Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) (Amendment) Rules 2011

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 08 Jul 2011

No. S 393

Legal Profession Act

(CHAPTER 161)

Legal Profession
(Professional Conduct) (Amendment)
Rules 2011

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 71(1) of the Legal Profession Act, the Council of the Law Society of Singapore, with the approval of the Chief Justice, hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) (Amendment) Rules 2011 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2011.

Amendment of rule 3

2. Rule 3(1) of the Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules (R 1) is amended by inserting, immediately after the definition of “client’s money”, the following definitions:

“ “conveyancing account”, “conveyancing (CPF) account” and “conveyancing money” have the same meanings as in rule 2(2) of the Conveyancing and Law of Property (Conveyancing) Rules 2011 (G.N. No. S 391/2011);”.

Amendment of rule 18

3. Rule 18 of the Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules is amended —

(a)	by inserting, immediately after the word “moneys” in paragraph (1), the words “(including conveyancing money)”;
(b)	by inserting, immediately after the words “client’s money” in paragraph (2)(a), the words “, conveyancing money”; and
(c)	by inserting, immediately after the words “client account” in paragraph (2)(b), (c) and (d), the words “, conveyancing account, conveyancing (CPF) account”.

Made this 6th day of July 2011.

WONG MENG MENG

President,
Council of the Law Society of Singapore.

[LS/10/CVP2/Gen/11-09/AC; AG/LLRD/SL/161/2010/2 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 131 of the Legal Profession Act).

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