Singapore legislation

Section 41

of Legal Profession Act 1966

Section 41

Non-practitioner members

Amended by40/201440/201416/201630/201740/201440/2014

(1)

Subject to subsections (3) and (4), any of the following persons who applies for membership of the Society in the prescribed manner is to be admitted as a member of the Society:

(a)

any advocate and solicitor who does not have in force a practising certificate;

(b)

[Deleted by Act 40 of 2014](c)any qualified person (not being an advocate and solicitor) who is ordinarily resident in Singapore.

Amended by40/2014

(1A)

Subject to subsection (5), any of the following persons (not being an advocate and solicitor, a foreign lawyer mentioned in section 40A, or a qualified person mentioned in subsection (1)) may be admitted as a member of the Society on his or her application in the prescribed manner to the Society:

(a)

any member of the academic staff —

(i)

of the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore;

(ii)

of the School of Law of the Singapore Management University; (iia)of the School of Law of the Singapore University of Social Sciences; or

(iii)

of any department in any institution of higher learning in Singapore who teaches law in that department;

(b)

any person resident in Singapore who is recognised, by a foreign authority having the function conferred by law of authorising or registering persons to practise law in a state or territory other than Singapore, to be eligible to practise law in that state or territory;

(c)

any person resident in Singapore who is attending a course of study leading to a qualification prescribed under section 2(2).

Amended by40/201416/201630/2017

(2)

Every person who is a member of the Society under subsection (1) or (1A) is called in this Act a non‑practitioner member.

(3)

Subsection (1) does not apply to —

(a)

an advocate and solicitor —

(i)

who has been struck off the roll, or whose name has been removed from the roll under section 100; and

(ii)

whose name has not been replaced on the roll under section 102;

(b)

an advocate and solicitor who has been suspended from practice, for so long as the suspension remains in force; or

(c)

[Deleted by Act 40 of 2014](d)[Deleted by Act 40 of 2014](e)a qualified person who has been prohibited under section 83(3) from applying to the court for admission, for so long as the prohibition remains in force.

Amended by40/2014

(4)

A person admitted as a member of the Society under subsection (1) ceases to be a member if —

(a)

being an advocate and solicitor mentioned in subsection (1)(a) —

(i)

he or she is struck off the roll or suspended from practice; or

(ii)

his or her name is removed from the roll under section 100; or

(b)

[Deleted by Act 40 of 2014](c)being a qualified person mentioned in subsection (1)(c), he or she is prohibited under section 83(3) from applying to the court for admission.

Amended by40/2014

(5)

A person admitted as a member of the Society under subsection (1A)(c) ceases to be a member when he or she becomes a qualified person.

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