Singapore legislation
Section 36E
Section 36E
Registration of solicitor to practise Singapore law in Joint Law Venture or its constituent foreign law practice, Qualifying Foreign Law Practice or licensed foreign law practice
(1)
An application may be made for a solicitor to be registered under this section, if the solicitor possesses such qualifications and satisfies such requirements as may be prescribed.
(2)
The Director of Legal Services may approve an application under subsection (1), and register a solicitor to practise Singapore law in a Joint Law Venture or its constituent foreign law practice, a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice or a licensed foreign law practice, subject to —
such conditions as may be prescribed; and
such conditions as the Director of Legal Services may think fit to impose in any particular case.
(3)
A solicitor who is registered under this section, and who has in force a practising certificate, is entitled —
to practise Singapore law in, and only in, the permitted areas of legal practice; and
to such other privileges as may be prescribed.
(4)
Where a solicitor registered under this section is permitted, under any rules made under section 36M or by the Director of Legal Services, to practise concurrently in a Singapore law practice, nothing in this section affects the practice of the solicitor in the Singapore law practice.
(5)
With effect from 18 November 2015 —
a solicitor who, immediately before that date, was registered under the repealed section 130N as in force immediately before that date is deemed to be registered under this section, subject to —
the conditions mentioned in subsection (2)(a);
the conditions (if any) imposed by the Attorney‑General under the repealed section 130N(2)(b) or 130P(5)(b) as in force immediately before that date, subject to which the solicitor was registered; and
any conditions that the Director of Legal Services may think fit to impose in any particular case; and
any undertaking provided by that solicitor under the repealed section 130M or 130Q as in force immediately before that date is enforceable by the Director of Legal Services as if that undertaking were provided under section 177 or 36I, as the case may be.
(6)
The Attorney-General may transfer to the Director of Legal Services the particulars of any solicitor mentioned in subsection (5), and the Director of Legal Services may, upon receiving those particulars, issue a certificate of registration to that solicitor, without any action on the part of that solicitor.
(7)
With effect from 18 November 2015 —
any application which was made before that date for a solicitor to be registered under the repealed section 130N as in force immediately before that date, and which is pending immediately before that date, is deemed to be an application for that solicitor to be registered under this section; and
any undertaking provided by that solicitor under the repealed section 130M or 130Q as in force immediately before that date is deemed to be an undertaking provided by that solicitor under section 177 or 36I, as the case may be.
(8)
The Attorney-General may transfer to the Director of Legal Services the particulars of and documents relating to any solicitor mentioned in subsection (7).