Regulation 6

contain the following particulars of the foreign lawyer:

the foreign lawyer’s name, nationality and designation;

the name of the law practice (if any) in which the foreign lawyer practises, and the jurisdiction in which that law practice provides legal services;

the address of —

the foreign lawyer’s place of business in Singapore, if any; or

the foreign lawyer’s overseas place of business, if the foreign lawyer has no place of business in Singapore;

the electronic mail address of the foreign lawyer;

state that the foreign lawyer agrees that —

any letter, notice or document may be served on the foreign lawyer by the secretary, the Secretariat or any other person —

in accordance with rule 27(1)(b) or (c), at that address or any other address provided under rule 12(4) in place of that address; or

in accordance with rule 27(1)(e), at that electronic mail address or any other electronic mail address provided under rule 12(4) in place of that electronic mail address; and

such service is to be treated as good and sufficient service of the letter, notice or document on the foreign lawyer;

be made in Form 2; and

be accompanied by the appropriate non-refundable fee specified in the Third Schedule.

confirms the particulars of the foreign lawyer referred to in paragraph (1)(a);

states that the foreign lawyer is sufficiently proficient in the English language to conduct any relevant proceedings or relevant appeal;

states that the foreign lawyer has read and understood, and agrees to abide by, the Code of Ethics;

states the jurisdictions in which the foreign lawyer is duly authorised or registered to practise law;

exhibits a certificate issued, not earlier than 6 months before the date on which the application is made, by a foreign registration authority of the jurisdiction in which the foreign lawyer is based, or the jurisdiction the law of which the foreign lawyer most frequently practises, attesting to the good standing of the foreign lawyer;

states that the foreign lawyer has not been disbarred, struck off, suspended, ordered to pay a penalty, censured or reprimanded in the foreign lawyer’s capacity as a legal practitioner by whatever name called in any jurisdiction;

exhibits a copy of an order of the Singapore International Commercial Court or the appellate court permitting the foreign lawyer to make submissions on a question of foreign law in, and on behalf of a party to —

any relevant proceedings under rule 3(2)(e); or

any relevant appeal from any judgment given or order made in relevant proceedings under rule 3(2)(e);

exhibits a document setting out the foreign lawyer’s qualifications and experience in relation to that question of foreign law; and

exhibits an undertaking by the foreign lawyer to appear, and to give advice and prepare documents, only in those proceedings or in that appeal, and solely for the purposes of making submissions on that question of foreign law.