Singapore legislation
Regulation 23
Regulation 23
Register
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 —
foreign lawyers registered under section 36B of the Act;
foreign lawyers registered under section 36C of the Act;
foreign lawyers registered under section 36D of the Act;
solicitors registered under section 36E of the Act;
solicitors registered under section 36F of the Act; and
regulated non-practitioners registered under section 36G of the Act.
Subregulation 2
Upon the issue of a foreign practitioner certificate to a foreign lawyer registered under section 36B of the Act, the Director of Legal Services must cause to be entered, in the register of foreign lawyers registered under that section, the particulars of the foreign lawyer referred to in rule 5(4)(a)(i), (ii) and (iii).
Subregulation 3
Upon the issue of a certificate of registration to a foreign lawyer registered under section 36C of the Act, the Director of Legal Services must cause to be entered, in the register of foreign lawyers registered under that section, the particulars of the foreign lawyer referred to in rule 7(3)(a), (b) and (c).
Subregulation 4
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 5
Every Joint Law Venture, Formal Law Alliance, Qualifying Foreign Law Practice and licensed foreign law practice (each called in this paragraph the practice) must notify the Director of Legal Services in writing of any change in the name, nationality or designation of any solicitor or foreign lawyer working in the practice within 7 days after such change.
Subregulation 6
Every Singapore law practice must notify the Director of Legal Services in writing of any change in the name, nationality or designation of any foreign lawyer working in the Singapore law practice within 7 days after such change.
Subregulation 7
Every foreign lawyer registered under section 36B of the Act must notify the Director of Legal Services in writing of any change in any of the foreign lawyer’s particulars referred to in rule 5(4)(a)(i), (ii) and (iii), or with respect to the status of the foreign lawyer’s registration under that section (including as to whether the registration has lapsed or been suspended under rule 6(8)), within 7 days after such change, and the Director of Legal Services must cause to be amended the entry in respect of the foreign lawyer in the register of foreign lawyers registered under that section.
Subregulation 8
Every foreign lawyer registered under section 36C of the Act must notify the Director of Legal Services in writing of any change in any of the foreign lawyer’s particulars referred to in rule 7(3)(a), (b) and (c), or with respect to the status of the foreign lawyer’s registration under that section, within 7 days after such change, and the Director of Legal Services must cause to be amended the entry in respect of the foreign lawyer in the register of foreign lawyers registered under that section.
Subregulation 9
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, Singapore law practice, foreign lawyer or solicitor, remove the name of that person or entity from a register.