Singapore legislation
Clause 12
Clause 12
Repeal and re-enactment of section 32
Section 32 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“Requirements for practice and unauthorised persons32.—
Subject to this Part and Part IXA, no person shall practise as an advocate and solicitor or do any act as an advocate and solicitor unless —
his name is on the roll; and
he has in force a practising certificate.(2) For the purposes of this Act, a person is an unauthorised person if —
his name is not on the roll;
he does not have in force a practising certificate; or
being an advocate and solicitor who practises in a Joint Law Venture or its constituent foreign law practice, a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice or a licensed foreign law practice, he practises Singapore law otherwise than in accordance with Part IXA and any rules made under section 130W.(3) A Judge may, if he thinks fit, on the application of a solicitor who is a master under Part II, allow a pupil of the solicitor (being a pupil who has completed not less than 4 months of pupillage) to appear, on behalf of the solicitor or the Singapore law practice in which the solicitor practises, before —
a Judge or the Registrar in chambers;
a District Judge, a Magistrate, the Registrar of the Subordinate Courts or a Deputy Registrar of the Subordinate Courts in chambers; and
a District Judge or a Magistrate to mention a case or to apply for bail.”.