Authorised signatory of forms
8.—(1)  A solicitor shall not sign or countersign a change of counter-signatory form, or a pay-in form, a variation pay-in form, a pay-out form, a variation pay-out form or any other instruction to an appointed bank to deposit or withdraw any conveyancing money into or from a conveyancing account or conveyancing (CPF) account, if —
(a)the solicitor has been —
(i)in practice as a solicitor in Singapore for less than 3 years in aggregate; or
(ii)employed as a Legal Service Officer for less than 3 years in aggregate;
(b)the solicitor is not holding a current practising certificate; or
(c)the practising certificate of the solicitor is subject to any condition imposed under section 25A or 27A of the Legal Profession Act (Cap. 161) prohibiting the solicitor from —
(i)signing any cheque or other instruction effecting a withdrawal from a client account;
(ii)signing or countersigning any change of counter-signatory form;
(iii)signing any pay-in form, variation pay-in form or other instruction to deposit any conveyancing money into a conveyancing account or conveyancing (CPF) account; or
(iv)signing or countersigning any pay-out form, variation pay-out form or other instruction to withdraw any conveyancing money from a conveyancing account or conveyancing (CPF) account.
(2)  A Singapore law practice shall sign or countersign a form or instruction referred to in paragraph (1) by at least one solicitor who —
(a)is an authorised signatory of that Singapore law practice; and
(b)is not disqualified under that paragraph from signing or countersigning that form or instruction.