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On 21/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 21/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 21/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 19/09/2008.
Amendment of section 27A
8.  Section 27A of the principal Act is amended —
(a)
by deleting the word “Where” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “Subject to subsection (1A), where”;
(b)
by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:
(1A)  The Council shall not be entitled to make an application under subsection (1) in relation to a solicitor without the consent of the Attorney-General, if the solicitor —
(a)
is registered by the Attorney-General under section 130N to practise Singapore law in a Joint Law Venture or its constituent foreign law practice, a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice or a licensed foreign law practice;
(b)
does not practise in any Singapore law practice; and
(c)
undertakes not to practise in any Singapore law practice while his practising certificate remains in force.”;
(c)
by inserting, immediately after “(f),” in subsection (2), “(fa),”; and
(d)
by deleting the word “other” in subsection (2) and substituting the word “any”.