61(1)Subject to subsection (2), except in an area or part of an area exempted from this section by the Legal Aid Committee, a duty counsel or person associated with him in the practice of law shall not act in the same matter for a person whom that duty counsel has represented or advised as duty counsel unless with the prior approval of the Provincial Director.

61(2)In an area or part of an area not exempted under subsection (1), a duty counsel or a person associated with him in the practice of law may subsequently act for a client in a matter in which duty counsel has previously represented or advised him as duty counsel where duty counsel certifies in writing in Form 23 to the area director that a prior solicitor and client relationship existed between the client and himself or between the client and the person associated with him in the practice of law.