Singapore legislation

Clause 4

of Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill

Clause 4

Amendment of section 15

Section 15 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “where the court is satisfied that it is of sufficient difficulty and complexity and having regard to the circumstances of the case” in subsection (1);

(b)

by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)holds —

(i)

Her Majesty’s Patent as Queen’s Counsel; or

(ii)

any appointment of equivalent distinction of any jurisdiction;”;

(c)

by deleting the words “criminal case” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “case involving any area of legal practice prescribed under section 10 for the purposes of this subsection,”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (6), the following subsection:“(6A) The Chief Justice may, after consulting the Judges of the Supreme Court, by notification published in the Gazette, specify the matters that the court may consider when deciding whether to admit a person under this section.”.