Singapore legislation
Clause 12
Clause 12
Service of pupillage
(1)
A pupil shall subject to the approval of the Board serve his prescribed period of pupillage —
with an advocate and solicitor who is and has been in active practice in Singapore for a total of not less than five out of the seven years immediately preceding the relevant date; or
with any legal officer in Singapore who is an advocate and solicitor of not less than seven years’ standing; or
partly with an advocate and solicitor under paragraph (a) of this subsection and partly with a legal officer under paragraph (b) of this subsection.
(2)
In any case where the provisions of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section apply six months’ pupillage with a legal officer shall count as one month’s period of pupillage with an advocate and solicitor.
(3)
The Board may approve a request that a qualified person serve different parts of his period of pupillage with different masters.
(4)
The Board may in its discretion exempt a qualified person from a maximum of three months’ pupillage upon application made supported by satisfactory evidence that the applicant —
has been a pupil or read it the chambers of a practising barrister of the United Kingdom or of a member of the Faculty of Advocates of Scotland of more than seven years’ standing; or
is a solicitor in England or Northern Ireland or a writer to the Signet, law agent or solicitor in Scotland; or
has been engaged in active practice as a legal practitioner by whatever name called in any part of the Commonwealth.