Singapore legislation

Clause 20

Amendment of section 41

In the principal Act, in section 41 —

(a)

in subsection (1), after paragraph (a), insert —“(b)any lawyer (NP) who does not have in force a provisional practising certificate;”;

(b)

in subsection (1)(c), replace “(not being an advocate and solicitor) who is ordinarily resident in Singapore” with “, not being an advocate and solicitor mentioned in paragraph (a), or a lawyer (NP) mentioned in paragraph (b)”;

(c)

in subsection (1A), replace “(not being an advocate and solicitor, a foreign lawyer mentioned in section 40A, or a qualified person mentioned in subsection (1))” with “(not being an advocate and solicitor mentioned in subsection (1)(a), a lawyer (NP) mentioned in subsection (1)(b), a foreign lawyer mentioned in section 40A, or a qualified person mentioned in subsection (1)(c))”;

(d)

in subsections (3)(a)(i) and (4)(a)(i), after “struck off the roll”, insert “of advocates and solicitors”;

(e)

in subsections (3)(a)(i) and (4)(a)(ii), replace “from the roll” with “from that roll”;

(f)

in subsection (3)(a)(ii), replace “on the roll” with “on that roll”;

(g)

in subsection (3)(b), delete “or” at the end;

(h)

in subsection (3), after paragraph (b), insert —“(c)a lawyer (NP) —

(i)

who has been struck off the roll of lawyers (NP), or whose name has been removed from that roll under section 100; and

(ii)

whose name has not been replaced on that roll under section 102B;

(d)

a lawyer (NP) who is subject to an order in section 98 (read with section 82A or 83(3)) prohibiting him or her from applying to the court for admission as an advocate and solicitor until after a date specified in the order, that is still in force; or”;

(i)

in subsection (3)(e), replace “who has been prohibited under section 83(3) from applying to the court for admission” with “or a lawyer (NP) who has been prohibited under section 83(3) from applying to the court for admission as an advocate and solicitor”;

(j)

in subsection (4)(a)(ii), delete “or” at the end;

(k)

in subsection (4), after paragraph (a), insert —“(b)being a lawyer (NP) mentioned in subsection (1)(b), he or she has been struck off the roll of lawyers (NP), or has had his or her name removed from that roll under section 100; or”;

(l)

in subsection (4)(c), after “being a”, insert “lawyer (NP) mentioned in subsection (1)(b) or a”;

(m)

in subsection (4)(c), delete “under section 83(3)”; and

(n)

in subsection (4)(c), after “admission”, insert “as an advocate and solicitor”.

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