Singapore legislation

Clause 10

of Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill

Clause 10

Amendment of section 75

Section 75 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (11) and substituting the following subsection:“(11) Where it is proved to the satisfaction of the Council that any person has sustained loss in consequence of dishonesty on the part of —

(a)

any solicitor or employee of a solicitor in connection with that solicitor’s practice in Singapore as a solicitor or in connection with any trust in Singapore of which that solicitor is a trustee;

(b)

any officer or employee of a law corporation in connection with legal services performed in Singapore by the law corporation; or

(c)

any partner, officer or employee of a limited liability law partnership in connection with legal services performed in Singapore by the limited liability law partnership,then subject to this section, the Society may, if the Council thinks fit, make a grant to that person out of the Fund for the purpose of relieving or mitigating that loss.”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “law corporation” in subsection (12), the words “or limited liability law partnership”.