Singapore legislation
Clause 25
Clause 25
Repeal and re-enactment of section 130I
Section 130I of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“Registration of foreign lawyer to practise Singapore law in Joint Law Venture, Qualifying Foreign Law Practice, licensed foreign law practice or Singapore law practice130I.—
An application may be made for a foreign lawyer to be registered by the Attorney-General to practise Singapore law in a Joint Law Venture, Qualifying Foreign Law Practice, licensed foreign law practice or Singapore law practice, if the foreign lawyer possesses such qualifications and satisfies such requirements as may be prescribed.(2) The Attorney-General may approve an application under subsection (1), and register a foreign lawyer to practise Singapore law in a Joint Law Venture, Qualifying Foreign Law Practice, licensed foreign law practice or Singapore law practice, subject to —
such conditions as may be prescribed; and
such conditions as the Attorney-General may think fit to impose in any particular case.(3) A foreign lawyer who is registered by the Attorney-General to practise Singapore law in a Joint Law Venture, Qualifying Foreign Law Practice, licensed foreign law practice or Singapore law practice —
may, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Part IV —
practise Singapore law in, and only in, such areas of legal practice as may be prescribed; and
recover costs and retain payments in respect of such practice; and
shall be entitled to such other privileges as may be prescribed.(4) The registration of a foreign lawyer under this section shall —
lapse on the occurrence of such events as may be prescribed; and
be suspended, for such period as the Attorney-General may think fit, on the occurrence of such events as may be prescribed.(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to affect any right or privilege of an advocate and solicitor conferred by this Act or any other written law.(6) With effect from the date of commencement of section 25 of the Legal Profession (Amendment) Act 2011, a foreign lawyer who, immediately before that date, was registered or deemed to be registered by the Attorney-General under this section, or the repealed section 130J, as in force immediately before that date shall be deemed to be registered under this section, subject to the conditions referred to in subsection (2)(a) and such conditions as the Attorney-General may think fit to impose in any particular case.”.