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Legal Profession (Law Practice Entities) Rules 2015
Part 6
reg 49

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Legal Profession (Law Practice Entities) Rules 2015

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1Preliminary

2Law Firms

3Limited Liability Law Partnerships

4Law Corporations

5Singapore Group Practices

6Joint Law Ventures, Formal Law Alliances, Foreign Law Practices, Representative Offices and Foreign Interests in Singapore Law Practices

49Licence required to provide legal services
50Permitted areas of legal practice
51Application for Joint Law Venture licence
52Privileges and conditions relevant to Joint Law Venture licence
53Transitional provision for foreign law practices
54Application for Formal Law Alliance licence
55Privileges and conditions relevant to Formal Law Alliance licence
56Application for Qualifying Foreign Law Practice licence
57Privileges and conditions relevant to Qualifying Foreign Law Practice licence
58Application for foreign law practice licence
59Privileges and conditions applicable to foreign law practice licence
60Application of this Division
61Repealed
62Approval of formation and name of foreign group practice
63Purpose of foreign group practice
64Description of foreign group practice
65Management of foreign group practice
66Bank account
67Separate liability
68Incapacity or death of sole proprietor
69Notice of establishment, or cessation of operations, of representative office
70Application for approval under section 176(1) of Act
71Conditions of approval under section 176(1) of Act
72Application for, and condition of, approval under section 176(9) of Act
73Cancellation of approval under section 176(1) or (9) of Act in certain circumstances

7 regulations later

7Miscellaneous

Schedules

Legal Profession (Law Practice Entities) Rules 2015 · As enacted · Part 6 · Joint Law Ventures, Formal Law Alliances, Foreign Law Practices, Representative Offices and Foreign Interests in Singapore Law Practices

49. Licence required to provide legal services

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A foreign law practice must not provide any legal services in or from Singapore unless it is licensed under Division 4 of Part IXA of the Act to provide such legal services.

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