Singapore legislation
Clause 8
Clause 8
Amendment of section 32
Section 32 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsections:“(3) A Judge may, if he thinks fit, on the application of any advocate and solicitor in active practice in a Singapore law practice, allow a qualified person who has served not less than 3 months of his practice training period, and who is serving his practice training period under a practice training contract with that Singapore law practice at the time the application is made, to appear, on behalf of that Singapore law practice, before —
a Judge or the Registrar; or
a District Judge, a Magistrate, or the Registrar or a Deputy Registrar of the Subordinate Courts.(4) A qualified person in respect of whom an application under subsection (3) has been granted shall be entitled to appear in accordance with that subsection at any time during the period —
beginning at the time that application is granted; and
ending on the earlier of —
the time that qualified person is admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court; or
the expiration of 3 months after the last day of that qualified person’s practice training period.”.