Singapore legislation
Section 178
Section 178
Application for and renewal of licence or approval under this Division
(1)
An application for any licence or approval under this Division must be —
made to the Director of Legal Services in such form and manner as the Director of Legal Services may require; and
accompanied by —
such fee as may be prescribed; and
such documents and information as the Director of Legal Services may require.
(2)
Any licence or approval under this Division which is prescribed for the purposes of this subsection remains valid until it is suspended, revoked or cancelled in accordance with this Division.
(3)
Any licence or approval under this Division which is prescribed for the purposes of this subsection is, unless it is sooner suspended, revoked or cancelled in accordance with this Division, valid for such period as the Director of Legal Services may specify.
(4)
The Director of Legal Services may renew any licence or approval mentioned in subsection (3) for such period as the Director of Legal Services may specify, on an application —
made to the Director of Legal Services in such form and manner as the Director of Legal Services may require; and
accompanied by —
such fee as may be prescribed; and
such documents and information as the Director of Legal Services may require.
(5)
The Director of Legal Services may renew any licence or approval mentioned in subsection (3) subject to —
such conditions as may be prescribed for the renewal of that type of licence or approval; and
such conditions as the Director of Legal Services may think fit to impose in any particular case.
(6)
The Director of Legal Services may suspend, revoke or cancel any licence or approval under this Division if that licence or approval was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation.
(7)
With effect from the prescribed date, any application which was made before that date, under the repealed section 130P(4) as in force immediately before that date, to renew any licence or approval referred to in the repealed section 130P(3) as in force immediately before that date (being a licence under the repealed section 130B, 130C, 130D or 130E as in force immediately before that date, or an approval under the repealed section 130L(1) or (6) as in force immediately before that date), and which is pending immediately before that date, is deemed to be an application under subsection (4) to renew the corresponding licence or approval mentioned in subsection (3) (being a licence under section 169, 170, 171 or 172 or an approval under section 176(1) or (9), as the case may be).
(8)
The Attorney-General may transfer to the Director of Legal Services the particulars of and any documents relating to any application mentioned in subsection (7).