On 25/05/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 25/05/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 25/05/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 19/09/2008.
15. Section 41 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)
by deleting the word “Any” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “Subject to subsections (3) and (4), any”;
(b)
by deleting the words “under rules made under section 130I” in subsection (1)(b) and substituting the words “by the Attorney-General under Part IXA who is not a foreign practitioner member”;
(c)
by inserting, immediately after the words “qualified person” in subsection (1)(c), the words “(not being an advocate and solicitor) who is”;
(d)
by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:
“(1A) Subject to subsection (5), any of the following persons (not being an advocate and solicitor, a foreign lawyer referred to in section 40A(1) or subsection (1), or a qualified person referred to in subsection (1)) may be admitted as a member of the Society on his application in the prescribed manner to the Society:
(a)
any member of the academic staff —
(i)
of the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore;
(ii)
of the School of Law of the Singapore Management University; or
(iii)
of any department in any institution of higher learning in Singapore who teaches law in that department;
(b)
any person resident in Singapore who is recognised, by a foreign authority having the function conferred by law of authorising or registering persons to practise law in a state or territory other than Singapore, to be eligible to practise law in that state or territory;
(c)
any person resident in Singapore who is attending a course of study leading to a qualification prescribed under section 2(2).”;
(e)
by inserting, immediately after the words “subsection (1)” in subsection (2), the words “or (1A)”; and
(f)
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsections:
“(3) Subsection (1) shall not apply to —
(a)
an advocate and solicitor —
(i)
who has been struck off the roll, or whose name has been removed from the roll under section 100; and
(ii)
whose name has not been replaced on the roll under section 102;
(b)
an advocate and solicitor who has been suspended from practice, for so long as the suspension remains in force;
(c)
a foreign lawyer whose registration under Part IXA has been cancelled, and who has not been re-registered by the Attorney-General under that Part;
(d)
a foreign lawyer whose registration under Part IXA has been suspended, for so long as the suspension remains in force; or
(e)
a qualified person who has been prohibited under section 83(3) from applying to the court for admission, for so long as the prohibition remains in force.
(4) A person admitted as a member of the Society under subsection (1) shall cease to be a member if —
(a)
being an advocate and solicitor referred to in subsection (1)(a) —
(i)
he is struck off the roll or suspended from practice; or
(ii)
his name is removed from the roll under section 100;
(b)
being a foreign lawyer referred to in subsection (1)(b), his registration under Part IXA is cancelled or suspended; or
(c)
being a qualified person referred to in subsection (1)(c), he is prohibited under section 83(3) from applying to the court for admission.
(5) A person admitted as a member of the Society under subsection (1A)(c) shall cease to be a member when he becomes a qualified person.”.