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46.
—(1) The amount of the annual subscription payable by members of the Society shall, subject to subsection (4), be fixed from time to time by the Council.
[20/2007]
(1A) The subscription shall be payable to the Society by every solicitor in each year prior to his application for a practising certificate.
[20/2007]
(1B) The subscription shall be payable to the Society by a foreign practitioner member —
(a)
if he is registered under section 130I or 130J, not later than 14 days after the date of issue of every certificate of registration by the Attorney-General in respect of his registration under that section; or
(b)
if he has been granted an approval referred to in section 130L, but is not registered under section 130I or 130J, not later than 14 days after the date of issue of a certificate of approval by the Attorney-General in respect of that approval and not later than the anniversary of that date of issue in every subsequent year.
[20/2007]
(1C) The amount payable in the case of subsection (1B)(a) shall be —
(a)
if the certificate of registration issued by the Attorney-General is valid for 12 months, the amount of the annual subscription fixed under subsection (1) for foreign practitioner members;
(b)
if the certificate of registration issued by the Attorney-General is valid for 24 months, double the amount of the annual subscription fixed under subsection (1) for foreign practitioner members; or
(c)
if the certificate of registration issued by the Attorney-General is valid for 36 months, treble the amount of the annual subscription fixed under subsection (1) for foreign practitioner members.
[20/2007]
(1D) The amount payable in the case of subsection (1B)(b) shall be the amount of the annual subscription fixed under subsection (1) for foreign practitioner members.
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(2) Subject to this section, in fixing the amount of the subscription, the Council shall be at liberty to divide members into classes, and to provide that different amounts shall be paid by different classes and for different periods and generally to regulate, and to vary from time to time, the subscriptions payable by members or by different classes of members, as the Council may think fit.
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(3) The subscriptions payable by members admitted to membership under section 41 shall at no time exceed the lowest subscription payable by practitioner members for the corresponding period.
(3A) The subscriptions payable by foreign practitioner members who are members of the Society by reason of section 40A shall at no time exceed the highest subscription payable by practitioner members for the corresponding period.
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(4) The Council may from time to time fix levies payable by practitioner members and foreign practitioner members for any of the purposes of the Society.
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(5) The total of the annual subscription payable under subsection (1), the levies payable under subsection (4) and the annual contribution payable under section 75 shall not in any calendar year exceed $500 per practitioner member without the approval of a general meeting of the Society.
[17/84; 20/2007]
(6) Within one week of the end of each month, the Society shall, out of each annual subscription received by the Society during that month, pay to the Board —
(a)
in the case of a subscription paid by a practitioner member of not less than 5 years’ standing, a sum of $120;
(b)
in the case of a subscription paid by a practitioner member of less than 5 years’ standing, a sum of $60; and
(c)
in the case of a subscription paid by a foreign practitioner member, a sum of $50.
[17/84; 20/2007]
[8/2011 wef 03/05/2011]
(7) For the avoidance of doubt, the sum payable to the Board under subsection (6)( c) —
(a)
where a foreign practitioner member has paid to the Society double the amount of the annual subscription pursuant to subsection (1C)(b), shall be $100; and
(b)
where a foreign practitioner member has paid to the Society treble the amount of the annual subscription pursuant to subsection (1C)(c), shall be $150.
[20/2007]