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No. S 711

Legal Profession Act

(CHAPTER 161)

Legal Profession (Admission)
(Amendment No. 2) Rules 2014

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(1) and (2) of the Legal Profession Act, the Board of Directors of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education, after consulting the Minister for Law and the Council of the Law Society of Singapore, hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Legal Profession (Admission) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2014 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 October 2014.

Miscellaneous amendments

2. The Legal Profession (Admission) Rules 2011 (G.N. No. S 244/2011) are amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “the Registrar of the Supreme Court” in the following provisions, the words “, the Registrar of the Family Justice Courts”:

Rules 25(7)(b) and 31(5)(c); and

(b)

by deleting Form D(3) of the Second Schedule and substituting the following Form:

“

FORM D(3)

Rule 31(5)(c)

CERTIFICATE OF DILIGENCE
FOR ADMISSION AS ADVOCATE AND SOLICITOR
(BY SOLICITOR-GENERAL, REGISTRAR OF SUPREME COURT,
REGISTRAR OF FAMILY JUSTICE COURTS OR REGISTRAR OF
STATE COURTS)

I, ^a_____________________________, the *Solicitor‑General/*Registrar of the Supreme Court/*Registrar of the Family Justice Courts/*Registrar of the State Courts, certify as follows:

1. The applicant ^b ___________________________ has received supervised training in the practice of Singapore law through working as a Legal Service Officer for an aggregate of not less than ___ months during the following period(s):

^c _______________________________________________

2. The applicant has received instruction or gained experience in every type of work normally undertaken by a Legal Service Officer in the ^d ______________, and has had ample opportunity to become acquainted with the laws and the general rules of practice and procedure applicable to the legal profession in the Republic of Singapore.

3. On behalf of the Singapore Legal Service, I certify that —

(a)	during the period(s) referred to in paragraph 1, the applicant has served his practice training period with diligence; and

(b)	the applicant is a fit and proper person for admission as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore.

Dated this ___ day of ____________ 20__.

__________________________
*Solicitor-General
*Registrar, Supreme Court
*Registrar, Family Justice Courts
*Registrar, State Courts

^aState name of person making the certificate (who must be the Solicitor‑General, the Registrar of the Supreme Court, the Registrar of the Family Justice Courts or the Registrar of the State Courts).

^bState name of applicant.

^cState the period or periods, as necessary.

^dState each Singapore Legal Service posting of applicant.

*Delete if inapplicable.

”.

[G.N. Nos. S 131/2012; S 303/2013; S 264/2014]

Made on 23 October 2014.

V K RAJAH SC

Chairman,
Singapore Institute of Legal Education.

[SILE/2014/9/GEN; AG/LLRD/SL/161/2010/8 Vol. 4]

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