Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Legal Profession Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the word “solicitor’s” in the last line of paragraph (a) of the definition of “client”, the words “or a law corporation’s”;

(b)

by deleting the words “for his services” in the last line of paragraph (b) of the definition of “client” and substituting the words “or a law corporation for his or its services”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Judge”, the following definition:“ “law corporation” means a company approved as a law corporation under section 81B;”.