Singapore legislation
Clause 15
Clause 15
Petitions for admission under section 13 (2)
(1)
The provisions of this section shall apply to every person who applies to be admitted as an advocate and solicitor by virtue of the provisions of subsection (2) of section 13 of this Act.
(2)
An application for admission by such person shall be by a petition to the court and such petition shall be verified by affidavit.
(3)
The petitioner shall file his petition in the Registrar’s office not less than one month before it is to be heard.
(4)
The petition shall have exhibited to it —
a true copy of the order of court admitting and enrolling the petitioner as a Malayan practitioner;
a certificate issued by another Malayan practitioner who shall be of not less than seven years’ standing that to his personal knowledge the petitioner has been in active practice in Malaysia for a continuous period of not less than three years in the four years immediately preceding the petition; and
a recent certificate issued by the Secretary or other officer of the body charged with responsibility for investigating allegations of professional misconduct or breaches of professional discipline in those parts of Malaysia where the petitioner has practised that as of the date of the certificate no disciplinary proceedings are pending or contemplated against the petitioner and that his professional conduct is not under investigation.
(5)
The petition and certificates referred to in this section shall be in the forms prescribed by the Board.