Singapore legislation
Clause 36
Clause 36
Qualifications to practise
(1)
Subject as hereinafter provided no person shall practise as an advocate and solicitor or do any act as an advocate or a solicitor unless his name is on the Roll and he has in force a practising certificate and a person who is not so qualified is in this Act referred to as an “unauthorised person”.
(2)
A judge may, if he thinks fit, on the application of a solicitor who is a master under Part II of this Act allow his pupil who has completed not less than four months of his pupillage to appear on behalf of the master or the firm in which the master is a partner before —
a judge or the Registrar in chambers;
a District Judge or the Registrar of a District Court in chambers; and
a District Judge or a Magistrate to mention a case or to apply for bail.