On 26/05/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 26/05/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 26/05/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 01/06/2012.
50.
—(1) Every advocate and solicitor who has in force a practising certificate on the date of nomination as provided in section 51 shall vote for the election of the members of the Council as follows:
(a)
if he is an advocate and solicitor of not less than 12 years’ standing, he shall vote for the election of the members of the Council under section 49(1)(a);
(b)
if he is an advocate and solicitor of under 12 years’ but not less than 7 years’ standing, he shall vote for the election of the members of the Council under section 49(1)(b); and
(c)
if he is an advocate and solicitor of under 7 years’ standing, he shall vote for the election of the members of the Council under section 49(1)(c).
(2) Every advocate and solicitor who is required to vote for the election of the members of the Council in accordance with subsection (1) and who fails to do so shall not be entitled to apply for a practising certificate unless he —
(a)
satisfies the Registrar that he was not in Singapore at the time of the election or had a good and sufficient reason for not voting at the last election to the Council; or
(b)
pays a penalty of $500 which shall be credited to the Compensation Fund established under section 75.
[35/2001]
51.
—(1) The Council shall, in the month of September every year, fix and publish before the end of that month —
(a)
the date of nomination which shall be in the second week of the month of October that year;
(b)
the date of election which shall be in the last week of the month of October that year;
(c)
a convenient place in the Supreme Court building or elsewhere where the ballot shall take place; and
(d)
the names of 3 scrutineers.
[17/84]
(2) The annual election of the members of the Council shall take place within 21 days after the annual general meeting and shall, subject to section 53, be conducted in such manner as may be prescribed by rules made under section 59 on the date and place fixed by the Council in accordance with subsection (1).
[35/2001]
(3) If for any reason whatsoever it is necessary to elect all the elected members of the Council, the Council shall fix and publish —
(a)
the date of nomination which shall be not less than 7 days or more than 15 days from the date of the notice notifying members of the election;
(b)
the date of the election which shall be not less than 10 days or more than 15 days from the date of nomination;
(c)
a convenient place in the Supreme Court building or elsewhere where the ballot shall take place; and
(d)
the names of 3 scrutineers.
(4) The election under subsection (3) shall, subject to section 53, be conducted in such manner as may be prescribed by rules made under section 59 on the date and place fixed by the Council in accordance with that subsection.
[35/2001]
(5) Any accidental failure on the part of the Council to comply with this section or any rules made with respect to elections to the Council shall not invalidate an election.
52. Every nomination of a candidate for election —
(a)
shall be of a person qualified to be a candidate under section 49;
(b)
shall be in writing signed by not less than 2 persons qualified in a like manner under section 49 as the candidate nominated; and
(c)
shall name only one candidate and his consent shall be endorsed thereon.
53.
—(1) If only so many candidates are nominated for election to the Council as are required to be elected, those candidates shall be deemed to be elected; if fewer, the candidates nominated shall be deemed to have been elected and they together with the statutory members of the Council and the continuing elected members of the Council, if any, shall appoint further members to complete the required number to satisfy the requirements of section 49(1).
(2) If, at any election to be held under section 51(3), no nominations are made for the election of members of the Council, the Chief Justice shall, after consulting the statutory members of the Council, if any, appoint to be members of the Council a sufficient number of persons who satisfy the requirements as to standing set out in section 49(1).
(3) Members of the Council appointed under subsections (1) and (2) shall for all purposes of this Act be deemed to be elected members.
54.
—(1) Every Council of the Society constituted after an annual election shall take office on 1st January after that election and shall hold office until 31st December in that year or, if such is the case, until a Council takes office under subsection (2).
(2) Every Council constituted after an election under section 51(3) or after appointments made under section 53(2) shall take office from the day on which the members of that Council were elected or appointed, as the case may be, and shall hold office until 31st December next following.
55.
—(1) Any casual vacancy arising among the elected members of the Council shall be filled with all convenient speed by the Council by the appointment of a person qualified under section 49 as may be necessary, and any such new member shall hold office for so long as the member in whose place he is appointed would have held office.
(2) The continuing members of the Council may act provided there is a quorum notwithstanding any vacancy in the Council.
(3) No act done by or by the authority of the Council shall be invalid in consequence of any defect that is afterwards discovered in the election or qualification of the members or any of them.