Singapore Academy of Law Act 1988 - Singapore Statutes Online

Disqualifications for membership of Academy

16.—(1) A person is not qualified to be a member of the Academy or, if he or she is a member, ceases to be a member if —

(a)	he or she has been struck off the roll of advocates and solicitors or roll of lawyers (NP); [Act 37 of 2023 wef 17/04/2025]
(b)	being a Judicial Service Officer, a Legal Service Officer or a PD Officer, he or she has been dismissed from the Singapore Judicial Service, the Singapore Legal Service or the Public Defender’s Office (as the case may be) for misconduct in his or her professional capacity; [Act 33 of 2021 wef 14/01/2022] [Act 23 of 2022 wef 16/01/2023]
(c)	being a foreign lawyer mentioned in section 14(c), his or her registration under section 36B or 36D of the Legal Profession Act 1966, or his or her approval under section 176(1) of that Act, is cancelled;
(d)	being a member of the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore, the School of Law of the Singapore Management University or the School of Law of the Singapore University of Social Sciences, he or she has been dismissed from the Faculty or School (as the case may be) for misconduct in the discharge of his or her duties;
(e)	he or she has been convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty;
(f)	he or she has a mental disorder and is incapable of managing himself or herself or his or her affairs;
(g)	he or she is an undischarged bankrupt; or
(h)	he or she has entered into a composition with his or her creditors or a deed of arrangement for the benefit of his or her creditors. [20/2007; 21/2008; 20/2009; 8/2011; 40/2014; 16/2016; 30/2017]

(2) Any question whether a person has ceased to be a member is to be determined by the Senate whose decision is final.

(3) Where a member of the Academy has been suspended from practising as an advocate and solicitor for any period, his or her membership is deemed to be suspended for the duration of his or her suspension.

(3A) Where a member of the Academy is subject to an order prohibiting him or her from applying to the court for admission as an advocate and solicitor until after a date specified in the order, his or her membership is deemed to be suspended until after that date.

[Act 37 of 2023 wef 17/04/2025]

(4) Where a member being an advocate and solicitor has been struck off the roll of advocates and solicitors, he or she on being reinstated to the roll of advocates and solicitors becomes a member of the Academy.

[Act 37 of 2023 wef 17/04/2025]

(4A) Where a member being a lawyer (NP) has been struck off the roll of lawyers (NP), he or she on being reinstated to the roll of lawyers (NP) becomes a member of the Academy.

[Act 37 of 2023 wef 17/04/2025]

(5) Subsection (4) does not affect the right of the Senate to terminate the membership of any such member pursuant to section 18.

(6) In this section, “roll of advocates and solicitors” and “roll of lawyers (NP)” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Legal Profession Act 1966.

[Act 37 of 2023 wef 17/04/2025]

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