Singapore legislation

Regulation 10

of Legal Profession (Qualified Persons) Rules

Regulation 10

Restrictions relating to non-full-time courses in law for purposes of rules 8, 9 and 9A

Amended byS 243/2011 wef 03/05/2011S 331/2009 wef 31/07/2009S 492/2015 wef 17/08/2015S 354/2016 wef 01/08/2016S 243/2011 wef 03/05/2011S 331/2009 wef 31/07/2009S 677/2017 wef 01/12/2017S 243/2011 wef 03/05/2011S 331/2009 wef 31/07/2009S 217/2006 wef 07/04/2006S 492/2015 wef 17/08/2015

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 243/2011 wef 03/05/2011S 331/2009 wef 31/07/2009S 492/2015 wef 17/08/2015S 354/2016 wef 01/08/2016

Except as otherwise approved by the Board of Legal Education before 31st July 2009 or by the Minister on or after that date, no person who has been or is conferred the degree of Bachelor of Laws by any institution of higher learning in the United Kingdom shall become a qualified person under rule 8(1) or (2) if he had not read the course leading to that degree as a full-time internal candidate of that institution of higher learning.

Subregulation 2

[Deleted by S 492/2015 wef 17/08/2015]

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 243/2011 wef 03/05/2011S 331/2009 wef 31/07/2009

Except as otherwise approved by the Board of Legal Education before 31st July 2009 or by the Minister on or after that date, no person who has been or is conferred the degree of Bachelor of Laws by any institution of higher learning in Australia or New Zealand shall become a qualified person under rule 9 if he had not read the course leading to that degree as a full-time internal candidate of that institution of higher learning.

Subregulation 3A

Amended byS 677/2017 wef 01/12/2017

Except as otherwise approved by the Minister, no person who is conferred the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence by any institution of higher learning in Australia is to become a qualified person under rule 9 if the person had not read the course leading to that degree as a full‑time internal candidate of that institution of higher learning.

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 243/2011 wef 03/05/2011S 331/2009 wef 31/07/2009S 217/2006 wef 07/04/2006S 492/2015 wef 17/08/2015

Except as otherwise approved by the Board of Legal Education before 31st July 2009 or by the Minister on or after that date, no person who has been conferred the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence by any institution of higher learning in the United States of America shall become a qualified person under rule 9A if he had not read the course leading to that degree as a full-time internal candidate of that institution of higher learning.