Legal Profession Act 1966 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · The Law Society of Singapore
50. Compulsory voting
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Every advocate and solicitor who has in force a practising certificate on the date of nomination as provided in section 51 must vote for the election of the members of the Council as follows:
advocate and solicitor
“advocate and solicitor”, “advocate” and “solicitor” mean an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court;
if he or she is an advocate and solicitor of not less than 15 years’ standing, he or she must vote for the election of the members of the Council under section 49(1)(a);
if he or she is an advocate and solicitor of less than 15 years’ but not less than 5 years’ standing, he or she must vote for the election of the members of the Council under section 49(1)(b);
if he or she is an advocate and solicitor of less than 5 years’ standing, he or she must vote for the election of the members of the Council under section 49(1)(c).
Every advocate and solicitor who is required to vote for the election of the members of the Council in accordance with subsection (1) and who fails to do so is not entitled to apply for a practising certificate unless he or she —
Council
“Council” means the Council of the Society established under section 47;
satisfies the Registrar that he or she was not in Singapore at the time of the election or had a good and sufficient reason for not voting at the last election to the Council; or
pays a penalty of $500 to the Society.