Singapore legislation
Section 46
Section 46
Annual subscription to Society
(1)
The amount of the annual subscription payable by members of the Society must, subject to subsection (4), be fixed by the Council.
(1A)
The subscription is payable to the Society by every solicitor in each year when he or she applies for a practising certificate.
(1B)
The subscription is payable to the Society by an associate member —
if he or she is registered under section 36B or 36D, or is granted an approval under section 176(1) —
not later than 14 days after the date on which he or she becomes a member of the Society under section 40A(1); and
in each subsequent year in which his or her registration or approval (as the case may be) continues in force, not later than the anniversary of the date mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i); or
if he or she is registered under section 36C and is admitted as a member of the Society under section 40A(2) —
not later than 14 days after the date on which he or she is admitted as a member of the Society under section 40A(2); and
in each subsequent year in which his or her registration continues in force, not later than the anniversary of the date mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i).
(1C)
[Deleted by Act 8 of 2011]
(1D)
[Deleted by Act 8 of 2011]
(2)
Subject to this section, in fixing the amount of the subscription, the Council is at liberty to divide members into classes, and to provide that different amounts must be paid by different classes and for different periods and generally to regulate, and to vary, the subscriptions payable by members or by different classes of members, as the Council may think fit.
(3)
The subscriptions payable by non‑practitioner members must not at any time exceed the lowest subscription payable by practitioner members for the corresponding period.
(3A)
The subscriptions payable by associate members must not at any time exceed the highest subscription payable by practitioner members for the corresponding period.
(4)
The Council may fix levies payable by practitioner members and associate members for any of the purposes of the Society.
(5)
The total of the annual subscription payable under subsection (1), the levies payable under subsection (4) and the annual contribution payable under section 75 must not in any calendar year exceed $500 per practitioner member without the approval of a general meeting of the Society.
(6)
Within one week of the end of each month, the Society must, out of each annual subscription received by the Society during that month, pay to the Institute —
in the case of a subscription paid by a practitioner member of not less than 5 years’ standing, a sum of $120;
in the case of a subscription paid by a practitioner member of less than 5 years’ standing, a sum of $60; and
in the case of a subscription paid by an associate member, a sum of $50.