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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Legal Profession Act

This Legislative History is provided for the convenience of users of the Legal Profession Act. It is not part of this Act.
1.	Act 57 of 1966—Legal Profession Act 1966
	Date of First Reading	:	5 December 1966 (Bill No. 57/66 published on 6 December 1966)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	21 December 1966
	Date of commencement	:	9 January 1967 (sections 1, 2, 141, 146 and 147) 11 February 1967 (remaining provisions of the Act)
2.	Act 16 of 1967—Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 1967
	Date of First Reading	:	24 May 1967 (Bill No. 11/67 published on 27 May 1967)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	29 June 1967
	Date of commencement	:	14 July 1967
3.	1970 Revised Edition (Cap. 217)—Legal Profession Act (Chapter 217)
	Date of operation	:	31 July 1971
4.	Act 16 of 1970—Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 1970
	Date of First Reading	:	9 March 1970 (Bill No. 6/70 published on 13 March 1970)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	30 March 1970
	Date of commencement	:	12 June 1970
5.	Act 10 of 1972—Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 1972
	Date of First Reading	:	7 March 1972 (Bill No. 7/72 published on 10 March 1972)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	23 March 1972
	Date of commencement	:	12 May 1972
6.	Act 16 of 1976—Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 1976
	Date of First Reading	:	23 July 1976 (Bill No. 12/76 published on 26 July 1976)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	3 September 1976
	Date of commencement	:	24 September 1976
7.	Act 13 of 1978—Statutes of the Republic of Singapore (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1978
	Date of First Reading	:	13 March 1978 (Bill No. 15/78 published on 14 March 1978)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	23 March 1978
	Date of commencement	:	1 April 1977
8.	Act 11 of 1979—Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 1979
	Date of First Reading	:	5 March 1979 (Bill No. 6/79 published on 12 March 1979)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	30 March 1979
	Date of commencement	:	15 October 1979
9.	Act 5 of 1981—Statutes of the Republic of Singapore (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1981
	Date of First Reading	:	17 February 1981 (Bill No. 1/81 published on 20 February 1981)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	6 March 1981
	Date of commencement	:	24 April 1981
10.	1982 Reprint—Legal Profession Act (Chapter 217)
	Date of operation	:	1 November 1982
11.	Act 17 of 1984—Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 1984
	Date of First Reading	:	29 June 1984 (Bill No. 12/84 published on 9 July 1984)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	25 July 1984
	Date of commencement	:	17 August 1984
12.	Act 30 of 1986—Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 1986
	Date of First Reading	:	25 August 1986 (Bill No. 20/86 published on 29 August 1986)
	Date of Second Reading	:	22 September 1986
	Date Committed to Select Committee	:	22 September 1986
	Date of Presentation of Select Committee Report	:	16 October 1986 (Parl 7 of 1986)
	Date of Third Reading	:	27 October 1986
	Date of commencement	:	31 October 1986
13.	1985 Revised Edition—Legal Profession Act (Chapter 161)
	Date of operation	:	30 March 1987
14.	Act 15 of 1989—Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 1989
	Date of First Reading	:	16 January 1989 (Bill No. 9/89 published on 16 January 1989)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	17 February 1989
	Date of commencement	:	21 April 1989
15.	1990 Revised Edition—Legal Profession Act (Chapter 161)
	Date of operation	:	20 December 1990
16.	Act 10 of 1991—Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 1991
	Date of First Reading	:	3 January 1991 (Bill No. 3/91 published on 4 January 1991)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	14 January 1991
	Date of commencement	:	1 February 1991
17.	Act 7 of 1992—Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 1992
	Date of First Reading	:	13 January 1992 (Bill No. 1/92 published on 14 January 1992)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	27 February 1992
	Date of commencement	:	27 March 1992
18.	Act 16 of 1993—Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Act 1993
	(Consequential amendments made to Act by)
	Date of First Reading	:	26 February 1993 (Bill No. 12/93 published on 27 February 1993)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	12 April 1993
	Date of commencement	:	1 July 1993
19.	Act 41 of 1993—Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 1993
	Date of First Reading	:	12 October 1993 (Bill No. 34/93 published on 13 October 1993)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	12 November 1993
	Date of commencement	:	1 January 1994
