations in order to qualify
and to be licensed to practice as an advocate in their respective
superior courts;
(b)
harmonise all their national laws appertaining to the Community;
and
(c)
revive the publication of the East African Law Reports or publish
similar law reports and such law journals as will promote the
exchange of legal and judicial knowledge and enhance the
approximation and harmonisation of legal learning and the
standardisation of judgements of courts within the Community.
3.
For purposes of paragraph 1 of this Article, the Partner States may take
such other additional steps as the Council may determine.
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