Singapore legislation

Clause 15

of Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill

Clause 15

Related amendments to Singapore Academy of Law Act

The Singapore Academy of Law Act (Cap. 294A) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “legal officer” in section 2 and substituting the following definition:“ “Legal Service Officer” means an officer in the Singapore Legal Service;”;

(b)

by deleting the words “Faculty of Law” immediately before the words “of the Singapore Management University” in sections 5(1)(f) and 16(1)(c) and substituting in each case the words “School of Law”;

(c)

by deleting the words “legal officer” in sections 10(5), 14(b) and 16(1)(b) and substituting in each case the words “Legal Service Officer”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the words “dismissed from the Faculty” in section 16(1)(c), the words “or School, as the case may be,”.

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