Legal Profession (Qualified Persons) Rules

Legal Profession Act

(Chapter 161, Section 2(2))

R 15

G.N. No. S 51/1994

REVISED EDITION 1995

(1st April 1995)

[4th February 1994]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1. These Rules may be cited as the Legal Profession (Qualified Persons) Rules.

Definitions

2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —

“degree of Bachelor of Laws”, in relation to an institution of higher learning, includes any other degree or qualification in law, by whatever name called, which is conferred by that institution of higher learning;

“National University of Singapore” means the National University of Singapore established by the National University of Singapore Act [Cap. 204];

“twinning programme” means a course of study the teaching of which is undertaken —

(a)	partly by the institution of higher learning which confers the degree or qualification to which the course leads and partly by any other institution of higher learning; or
(b)	wholly by another institution of higher learning or jointly by several institutions of higher learning in conjunction with the institution of higher learning which confers the degree or qualification to which the course leads.

Date of admission as candidate for degree of Bachelor of Laws

3. For the purposes of these Rules, the date on which a person is admitted as a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Laws by the National University of Singapore or an institution of higher learning in the United Kingdom or elsewhere shall be the date on which he secures a place as a candidate for that degree in the National University of Singapore or the institution of higher learning, as the case may be.

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