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8.
—(1) Except as provided under rule 7, no money shall be drawn from a client account unless the Council upon an application made to it by the solicitor specifically authorises in writing such withdrawal.
(2) No money shall be drawn from a client account under rule 7(1)(a)(ii) or (iv), (c) or (d) except by —
(a)
a cheque drawn in favour of the solicitor; or
(b)
a transfer to a bank account in the name of the solicitor not being a client account.
(3) No money shall be drawn from a client account under rule 7(1)(c) or (d) by a cash cheque or a bearer cheque.
(4) No money shall be drawn from a client account by a cash cheque or a bearer cheque except with the leave of a Judge of the High Court.
(4A) No money shall be drawn from a client account by means of any —
(a)
automated teller machine;
(b)
telephone banking service; or
(c)
online banking service.
(5) No sum exceeding $5,000 shall be drawn from a client account except upon a cheque (or other instruction effecting the withdrawal) signed by 2 solicitors.
(6) Paragraph (5) shall not apply if —
(a)
the solicitor has engaged a book-keeper for the purposes of rule 11(8); and
(b)
the sum to be drawn does not exceed $30,000.
(7) A solicitor shall not sign a cheque or other instruction effecting a withdrawal from a client account if —
(a)
the solicitor has been —
(i)
in practice as a solicitor in Singapore for less than 3 years in aggregate; or
(ii)
employed as a Legal Service Officer for less than 3 years in aggregate;
(b)
the solicitor is not holding a current practising certificate; or
(c)
the practising certificate of the solicitor is subject to any condition imposed under section 25A or 27A of the Act prohibiting the solicitor from signing such cheques or instructions.
[S 468/2009 wef 09/10/2009]
(8) For the avoidance of doubt, a solicitor shall comply with the requirements of these Rules in respect of the withdrawal of money from a client account notwithstanding that the leave of a Judge of the High Court has been obtained in respect of that withdrawal for the purposes of paragraph (4).