Singapore legislation

Clause 35

of Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill

Clause 35

Consequential and related amendments to Singapore Academy of Law Act

The Singapore Academy of Law Act (Cap. 294A) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “Board” in section 2;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Constitution” in section 2, the following definitions:“ “foreign lawyer” has the same meaning as in the Legal Profession Act;“Institute” means the Singapore Institute of Legal Education established under section 3 of the Legal Profession Act;”;

(c)

by deleting the word “Board” wherever it appears in section 4(1)(f) and (g) and substituting in each case the word “Institute”;

(d)

by deleting the words “, in each case, being a qualified person” in section 5(1)(f);

(e)

by inserting, at the end of section 5(1)(f), the word “and”;

(f)

by deleting paragraph (g) of section 5(1);

(g)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of section 14(a);

(h)

by deleting the comma at the end of paragraph (b) of section 14 and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(c)being a foreign lawyer —

(i)

is registered by the Attorney-General under section 130I of the Legal Profession Act; or

(ii)

is granted the approval of the Attorney-General under section 130L of the Legal Profession Act,”; and

(i)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (b) of section 16(1), the following paragraph:“(ba)being a foreign lawyer referred to in section 14(c), his registration under section 130I of the Legal Profession Act, or his approval under section 130L of that Act, is cancelled;”.