Singapore legislation
Regulation 27
Regulation 27
Objections to application for admission as lawyer (NP) by Attorney‑General, Society or Institute
Subregulation 1
If the Attorney‑General, the Society or the Institute intends to object to any application for admission as a lawyer (NP) made under rule 25, the Attorney‑General, the Society or the Institute (as the case may be) must file in the court and serve on the applicant, not less than 5 days before the date fixed for the hearing of the application, a notice of objection containing a brief statement of the grounds of objection.
Subregulation 2
If the Attorney‑General, the Society or the Institute does not intend to object to any application for admission as a lawyer (NP) made under rule 25, the Attorney‑General, the Society or the Institute (as the case may be) must serve or cause to be served on the applicant, not less than 5 days before the date fixed for the hearing of the application, a letter stating that as at the date of the letter, the Attorney‑General, the Society or the Institute (as the case may be) has no objection to the application.
Subregulation 3
The Attorney‑General, the Society or the Institute may, for the purposes of determining whether to object to any application for admission made under rule 25 —
require the applicant to provide, at the applicant’s own expense, any additional information or document that the Attorney‑General, the Society or the Institute (as the case may be) may specify; and
apply for that application to be adjourned.