Singapore legislation

Clause 29

of Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill

Clause 29

Amendment of section 94A

In the principal Act, in section 94A —

(a)

after subsection (1A), insert —“(1B) Where a lawyer (NP) who has in force a provisional practising certificate —

(a)

has been convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty; or

(b)

has been convicted of an offence under section 33,the Society must, without further direction, proceed to make an application in accordance with section 98.”; and

(b)

in subsection (2), replace “or (1A)” with “, (1A) or (1B)”.

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