On 21/05/2013,
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75D.
—(1) Subject to subsection (1A), no solicitor shall take or use the title of consultant unless he has, for a period of not less than 10 years in the aggregate, been —
(a)
a solicitor in practice;
(b)
a relevant legal officer;
(c)
a full-time member of the academic staff of the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore or the School of Law of the Singapore Management University; or
(d)
holding any combination of occupations referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).
[40/96; 20/2007]
[8/2011 wef 03/05/2011]
(1A) Where any person who is both a solicitor and a foreign lawyer is qualified under any rules made under section 130W to take or use the title of consultant in relation to his capacity as a foreign lawyer, nothing in subsection (1) shall affect his qualification to use that title in relation to that capacity.
(2) Any solicitor who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
[40/96; 20/2007]