Clause 7

A qualified person shall serve his practice training period, and receive supervised training in relation to the practice of Singapore law during that period —

under a practice training contract;

through working —

as a Legal Service Officer; or

under the supervision of a relevant legal officer (referred to in this section and section 14 as a qualifying relevant legal officer) who is an advocate and solicitor of not less than 5 years’ standing and who, for a total of not less than 5 out of the 7 years immediately preceding the date of commencement of the supervised training, has been a relevant legal officer or has been in active practice in a Singapore law practice or both;

under 2 or more practice training contracts;

through working under the supervision of 2 or more qualifying relevant legal officers;

partly through working as a Legal Service Officer and partly through working under the supervision of one or more qualifying relevant legal officers;

partly under one or more practice training contracts and partly through working as a Legal Service Officer or under the supervision of one or more qualifying relevant legal officers; or

partly under one or more practice training contracts, partly through working as a Legal Service Officer and partly through working under the supervision of one or more qualifying relevant legal officers.(2) Subject to subsection (3), section 15A and any rules made under section 15A(2), the practice training period applicable to a qualified person shall be 6 months.(3) Six months of supervised training in relation to the practice of Singapore law received by a qualified person through working as a Legal Service Officer, or through working under the supervision of a qualifying relevant legal officer, shall count as one month of the qualified person’s practice training period.(4) Subject to subsection (5), no qualified person shall, without the permission in writing of the Board, hold any office or engage in any employment, whether full-time or part-time, during his practice training period.(5) Subsection (4) shall not —

apply to service as a Legal Service Officer or any other relevant legal officer;

apply to service as an Assistant Public Prosecutor in the Attorney-General’s Chambers; or

preclude a qualified person from receiving remuneration from a Singapore law practice while receiving supervised training in relation to the practice of Singapore law under a practice training contract with that Singapore law practice.(6) Where a qualified person attends a course of instruction referred to in section 12(1)(d) while concurrently receiving any supervised training in relation to the practice of Singapore law under a practice training contract, or through working as a Legal Service Officer or under the supervision of a qualifying relevant legal officer, the period spent in attendance at the course of instruction shall not count as part of the qualified person’s practice training period.Transitional arrangements relating to period of pupillage14.—

Where, before the appointed day, a qualified person has served his period of pupillage or any part thereof with an advocate and solicitor referred to in section 14(1)(a) or (c) in force immediately before that day (being an advocate and solicitor in active practice in a Singapore law practice), then on and after that day, the qualified person shall be deemed to have received, during that period of pupillage or part thereof, supervised training in relation to the practice of Singapore law under a practice training contract.(2) Where, before the appointed day, a qualified person has served his period of pupillage or any part thereof with a legal officer referred to in section 14(1)(b) in force immediately before that day, then on and after that day, the qualified person shall be deemed to have received, during that period of pupillage or part thereof, supervised training in relation to the practice of Singapore law —

in any case where the qualified person was a Legal Service Officer during that period of pupillage or part thereof —through working as a Legal Service Officer; or

in any other case — through working under the supervision of a qualifying relevant legal officer.(3) Where, before the appointed day, a qualified person has served his period of pupillage or any part thereof in accordance with section 14(1) in force immediately before that day, then on and after that day —

his practice training period shall be deemed to have commenced on the date his period of pupillage commenced; and

the period of pupillage or part thereof which he has served shall count as part of his practice training period.(4) In this section, “appointed day” means the date of commencement of section 7 of the Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2009.”.