Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
Regulation 4
Permitted areas of legal practice
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of the definition of “permitted areas of legal practice” in section 36A(1) of the Act, the areas of legal practice to be excluded from the ambit of that definition are as follows:
constitutional and administrative law;
conveyancing;
criminal law;
family law;
succession law, including matters relating to wills, intestate succession and probate and administration;
trust law, in any case where the settlor is an individual;
appearing or pleading in any court in Singapore, representing a client in any proceedings instituted in such a court or giving advice, the main purpose of which is to advise the client on the conduct of such proceedings, except where such appearance, pleading, representation or advice is otherwise permitted under the Act or rule 8(2) and (3) or 14(1)(c) and (2) or any other written law;
appearing in any hearing before a quasi-judicial or regulatory body, authority or tribunal in Singapore, except where such appearance is otherwise permitted under the Act or any other written law.
Subregulation 2
Sub-paragraphs (a) and (c) of paragraph (1) do not exclude, from the ambit of the definition of “permitted areas of legal practice” in section 36A(1) of the Act, the giving of advice on any area of legal practice referred to in those sub-paragraphs the main purpose of which is to advise a business entity on commercial and corporate law.
Subregulation 3
In this rule —
Definition
“business entity” means any sole proprietorship, partnership or body corporate, with or without limited liability, which engages in any business;
Definition
“conveyancing” does not include any securitisation transaction involving immovable property or the giving of advice on land law in the course of advisory work on a commercial transaction;
Definition
“quasi-judicial or regulatory body, authority or tribunal” does not include any body, authority or tribunal specified in the First Schedule;
Definition
“securitisation transaction” has the same meaning as in section 262(3) of the Securities and Futures Act (Cap. 289).