Singapore legislation

Clause 30

of Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill

Clause 30

Amendment of section 98

In the principal Act, in section 98 —

(a)

in subsection (1), after paragraph (b), insert —“(ba)an application for an order that a lawyer (NP) —

(i)

be struck off the roll of lawyers (NP);

(ii)

be prohibited from applying to the court for admission as an advocate and solicitor until after a date specified in the order;

(iii)

pay a penalty of not more than $100,000;

(iv)

be censured; or

(v)

suffer the punishment mentioned in sub‑paragraph (iii) in addition to the punishment in sub‑paragraph (ii) or (iv);”;

(b)

in subsection (1)(c), after “an advocate and solicitor”, insert “, a lawyer (NP)”;

(c)

in subsections (2), (3), (4) and (6), after “advocate and solicitor”, insert “, lawyer (NP)”; and

(d)

after subsection (8), insert —“(8A) The court of 3 Judges may, when making an order that an individual (being one who is on both the roll of advocates and solicitors and the roll of lawyers (NP)) be struck off one of the rolls, make an additional order that he or she be struck off the other roll, and may do so whether or not an application for the latter is made.”.

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