Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
of Legal Profession (Provisional Practising Certificate) Rules 2024
Regulation 5
Conditions applicable to provisional practising certificates
For the purposes of section 18(9)(c) of the Act, the prescribed conditions that apply to a provisional practising certificate that is issued to a lawyer (NP) are as follows:
the lawyer (NP) must not hold or receive client’s money, conveyancing money or trust money or any security on behalf of a client;
the lawyer (NP) must not open, maintain or operate any client account, conveyancing account, conveyancing (CPF) account or trust account;
the lawyer (NP) must not give instructions in respect of any client account, conveyancing account, conveyancing (CPF) account or trust account;
the lawyer (NP) must not sign any cheque or effect any instruction for the withdrawal of money from a client account, conveyancing account, conveyancing (CPF) account or trust account;
the lawyer (NP) must not sign any bill of costs mentioned in section 118 of the Act, or any letter accompanying that bill;
the lawyer (NP) must not act as a solicitor‑trustee;
the lawyer (NP) must be supervised by the supervising solicitor mentioned in rule 4(a) in doing any act in the capacity of an advocate and solicitor.