Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Legal Profession Act (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the principal Act) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “committee appointed by the Council” in the definition of “Inquiry Committee” and substituting therefor the words “Committee appointed by the Chief Justice”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “University of Malaya” in paragraph (a) of the definition of “qualified person”, the words “in Singapore”; and

(c)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “Society” and substituting therefor a semi-colon and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition: —“ “trust” or “trustee” extend to implied and constructive trusts and to cases where the trustee has a beneficial interest in the trust property and to the duties incident to the office of a personal representative, and “trustee”, where the context admits, includes a personal representative.”.