Legal Profession Act 1966 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · The Law Society of Singapore
57. Vacation of office of member of Council
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A statutory member of the Council must vacate his or her office if —
Council
“Council” means the Council of the Society established under section 47;
he or she has been struck off the roll of advocates and solicitors or suspended from practising as an advocate and solicitor or has been convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty;
he or she has a mental disorder and becomes incapable of managing himself or herself or his or her affairs;
he or she is an undischarged bankrupt;
he or she has entered into a composition with his or her creditors or a deed of arrangement for the benefit of his or her creditors; or
he or she has one or more outstanding judgments against him or her amounting in the aggregate to $100,000 or more which he or she has been unable to satisfy within 6 months from the date of the earliest judgment.
An elected member must vacate his or her office in any of the circumstances specified in subsection (1) and must also vacate his or her office if —
being elected under section 49(1), he or she ceases for any reason to have in force a practising certificate;
he or she resigns his or her seat on the Council; or
he or she is absent from 3 consecutive meetings of the Council without its consent.
For the purposes of subsection (2), a person appointed under section 53(1) and (2) or 55(1) is deemed to have been elected under section 49(1).
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a member of the Council who has obtained the permission of the court under section 49(4) prior to his or her election or appointment as a member of the Council.
court
“court” means the General Division of the High Court or a Judge sitting in open court in the General Division of the High Court;