Legal Profession Act 1966 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2A · Admission of Advocates and Solicitors
12. Admission as advocate and solicitor of Supreme Court
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Subject to the provisions of this Act (including any rules made under this section or section 2(2), 10 or 14), the court may, in its discretion and with or without an oral hearing, admit an eligible person as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court.
court
“court” means the General Division of the High Court or a Judge sitting in open court in the General Division of the High Court;
Any eligible person who applies to be admitted under this section must —
do so in accordance with, and comply with all applicable requirements of, any rules made under section 10(2)(g); and
if he or she belongs to such class of eligible persons as the Minister may prescribe under subsection (6), do so within such time as the Minister may prescribe under that subsection.
The court must not admit under this section any eligible person who is required, but fails, to comply with subsection (2)(b).
The Attorney-General, the Society and the Institute are entitled to object to any application under subsection (2).
Society
“Society” means the Law Society of Singapore established under section 37;
Any other person who has filed and served a notice of objection in relation to an application under subsection (2), in accordance with any rules made under section 10(2)(g), is entitled to object to that application.
To avoid doubt, the court may, having regard to the conduct and character of the eligible person concerned and all other relevant circumstances, on such terms as the court thinks fit, do either or both of the following:
adjourn the matter for a specified period or allow the application to be withdrawn;
make such other order as it considers appropriate.
The Minister may, after consulting the Board of Directors of the Institute, make rules to prescribe —
Institute
“Institute” means the Singapore Institute of Legal Education established under section 3;
the classes of eligible persons to whom subsection (2)(b) applies; and
in respect of each such class of eligible persons, the time within which an eligible person belonging to that class must make the application under subsection (2).