Singapore legislation

Clause 38

Amendment of section 85

Section 85 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “an advocate and solicitor” in subsections (1), (2), (4), (4A), (4B), (4C)(a) and (b) and (5) and substituting in each case the words “a regulated legal practitioner”;

(b)

by deleting the words “the advocate and solicitor” in subsections (1)(b)(i), (4A)(b), (4B)(b) and (5) and substituting in each case the words “the regulated legal practitioner”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the words “Judge of the Supreme Court,” in subsection (3), the words “Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court, Senior Judge of the Supreme Court or International Judge of the Supreme Court,”;

(d)

by deleting the words “Attorney-General or” wherever they appear in subsection (3) and substituting in each case the words “Attorney-General, the Director of Legal Services or”;

(e)

by deleting the words “an advocate and solicitor” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “a regulated legal practitioner,”;

(f)

by inserting, immediately after the words “the Judge,” in subsection (3)(b), the words “Judicial Commissioner, Senior Judge or International Judge,”;

(g)

by deleting subsections (3A) and (3B);

(h)

by deleting the words “advocate and solicitor” in subsections (4D)(b)(i)(A) and (B), (4E), (7), (9)(b) and (11) and substituting in each case the words “regulated legal practitioner”;

(i)

by inserting, immediately after the words “it has done so” in subsection (5), the words “and shall furnish him a copy of the complaint or information”;

(j)

by deleting the words “of an advocate and solicitor” in subsections (6) and (10) and substituting in each case the words “of a regulated legal practitioner”;

(k)

by deleting paragraph (b) of subsection (6) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b)such of the following as may be applicable:

(i)

a Legal Service Officer who has not less than 10 years’ experience, if the regulated legal practitioner is an advocate and solicitor; or

(ii)

a member of the Inquiry Panel who is a regulated foreign lawyer of not less than 10 years’ standing, if the regulated legal practitioner is a regulated foreign lawyer,”;

(l)

by deleting paragraph (b) of subsection (10) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b)a member of the Inquiry Panel who is —

(i)

an advocate and solicitor, if the regulated legal practitioner is an advocate and solicitor; or

(ii)

a regulated foreign lawyer, if the regulated legal practitioner is a regulated foreign lawyer;”; and

(m)

by deleting the words “advocates and solicitors” in the section heading and substituting the words “regulated legal practitioners”.

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