Singapore legislation

Clause 10

of Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill

Clause 10

Amendment of section 38

Subsection (1) of section 38 of the principal Act is hereby amended —

(a)

by inserting immediately after the word “claim” appearing in the fifth line of paragraph (f) thereof the words “arising out of personal injury or death”;

(b)

by deleting paragraph (h) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(h)any full-time member of the academic staff of the Faculty of Law of the University of Singapore acting solely in an advisory capacity upon instructions from a practising advocate and solicitor;

(i)

any accountant performing work normally undertaken by him immediately before the date of the coming into operation of this Act:Provided that such accountant shall not be authorised to draw or prepare any document or instrument relating to movable or immovable property or to any legal proceeding;”;

(c)

by re-lettering the existing paragraphs (i), (j) and (k) thereof as paragraphs (j), (k) and (l) respectively;

(d)

by deleting the full-stop appearing at the end of paragraph (l) thereof and substituting therefor a semi-colon; and

(e)

by adding thereto the following new paragraph: —“(m)any agent duly authorised to the satisfaction of the Registrar of Trade Marks drawing or preparing any form prescribed from time to time by rules made under the Trade Marks Ordinance (Cap. 185).”.