Legal Profession (International Services) (Amendment) Rules 2001

No. S 358

Legal Profession Act

(Chapter 161)

Legal Profession (International Services) (Amendment) Rules 2001

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 130I and 130J of the Legal Profession Act, the Minister for Law, after consulting the Attorney-General, hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Legal Profession (International Services) (Amendment) Rules 2001 and shall come into operation on 27th July 2001.

New rule 10A

2. The Legal Profession (International Services) Rules 2000 (G.N. No. S 236/2000) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 10, the following rule:

“Application to register as representative office

10A.—(1) Every application by a foreign law firm to set up a representative office in Singapore shall be in Form 7A.

(2) The Attorney-General may, in his discretion —

(a)	approve the application subject to such conditions as he may impose; or
(b)	reject the application on such ground as he thinks fit without giving any reason.

(3) On approval of the application referred to in paragraph (1), the Attorney-General or the Solicitor-General shall, on payment of the appropriate fee, issue a certificate of registration in Form 7B to the applicant.

(4) A certificate of registration issued under paragraph (3) shall be valid in the first instance for a period of 12 months from the date of its issue and may be renewed for a further period of 12 months upon application in Form 7A, subject to such conditions as the Attorney-General may impose.”.

Miscellaneous amendments

3. The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after the word “Attorney-General” appearing in the following provisions, the words “or the Solicitor-General”:

Rules 2(6), 3(3), 9(6), 10(3) and 11(2).

Amendment of First Schedule

4. The First Schedule to the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after item 8, the following item:

“

9. Fee for certificate of registration as a representative office under rule 10A (3) or renewal thereof under rule 10A (4) for a period of 12 months or part thereof

$500.

”.

Amendment of Second Schedule

5. The Second Schedule to the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after Form 7, the following Forms:

FORM 7A