Section 75

is registered under section 36B; or

is granted an approval under section 176(1),must, while his or her registration or approval continues in force, pay to the Society an annual contribution of such sum (not exceeding the amount applicable to solicitors under subsection (2)) as the Council may from time to time determine, and the Society must pay that contribution to the Fund.

if he or she is registered under section 36B, in each year not later than 14 days after the date of issue of his or her foreign practitioner certificate; or

if he or she is granted an approval under section 176(1), but is not registered under section 36B —

not later than 14 days after the date of issue of a certificate of approval in respect of that approval; and

in each subsequent year, not later than the anniversary of the date of issue of that certificate of approval.

all annual contributions paid to the Society pursuant to subsection (2);

all interest, dividends and other income or accretions of capital arising from the investments of the Fund;

the proceeds of any realisation of any investments of the Fund;

all moneys borrowed for the purposes of the Fund;

all sums received by the Society under any insurance effected by the Society under subsection (7); and

any other moneys which may belong or accrue to the Fund or be received by the Council in respect thereof.

for payment of any costs, charges and expenses of establishing, maintaining, administering and applying the Fund;

for payment of any costs, charges and expenses of the Council in ascertaining whether the rules made under section 72 have been complied with, pursuant to the powers given by those rules;

for payment of any premiums on insurances effected by the Society under subsection (7);

for repayment of any moneys borrowed by the Society and for payment of interest on any moneys so borrowed;

for payment of any grants which the Society may make under subsection (11); and

for payment of any other sums properly payable out of the Fund by virtue of this section.

to any other fund of the Society for —

the purpose of purchasing or maintaining a library for the use of the members of the Society; or

such purposes as the Minister may specify by notification in the Gazette; or

to any wholly-owned subsidiary of the Society, for such purposes as the Minister may specify by notification in the Gazette.

any solicitor or employee of a solicitor in connection with that solicitor’s practice in Singapore as a solicitor or in connection with any trust in Singapore of which that solicitor is a trustee;

any officer or employee of a law corporation in connection with legal services performed in Singapore by the law corporation;

any partner, officer or employee of a limited liability law partnership in connection with legal services performed in Singapore by the limited liability law partnership; or

any foreign lawyer mentioned in subsection (3A) or employee of such a foreign lawyer in connection with that foreign lawyer’s practice in a Singapore law practice,then subject to this section, the Society may, if the Council thinks fit, make a grant to that person out of the Fund for the purpose of relieving or mitigating that loss.

the Society is, to the amount of the grant, subrogated to any rights and remedies in respect of the loss of the person to whom the grant is made or of the solicitor, foreign lawyer, clerk or servant; and

the person to whom the grant is made has no right under bankruptcy or other legal proceedings or otherwise to receive any sum out of the assets of the solicitor, foreign lawyer, clerk or servant in respect of the loss until the Society has been reimbursed the full amount of its grant.