Legal Profession Act 1966 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4A · Registration of Foreign Lawyers, Solicitors in Foreign Law Practices and Non-Practitioners, Etc.
36G. Registration of regulated non-practitioner
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An individual who is not a regulated legal practitioner must not be a director, partner or shareholder in, and must not share in the profits of, any Singapore law practice, Joint Law Venture, Qualifying Foreign Law Practice or licensed foreign law practice, unless the individual is registered under this section.
regulated legal practitioner
“regulated legal practitioner” means an advocate and solicitor or a regulated foreign lawyer;
An application may be made for an individual (not being a regulated legal practitioner) to be registered under this section, if the individual satisfies such requirements as may be prescribed.
The Attorney-General and the Society are entitled to object to any application under subsection (2).
Society
“Society” means the Law Society of Singapore established under section 37;
The Director of Legal Services may approve an application under subsection (2), and register an individual as a regulated non‑practitioner, subject to —
Director of Legal Services
“Director of Legal Services” means the Director of Legal Services appointed under section 2A(1);
such conditions as may be prescribed; and
such conditions as the Director of Legal Services may think fit to impose in any particular case.
In deciding whether to approve an application under subsection (2) and register an individual under this section, the Director of Legal Services must have regard to, but is not bound by, any objection under subsection (3).
An individual who is registered under this section is entitled to such privileges as may be prescribed.