(a) | by inserting, immediately before the words “or a Legal Service Officer” in the definition of “lay person” in section 2(1), the words “, a Judicial Service Officer”; |
(b) | by deleting the definition of “Legal Service Officer” in section 2(1); |
(c) | by inserting, immediately before the words “Legal Service Officer” in paragraph (a) of the definition of “relevant legal officer” in section 2(1), the words “Judicial Service Officer or”; |
(d) | by inserting, immediately before the words “Legal Service Officer” in section 26(1A)(a)(ii), the words “Judicial Service Officer or”; |
(e) | by inserting, immediately before the words “or a Legal Service Officer” in section 30(1), the words “, a Judicial Service Officer”; |
(f) | by deleting paragraph (b) of section 30(5) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b) | being a Judicial Service Officer or a Legal Service Officer, is dismissed from the Singapore Judicial Service or the Singapore Legal Service, as the case may be;”; |
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(g) | by deleting subsection (6) of section 30 and substituting the following subsection:“(6) No person may be appointed as a Senior Counsel unless the person has, for an aggregate period of at least 10 years, been one or more of the following:(a) | an advocate and solicitor; | (b) | a Judicial Service Officer; | (c) | a Legal Service Officer.”; |
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(h) | by deleting subsection (1) of section 82 and substituting the following subsection:“(1) The following persons are officers of the Supreme Court:(a) | a person duly admitted as an advocate and solicitor; | (b) | a Judicial Service Officer; | (c) | a Legal Service Officer.”; |
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(i) | by inserting, immediately before the words “and Legal Service Officers” in the section heading of section 82, the words “, Judicial Service Officers”; |
(j) | by inserting, immediately before the words “Legal Service Officer” in section 82A(1), the words “Judicial Service Officer or”; |
(k) | by inserting, immediately before the words “Legal Service Officers” in section 82A(2), the words “Judicial Service Officers,”; |
(l) | by inserting, immediately before the words “a Legal Service Officer” wherever they appear in section 82A(3), the words “a Judicial Service Officer,”; |
(m) | by inserting, immediately before the words “Legal Service Officer” wherever they appear in section 82A(4), (5), (6A), (9) and (12)(a), the words “Judicial Service Officer,”; |
(n) | by deleting subsection (8) of section 82A and substituting the following subsection:“(8) A copy of the report must be supplied to the Judicial Service Officer, Legal Service Officer or non‑practising solicitor concerned, and to the Attorney‑General if the report relates to a Judicial Service Officer or Legal Service Officer.”; |
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(o) | by deleting subsection (10) of section 82A and substituting the following subsection:“(10) Where the Disciplinary Tribunal finds that cause of sufficient gravity for disciplinary action exists under this section against the person concerned (being a Judicial Service Officer, Legal Service Officer or non‑practising solicitor), the Chief Justice may appoint an advocate and solicitor, a Judicial Service Officer or a Legal Service Officer to apply by summons in the same proceedings for an order that the person concerned be struck off the roll, prohibited from applying for a practising certificate, censured or otherwise punished.”; |
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(p) | by deleting the words “Legal Service Officer from being subject to disciplinary action by the Legal Service Commission” in section 82A(15) and substituting the words “Judicial Service Officer or Legal Service Officer from being subject to disciplinary action by the Judicial Service Commission or the Legal Service Commission (as the case may be)”; |
(q) | by inserting, immediately before the words “Legal Service Officers” in the section heading of section 82A, the words “Judicial Service Officers,”; |
(r) | by deleting the words “Legal Service Officer who has not less than 10 years’ experience” in section 85(6)(b)(i) and (10)(d) and substituting in each case the words “person who has not less than 10 years’ experience as a Judicial Service Officer or Legal Service Officer (or both)”; |
(s) | by inserting, immediately before the words “Legal Service Officer” in section 94A(3), the words “Judicial Service Officer or”; and |
(t) | by inserting, immediately before the words “Legal Service Officer” wherever they appear in section 98A(1), the words “Judicial Service Officer,”. |