Singapore legislation

Clause 15

of Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill

Clause 15

Amendment of section 75B

Section 75B of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(2A) The Second Schedule and any rules made under paragraph 11 of that Schedule shall apply, with such modifications as may be prescribed under subsection (3), to the provision, by a foreign lawyer registered by the Attorney-General under section 130I, on or after the date of commencement of section 15 of the Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2011, of services which —

(a)

are rendered in connection with his practice of Singapore law; and

(b)

are not of the quality which it is reasonable to expect of him.”; and

(b)

by deleting the words “subsection (2)” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “subsections (2) and (2A)”.