11B. Requirements for admission as lawyer (NP) of Supreme Court
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Subject to any rules made under section 11E, a qualified person must not be admitted as a lawyer (NP) unless he or she —
qualified person
“qualified person” means any person who —(a)possesses such qualifications as the Minister may prescribe under subsection (2), or may deem under section 14(2) or (3) to be so prescribed, and satisfies such requirements as the Minister may prescribe under subsection (2);(b)was approved by the Board of Legal Education as a qualified person under section 7 in force immediately before 9 October 2009; or(c)is approved by the Minister as a qualified person under section 15A(1) of this Act as in force immediately before 3 May 2011 or under section 14(1);
has attained 21 years of age;
is of good character;
has attended and satisfactorily completed such courses of instruction as the Board of Directors of the Institute may prescribe under section 10; and
has passed such examinations as the Board of Directors of the Institute may prescribe under section 10.
For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) and (d), a person is only considered to have satisfactorily completed a course, or to have passed an examination, if the date of such successful completion or pass falls within the period of validity for such successful completion or pass (as the case may be) as specified in the rules made under section 10(2)(fa).
A person who is a qualified person by reason of his or her having passed the final examination for a law degree in any institution of higher learning pursuant to any rules made under section 2(2) must not be admitted as a lawyer (NP) before the law degree is conferred upon him or her.