Singapore legislation
Clause 35
Clause 35
Consequential and related amendments to Singapore Academy of Law Act
The Singapore Academy of Law Act (Cap. 294A) is amended —
by deleting the definition of “Board” in section 2;
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Constitution” in section 2, the following definitions:“ “foreign lawyer” has the same meaning as in the Legal Profession Act;“Institute” means the Singapore Institute of Legal Education established under section 3 of the Legal Profession Act;”;
by deleting the word “Board” wherever it appears in section 4(1)(f) and (g) and substituting in each case the word “Institute”;
by deleting the words “, in each case, being a qualified person” in section 5(1)(f);
by inserting, at the end of section 5(1)(f), the word “and”;
by deleting paragraph (g) of section 5(1);
by deleting the word “or” at the end of section 14(a);
by deleting the comma at the end of paragraph (b) of section 14 and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(c)being a foreign lawyer —
is registered by the Attorney-General under section 130I of the Legal Profession Act; or
is granted the approval of the Attorney-General under section 130L of the Legal Profession Act,”; and
by inserting, immediately after paragraph (b) of section 16(1), the following paragraph:“(ba)being a foreign lawyer referred to in section 14(c), his registration under section 130I of the Legal Profession Act, or his approval under section 130L of that Act, is cancelled;”.