Singapore legislation

Clause 22

of Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill

Clause 22

Amendment of section 94A

Section 94A of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) Where an advocate and solicitor has been convicted of an offence under section 33, the Society may, and shall upon a request by the Attorney-General, without further direction or directions, proceed to make an application in accordance with section 98.”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “subsection (1)” in subsection (2), the words “or (1A)”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(3) This section shall not apply to a legal officer.”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the word “dishonesty” in the section heading, the words “, or under section 33”.