Singapore legislation

Regulation 10

of Legal Profession (Continuing Professional Development) Rules 2012

Regulation 10

Record and evidence of CPD activities

Amended byS 630/2016 wef 01/01/2017S 630/2016 wef 01/01/2017S 630/2016 wef 01/01/2017S 919/2024 wef 01/01/2025

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 630/2016 wef 01/01/2017

Subject to paragraph (3), every solicitor or foreign practitioner shall maintain —

(a)

a record of the CPD activities that he has undertaken in each calendar year; and

(b)

for each such CPD activity, such evidence to show that he has undertaken that CPD activity as the Institute may specify in any guidelines issued under rule 14.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 630/2016 wef 01/01/2017

Subject to paragraph (3), a solicitor or foreign practitioner shall maintain the record under paragraph (1)(a) of the CPD activities that he has undertaken in any calendar year, and the evidence under paragraph (1)(b) of each such CPD activity, for a period of 3 years after 31st December in that calendar year.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 630/2016 wef 01/01/2017S 919/2024 wef 01/01/2025

A solicitor or foreign practitioner need not comply with paragraphs (1) and (2) in relation to any CPD activity undertaken by him, if —

(a)

he does not rely on that CPD activity for the purposes of satisfying the requirement under rule 9(1)(a) or (2)(a), as the case may be; and

(b)

he does not rely on any CPD points obtained by undertaking that CPD activity for the purposes of satisfying the requirement under rule 9(1)(b)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) or (2)(b)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), as the case may be.