On 26/05/2013,
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Registration of foreign lawyer to practise Singapore law in Joint Law Venture or Qualifying Foreign Law Practice
130I.
—(1) An application may be made for a foreign lawyer to be registered by the Attorney-General to practise Singapore law in a Joint Law Venture or Qualifying Foreign Law Practice, if the foreign lawyer possesses such qualifications and satisfies such requirements as may be prescribed.
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(2) The Attorney-General may approve an application under subsection (1), and register a foreign lawyer to practise Singapore law in a Joint Law Venture or Qualifying Foreign Law Practice, subject to —
(a)
such conditions as may be prescribed; and
(b)
such conditions as the Attorney-General may think fit to impose in any particular case.
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(3) A foreign lawyer who is registered by the Attorney-General to practise Singapore law in a Joint Law Venture or Qualifying Foreign Law Practice may, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Part IV —
(a)
practise Singapore law in, and only in, such areas of legal practice as may be prescribed; and
(b)
recover costs and retain payments in respect of such practice.
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(4) The registration of a foreign lawyer under this section shall —
(a)
lapse if the Joint Law Venture or Qualifying Foreign Law Practice is dissolved or in liquidation, or if the Joint Law Venture licence or Qualifying Foreign Law Practice licence issued in respect of the Joint Law Venture or Qualifying Foreign Law Practice, as the case may be, is suspended or revoked under section 130G; and
(b)
be suspended, for such period as the Attorney-General may think fit, on the occurrence of such events as may be prescribed.
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(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to affect any right or privilege of an advocate and solicitor conferred by this Act or any other written law.
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(6) With effect from the relevant date, a foreign lawyer who, immediately before the relevant date, was registered by the Attorney-General under this section as in force immediately before the relevant date shall be deemed to be registered under this section subject to the conditions referred to in subsection (2)(a) and such conditions as the Attorney-General may think fit to impose in any particular case.
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