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
74. Forms and fees
Feedback & supportEvery application for a licence or an approval under Division 4 of Part IXA of the Act, or for a renewal of any such licence or approval must be accompanied by the appropriate fee specified in the First Schedule.
Any licence or certificate issued under Division 4 of Part IXA of the Act or this Part must be in such form as the Director of Legal Services may determine.
All forms used for the purposes of Division 4 of Part IXA of the Act or this Part must be completed in the English language and in accordance with such directions as may be specified in the form or by the Director of Legal Services.
The Director of Legal Services may refuse to issue under Division 4 of Part IXA of the Act or this Part any licence, certificate, letter or other document, if the appropriate fee specified in the First Schedule has not been paid.
Where strict compliance with any form (used for the purposes of Division 4 of Part IXA of the Act or this Part) is not possible, the Director of Legal Services may allow for the necessary modifications to be made to that form, or for the requirements of that form to be complied with in such other manner as the Director of Legal Services thinks fit.
The fees referred to in paragraph (1) are not refundable.
Despite paragraph (6), the Director of Legal Services may waive or remit the whole or any part of any fee referred to in paragraph (1) in any particular case.
Subregulation 1
Every application for a licence or an approval under Division 4 of Part IXA of the Act, or for a renewal of any such licence or approval must be accompanied by the appropriate fee specified in the First Schedule.
Subregulation 2
Any licence or certificate issued under Division 4 of Part IXA of the Act or this Part must be in such form as the Director of Legal Services may determine.
Subregulation 3
All forms used for the purposes of Division 4 of Part IXA of the Act or this Part must be completed in the English language and in accordance with such directions as may be specified in the form or by the Director of Legal Services.
Subregulation 4
The Director of Legal Services may refuse to issue under Division 4 of Part IXA of the Act or this Part any licence, certificate, letter or other document, if the appropriate fee specified in the First Schedule has not been paid.
Subregulation 5
Where strict compliance with any form (used for the purposes of Division 4 of Part IXA of the Act or this Part) is not possible, the Director of Legal Services may allow for the necessary modifications to be made to that form, or for the requirements of that form to be complied with in such other manner as the Director of Legal Services thinks fit.
Subregulation 6
The fees referred to in paragraph (1) are not refundable.
Subregulation 7
Despite paragraph (6), the Director of Legal Services may waive or remit the whole or any part of any fee referred to in paragraph (1) in any particular case.