Legal Profession Act 1966 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Privileges of Advocates and Solicitors
32. Requirements for practice and unauthorised persons
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Subject to this Part and Part 4A, a person must not practise as an advocate and solicitor or do any act as an advocate and solicitor unless —
advocate and solicitor
“advocate and solicitor”, “advocate” and “solicitor” mean an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court;
his or her name is on the roll of advocates and solicitors; and
he or she has in force a practising certificate.
However, a person may, during the periods mentioned in section 18(1)(c)(i) and (ii), practise provisionally if —
the person’s name is on the roll of lawyers (NP); and
the person has in force a provisional practising certificate.
For the purposes of this Act, a person is an unauthorised person if he or she is not one of the following persons:
a person who satisfies all the following conditions:
his or her name is on the roll of advocates and solicitors;
he or she has in force a practising certificate;
a person who satisfies all the following conditions:
his or her name is on the roll of lawyers (NP);
he or she has in force a provisional practising certificate;
when carrying out the act in question, he or she is under the supervision of a solicitor.
For the purposes of this Act, a person is also an unauthorised person if, being an advocate and solicitor who practises in a Joint Law Venture or its constituent foreign law practice, a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice or a licensed foreign law practice, he or she practises Singapore law otherwise than in accordance with Part 4A and any rules made under section 36M.
Joint Law Venture
“Joint Law Venture” means a Joint Law Venture licensed under section 169;
[Deleted by Act 37 of 2023 wef 17/07/2024]