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Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II ADMISSION OF ADVOCATES AND SOLICITORS

Division 1 — Board of Legal Education

Division 2 — Qualified persons

Part III PRACTISING CERTIFICATES

Part IV PRIVILEGES OF ADVOCATES AND SOLICITORS

Part V THE LAW SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE

Division 1 — Establishment, purposes and powers of Society

Division 2 — Members of Society and subscriptions

Division 3 — Council of Society

Division 4 — Election of members of Council

Division 5 — Officers of Council

Division 6 — Powers of Council

Division 7 — Proceedings of Council

Division 8 — General meetings of Society

Part VI PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE OF SOLICITORS

Part VIA LAW CORPORATIONS

Part VIB LIMITED LIABILITY LAW PARTNERSHIPS

Part VII DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

Part VIII REMUNERATION RECEIVED BY SINGAPORE LAW PRACTICES OR SOLICITORS, OR IN RESPECT OF PRACTICE OF SINGAPORE LAW

Part IX RECOVERY AND TAXATION OF COSTS

Part IXA JOINT LAW VENTURES, FORMAL LAW ALLIANCES, FOREIGN LAW PRACTICES, REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES, FOREIGN LAWYERS, AND SOLICITORS PRACTISING IN JOINT LAW VENTURES OR FOREIGN LAW PRACTICES

Part X MISCELLANEOUS

FIRST SCHEDULE Intervention in Solicitor’s Practice

SECOND SCHEDULE Inadequate Professional Services

Legislative History

Comparative Table

 
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On 24/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 24/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 24/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 01/06/2009.
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Applications for admission under section 15(2)
18.
—(1)  This section shall apply to every person who applies to be admitted as an advocate and solicitor by virtue of section 15(2).
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(2)  An application for admission by such person shall be made to the court by originating summons supported by an affidavit referred to in subsection (4).
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(3)  The applicant shall file his application in the Registrar’s office not less than one month before it is to be heard.
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(4)  The affidavit supporting the application shall exhibit —
(a)
a true copy of the order of court admitting and enrolling the applicant as a Malayan practitioner;
(b)
a certificate issued by another Malayan practitioner who shall be of not less than 7 years’ standing that to his personal knowledge the applicant has been in active practice in West Malaysia for a continuous period of not less than 3 years in the 4 years immediately preceding the application; and
(c)
a recent certificate issued by the secretary or other officer of the body charged with responsibility for investigating allegations of professional misconduct or breaches of professional discipline in those parts of Malaysia where the applicant has practised that at the date of the certificate no disciplinary proceedings are pending or contemplated against the applicant and that his professional conduct is not under investigation.
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(5)  The affidavit and certificates referred to in this section shall be in the form prescribed by the Board.
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