Singapore legislation
Clause 28
Clause 28
Amendment of section 83
In the principal Act, in section 83, replace subsections (3) and (4) with —“(3) Every individual who is a practice trainee (whether or not a lawyer (NP)), or a lawyer (NP) who has in force a provisional practising certificate, is, with the following modifications and all other necessary modifications, subject to the same jurisdiction as can be exercised over advocates and solicitors under this Part, except that —
where the individual is a lawyer (NP) at the time of the application under section 98, then —
in lieu of an order that he or she be struck off the roll of advocates and solicitors, an order may be made that he or she be struck off the roll of lawyers (NP) and (if he or she has been admitted as an advocate and solicitor) also from the roll of advocates and solicitors; and (ii)in lieu of an order that he or she be suspended, an order may be made prohibiting him or her from applying to the court for admission as an advocate and solicitor until after a date specified in the order; and
where the individual is not a lawyer (NP) at the time of the application under section 98, then —
in lieu of an order that he or she be struck off the roll of advocates and solicitors or suspended, an order may be made prohibiting him or her from applying to the court for admission as a lawyer (NP), or as an advocate and solicitor, or both, until after a date or dates specified in the order; and
the jurisdiction is to be exercised by a single Judge.”.