Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) (Amendment) Rules 2022

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Mar 2022

No. S 240

Legal Profession Act 1966

Legal Profession
(Professional Conduct)
(Amendment) Rules 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 71(2) of the Legal Profession Act 1966, the Professional Conduct Council makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) (Amendment) Rules 2022 and come into operation on 1 April 2022.

Miscellaneous amendments

2. The Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules 2015 (G.N. No. S 706/2015) are amended —

(a)	by deleting the word “leave” in rule 12(2) and substituting the word “permission”;
(b)	by deleting the words “has been called, or has been issued a subpoena, to appear in a court” in rule 12(7) and substituting the words “has been called to appear in a court or has been issued an order to attend court”;
(c)	by deleting the words “of settlement” in rule 17(2)(c) and (d) and substituting in each case the words “of amicable resolution”;
(d)	by deleting the words “the taxation” wherever they appear in rule 17(6) and substituting in each case the words “the assessment”;
(e)	by deleting the word “taxation” in rule 17(6)(a) and (7) and substituting in each case the word “assessment”;
(f)	by deleting the words “a taxation” in rule 17(6)(b) and substituting the words “an assessment”;
(g)	by deleting the word “taxed” in rule 17(4)(b) and (5) and substituting in each case the word “assessed”;
(h)	by deleting the words “Rules of Court (Cap. 322, R 5)” in rule 28(1) and substituting the words “Rules of Court 2021 (G.N. No. S 914/2021)”;
(i)	by deleting the words “Rules of Court” in rule 28(3)(a) and substituting the words “Rules of Court 2021”;
(j)	by deleting the words “ex parte application” in rule 30(3) and substituting the words “application without notice”; and
(k)	by deleting the words “ex parte applications” in rule 30(3) and substituting the words “applications without notice”.

[G.N. Nos. S 69/2017; S 82/2018]

Made on 30 March 2022.

SUNDARESH MENON

Chairperson,
Professional Conduct Council.

[LAW 06/015/001/ V14; AG/LEGIS/SL/161/2020/5 Vol. 1]

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

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