LEGAL PROFESSION (PRACTISING CERTIFICATE) = RULES

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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT

(CHAPTER 161, SECTION 25(7))

LEGAL PROFESSION (PRACTISING CERTIFICATE) RULES

History

S 63/97

1990 REVISEDEDITION

1997 REVISEDEDITION

1998 REVISEDEDITION

R6
2010 REVISED=20 EDITION

[1st March 1997]
Arrangement of=20 Provisions

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1=20 Citation
2=20 Practice year
3=20 Time for application
4=20 Application for practising certificate to practise as locum=20 solicitor
5=20 Training requirements for locum solicitors
6=20 Evidence
7=20 Form of practising certificate

THE SCHEDULE

Actual = Provisions

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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT

(CHAPTER 161, SECTION 25(7))

LEGAL PROFESSION (PRACTISING CERTIFICATE) RULES

[1st March 1997]

Citation
1.These=20 Rules may be cited as the Legal Profession = (Practising Certificate)=20 Rules.

Practice=20 year
2.In these Rules, =93practice year=94 = means the period=20 from 1st April in any calendar year to 31st March in the next = ensuing=20 calendar year.

Time for=20 application
3.An application for a practising = certificate in=20 respect of a practice year shall not be submitted to the = Registrar=20 earlier than the month preceding the commencement of that = practice=20 year.

Application for = practising=20 certificate to practise as locum=20 solicitor
4.=97(1) In the case of an = application for=20 a practising certificate to practise as a locum solicitor,=20 section 25(1)(a) of the Act shall be modified by=20 replacing sub-paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv) with the following=20 sub-paragraphs:

=93(ii) the name of the Singapore law practice in which = he is or=20 will be practising, if he knows the name at the time of the=20 application; and

(iii) the principal address, and every other address=20 in Singapore, of the Singapore law practice in which he will be = practising, if he knows the address or addresses at the time of = the=20 application;=94.

(2) An application for a practising certificate = to practise=20 as a locum solicitor shall be accompanied by an undertaking by = the=20 applicant not to practise as a locum solicitor unless = such professional=20 indemnity relating to his practice as a locum solicitor = as prescribed in=20 rules made under section 75A of the Act has been obtained.

Training requirements for = locum=20 solicitors
5.=97(1) The training required for = the=20 purposes of section 26(1A)(b) of the Act =97

(a) shall comprise 10 hours of training approved = by the=20 Council, of which 6 hours shall relate to areas of = practice published=20 on the website of the Law Society for the purposes of this = rule; and

(b) shall have been undertaken and completed by=20 the solicitor during the period of 12 months immediately = preceding=20 his application for a practising certificate as a locum = solicitor.

(2) Training provided by any institution or body = named in a=20 list published on the website of the Law Society for the = purposes of this=20 rule, in the areas of practice referred to in = paragraph (1)(a),=20 shall be deemed to be approved by the Council for the purposes of = this=20 rule.

Evidence
6.The=20 Registrar or the Council may in his or its discretion require a = statutory=20 declaration or such other evidence as he or the Council may = consider=20 necessary in support of the facts, circumstances or particulars = contained=20 in any application or statement delivered under these Rules.

Form of practising=20 certificate
7.=97(1) Subject to paragraph (2), = a=20 practising certificate shall be in Form A or B set out in the=20 Schedule. =20

(2) A practising certificate to practise as a = locum solicitor=20 shall be in Form C set out in the Schedule.

THE SCHEDULE

Rule 7

FORM A

3D2010-SLREVED-161-R-6-1275342185-0001=20

FORM B

3D2010-SLREVED-161-R-6-1275342185-0002=20

FORM C

3D2010-SLREVED-161-R-6-1275342185-0003=20

3D2010-SLREVED-161-R-6-1275342185-0004=20

[G.N. Nos. S 63/97; S74/2000; S 209/2000; S = 72/2005; S=20 578/2006;S 659/2006; S 477/2008]

Requested version was=20 24 Feb 2011; Closest available version is 31 May 2010; Generated on 24 = Feb 2011=20 08:39:52(GMT+8).

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LEGAL PROFESSION ACT

(CHAPTER 161, SECTION 25(7))

LEGAL PROFESSION (PRACTISING CERTIFICATE) RULES

S 63/97

1990 REVISEDEDITION

1997 REVISEDEDITION

1998 REVISEDEDITION

R62010 REVISED=20 EDITION

[ Jump to: Front=20 Page / Arrangement of Provisions / Actual=20 = Provisions]

[ Jump to: Front=20 Page / Arrangement=20 of Provisions/ Actual Provisions=20 ]

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT

(CHAPTER 161, SECTION 25(7))

LEGAL PROFESSION (PRACTISING CERTIFICATE) RULES

THE SCHEDULE

FORM A

FORM B

FORM C

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R6
2010 REVISED=20 EDITION