Singapore legislation

Clause 4

Amendment of section 5

Section 5(4) of the principal Act is amended by deleting paragraphs (b) to (f) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(b)with respect to the supervised training in relation to the practice of Singapore law which qualified persons are required to receive before they can be admitted as advocates and solicitors;

(c)

for regulating the manner in which qualified persons are to serve their respective practice training periods before they can be admitted as advocates and solicitors;

(d)

for prescribing the courses of instruction, and the subjects therein, which qualified persons are required to attend before they can be admitted as advocates and solicitors, and for regulating the conduct of qualified persons attending such courses of instruction;

(e)

for prescribing the examinations which qualified persons are required to pass before they can be admitted as advocates and solicitors, and for regulating the conduct of qualified persons during such examinations;

(f)

for regulating the manner in which qualified persons are to keep dining terms before they can be admitted as advocates and solicitors;”.

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