Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 12/1976

Read the first time on 23rd July 1976.
An Act to amend the Legal Profession Act (Chapter 217 of the Revised Edition).
Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows: —
Short title
1.  This Act may be cited as the Legal Profession (Amendment) Act, 1976.
Amendment of section 36
2.  Section 36 of the Legal Profession Act is hereby amended by deleting the words “acting solely in an advisory capacity upon instructions from a practising advocate and solicitor” appearing in paragraph (h) of subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the words “who is a qualified person rendering any opinion or advisory service on any matter in which he has been instructed”.