Singapore legislation

Clause 13

of Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill

Clause 13

Miscellaneous amendments

The principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “some other legal officer” in section 8(3) and substituting the words “a Legal Service Officer”;

(b)

by deleting the words “legal officer” wherever they appear in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “Legal Service Officer”:Sections 26(1A)(a)(ii), 30(1), (5)(b) and (6), 82(1), 82A(1), (3), (4), (5), (6A), (8), (9), (10), (12)(a) and (15), 85(6)(b) and (10)(d), 94A(3) and 98A(1);

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the words “dismissed from the Faculty” in section 30(5)(c), the words “or School, as the case may be”;

(d)

by deleting the words “legal officer” in sections 75C(1)(c) and 75D(1)(b) and substituting in each case the words “relevant legal officer”;

(e)

by deleting subsection (6) of section 75C; and

(f)

by deleting the words “legal officers” in section 82A(2) and in the section headings of sections 82 and 82A and substituting in each case the words “Legal Service Officers”.