Clause 3
Amendment of section 4
of Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill
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Clause 3
In the principal Act, in section 4(1) —
(a)
in paragraph (a), after “qualified persons”, insert “and lawyers (NP)”;
(b)
in paragraph (b), replace “advocates and solicitors” with “lawyers (NP)”;
(c)
in paragraph (c)(i), replace “qualified persons” with “eligible persons”;
(d)
in paragraph (c)(i), delete “and” at the end;
(e)
in paragraph (c), after sub‑paragraph (i), insert —“(ia)qualified persons intending to be admitted as lawyers (NP); and”;
(f)
in paragraph (e), after “Singapore law practices”, insert “, qualifying entities”;
(g)
in paragraph (h), before sub‑paragraph (i), insert —“(i)lawyers (NP);”; and
(h)
in paragraph (h), renumber sub‑paragraphs (i) and (ii) as sub‑paragraphs (ii) and (iii), respectively.