Regulation 78
Register
of Legal Profession (Law Practice Entities) Rules 2015
Subregulation 1
The Director of Legal Services is to keep, in such form and manner as the Director of Legal Services thinks fit, one or more registers of —
Joint Law Ventures;
Formal Law Alliances;
Qualifying Foreign Law Practices;
licensed foreign law practices;
representative offices;
foreign law practices granted the approval of the Director of Legal Services under section 176(9) of the Act; and
foreign lawyers granted the approval of the Director of Legal Services under section 176(1) of the Act.
Subregulation 2
The Director of Legal Services may, subject to such conditions as the Director of Legal Services thinks fit —
allow any person to inspect a register; or
make any information in a register available to a person in such form and manner as the Director of Legal Services thinks fit.
Subregulation 3
Every Joint Law Venture, Formal Law Alliance, Qualifying Foreign Law Practice and licensed foreign law practice (each called in this paragraph the practice) must, within 7 days after any change in any of the following particulars or in such other particulars of the practice as the Director of Legal Services may require in any specific case, notify the Director of Legal Services in writing of that change:
the name and nationality of the practice;
the address of the practice, including the registered address of all of its offices and places of business in Singapore;
the telephone number and email address of the practice;
the name, nationality and designation of any solicitor or foreign lawyer working in the practice.
Subregulation 4
Every Singapore law practice must notify the Director of Legal Services in writing —
of any change in the name, nationality and designation of any foreign lawyer working in the Singapore law practice within 7 days after such change; and
of any change in any of the following particulars of any foreign law practice granted an approval under section 176(9) of the Act to be a shareholder in, or to share in the profits of, the Singapore law practice, within 7 days after such change:
the name and nationality of the foreign law practice;
the address of the foreign law practice, including the registered address of all of the offices and places of business of the foreign law practice in Singapore;
the telephone number and email address of the foreign practice;
the name, nationality and designation of any solicitor or foreign lawyer working in the foreign law practice.
Subregulation 5
Every foreign law practice with a representative office in Singapore must notify the Director of Legal Services in writing of any change in any of the following particulars of the representative office within 7 days after such change:
the name and nationality of the foreign law practice;
the address of the representative office;
the telephone number and email address of the representative office;
the name, nationality, designation and contact information of any existing representative (being an individual accountable for the activities of the representative office) of the foreign law practice working in the representative office;
the name, nationality and designation of any other individual working in the representative office.
Subregulation 6
The Director of Legal Services may —
correct any error in a register;
make any necessary alteration to a register as a result of any change in circumstances or particulars or as authorised under any provision of the Act; and
upon the request of any Joint Law Venture, Formal Law Alliance, foreign law practice, representative office, Singapore law practice, foreign lawyer or solicitor, remove the name of that person or entity from a register.