Singapore legislation

Clause 18

of Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill

Clause 18

Amendment of section 88

Section 88 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsections:“(4) Where —

(a)

no application is made to set aside an order for the payment of a penalty under subsection (1) or if the order is affirmed or varied by the court under section 95(3)(a); or

(b)

an advocate and solicitor has been reprimanded by the Council under section 94(3)(a),the Council shall, at the expense of the advocate and solicitor, publish in the Gazette a notice of the order if the penalty payable exceeds $1,000 or the reprimand, as the case may be.(5) Any notice under subsection (4) shall contain the name of the advocate and solicitor, the nature of the misconduct committed by him and the penalty payable by him or the reprimand, as the case may be.(6) Where an application is made to a judge by any person under section 97(1), the Council shall not publish the notice under subsection (4) until the application has been withdrawn or deemed to have been withdrawn or disposed of by the judge under section 97(3).”.