20.	1994 Revised Edition—Legal Profession Act (Chapter 161)
	Date of operation	:	15 March 1994
21.	1994 Revised Edition—Legal Profession Act
	Date of operation	:	15 March 1994
22.	Act 15 of 1995—Bankruptcy Act 1995
	(Consequential amendments made to Act by)
	Date of First Reading	:	25 July 1994 (Bill No. 16/94 published on 29 July 1994)
	Date of Second Reading	:	25 August 1994
	Date Committed to Select Committee	:	25 August 1994
	Date of Presentation of Select Committee Report	:	7 March 1995 (Parl 1 of 1995)
	Date of Third Reading	:	23 March 1995
	Date of commencement	:	15 July 1995
23.	Act 40 of 1996—Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 1996
	Date of First Reading	:	1 October 1996 (Bill No. 31/96 published on 1 October 1996)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	10 October 1996
	Date of commencement	:	1 January 1997 (except section 9) 1 September 1996 (section 9)
24.	Act 7 of 1997—Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1997
	Date of First Reading	:	11 July 1997 (Bill No. 6/97 published on 12 July 1997)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	25 August 1997
	Date of commencement	:	1 October 1997
25.	1997 Revised Edition—Legal Profession Act (Chapter 161)
	Date of operation	:	20 December 1997
26.	Act 4 of 2000—Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2000
	Date of First Reading	:	23 November 1999 (Bill No. 41/99 published on 24 November 1999)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	17 January 2000
	Date of commencement	:	5 May 2000
27.	Act 28 of 2000—Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments and Repeal) Act 2000
	Date of First Reading	:	25 August 2000 (Bill No. 22/2000 published on 26 August 2000)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	9 October 2000
	Date of commencement	:	1 November 2000
28.	2000 Revised Edition—Legal Profession Act (Chapter 161)
	Date of operation	:	30 December 2000
29.	Act 35 of 2001—Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2001
	Date of First Reading	:	25 September 2001 (Bill No. 39/2001 published on 26 September 2001)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	5 October 2001
	Date of commencement	:	1 November 2001
30.	2001 Revised Edition—Legal Profession Act (Chapter 161)
	Date of operation	:	31 December 2001
31.	Act 23 of 2004—Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2004
	Date of First Reading	:	19 May 2004 (Bill No. 17/2004 published on 20 May 2004)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	15 June 2004
	Date of commencement	:	14 September 2004 (sections 5 and 6) 1 April 2005 (sections 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8)
32.	Act 45 of 2004—Trustees (Amendment) Act 2004
	(Consequential amendments made to Act by)
	Date of First Reading	:	21 September 2004 (Bill No. 43/2004 published on 22 September 2004)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	19 October 2004
	Date of commencement	:	15 December 2004
33.	Act 41 of 2005—Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2005
	Date of First Reading	:	17 October 2005 (Bill No. 31/2005 published on 18 October 2005)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	21 November 2005
	Date of commencement	:	4 December 2006
34.	Act 42 of 2005—Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Act 2005
	Date of First Reading	:	17 October 2005 (Bill No. 30/2005 published on 18 October 2005)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	21 November 2005
	Date of commencement	:	1 January 2006 (First Schedule — item (20); Fifth Schedule — item (13)) (Amendment of Legal Profession Act)
35.	Act 10 of 2007—Charities (Amendment) Act 2007
	(Consequential amendments made to Act by)
	Date of First Reading	:	8 November 2006 (Bill No. 22/2006 published on 9 November 2006)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	23 January 2007
	Date of commencement	:	1 March 2007
36.	Act 20 of 2007—Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2007
	Date of First Reading	:	9 March 2007 (Bill No. 10/2007 published on 10 March 2007)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	12 April 2007
	Date of commencement	:	1 April 2007 (section 24(1)) 1 June 2007
37.	Act 19 of 2008—Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2008
	Date of First Reading	:	21 July 2008 (Bill No. 16/2008 published on 22 July 2008)
	Date of Second and Third Readings	:	26 August 2008
	Date of commencement	:	1 June 2007 (section 15(b)) 19 September 2008 (except sections 2(c) and (f), 4, 5, 6, 7(a) and (b), 8, 9, 11, 26 to 36, 37(a), (b), (c) and (e), 38 to 49, 55 and 56 15 October 2008 (sections 4, 5(c), (d) and (g), 7(a) and (b), 8(a) and (b), 26(d), 28, 29(a) and (c) to (o), 30(a) and (d) and 31(b) to (f) 1 December 2008 (sections 2(c) and (f), 5(a), (b), (e) and (f), 6, 8(c) and (d), 9, 11, 26(a), (b), (c), (e) and (f), 27, 29(b), 30 (b) and (c), 31(a), 32 to 36, 37(a), (b), (c) and (e), 38 to 49, 55 and 56
38.	2009 Revised Edition—Legal Profession Act
	Date of operation	:	1 June 2009