Legal Profession (Disciplinary Tribunal) (Amendment) Rules 2022

No. S 19

Legal Profession Act 1966

Legal Profession
(Disciplinary Tribunal)
(Amendment) Rules 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 82A(14) and 91(1) of the Legal Profession Act 1966 and all other powers enabling us under any written law, we, the Rules Committee, make the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Legal Profession (Disciplinary Tribunal) (Amendment) Rules 2022 and come into operation on 14 January 2022.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2(1) of the Legal Profession (Disciplinary Tribunal) Rules (R 2) (called in these Rules the principal Rules) is amended —

(a)	by inserting, immediately before the words “a Legal Service Officer” wherever they appear in the definitions of “complainant” (paragraph (a)(ii)) and “complaint”, the words “a Judicial Service Officer,”; and
(b)	by inserting, immediately before the words “Legal Service Officer” in the definitions of “complaint” (paragraph (b)) and “respondent”, the words “Judicial Service Officer,”.

Amendment of rule 5

3. Rule 5 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “a Legal Service Officer or a non‑practising solicitor” and substituting the words “a Judicial Service Officer, a Legal Service Officer or a non‑practising solicitor”;
(b)	by deleting the words “the Legal Service Officer or solicitor concerned” wherever they appear and substituting in each case the words “the Judicial Service Officer, Legal Service Officer or solicitor concerned”; and
(c)	by inserting, immediately before the words “Legal Service Officers” in the rule heading, the words “Judicial Service Officers,”.

Amendment of rule 19

4. Rule 19(1) of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately before the words “Legal Service Officer” in sub‑paragraphs (b)(i) and (c)(i), the words “Judicial Service Officer,”.

Amendment of rule 24

5. Rule 24(1) of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately before the words “Legal Service Officer” wherever they appear, the words “Judicial Service Officer,”.

Amendment of Schedule

6. The Schedule to the principal Rules is amended —

(a)	by inserting, immediately before the words “LEGAL SERVICE OFFICER” in the form heading of Forms 2, 3 and 4, the words “JUDICIAL SERVICE OFFICER/”;
(b)	by deleting the words “Legal Service Officer” in paragraph 1 of Form 2 and substituting the words “Judicial Service Officer/Legal Service Officer”; and
(c)	by inserting, immediately before the words “Legal Service Officer” in paragraph 1 of Form 3, the words “Judicial Service Officer/”.

[G.N. Nos. S 274/2013; S 692/2015; S 1042/2020]

Made on 15 December 2021.

SUNDARESH MENON

Chief Justice,
Singapore.

LUCIEN WONG

Attorney-General.

TAY YONG KWANG

Justice of the Court of Appeal.

STEVEN CHONG

Justice of the Court of Appeal.

BELINDA ANG SAW EAN

Judge of the Appellate Division.

QUENTIN LOH

Judge of the Appellate Division.

VINODH COOMARASWAMY

Judge.

VINCENT HOONG SENG LEI

Presiding Judge of the State Courts.

CHRISTOPHER TAN PHENG WEE

District Judge and Registrar of the State Courts.

FRANCIS XAVIER, SC

Advocate and Solicitor.

KUAH BOON THENG, SC

Advocate and Solicitor.

[SUPCT.RNJ.009.0200; LAW 32/006/041; AG/LEGIS/SL/161/2020/9 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 185 of the Legal Profession Act 1966).

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