Legal Profession (Practising Certificate) Rules

Legal Profession Act

(Chapter 161, Section 25)

R 6

G.N. No. S 205/1970

REVISED EDITION 1990

(25th March 1992)

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Citation

1. These Rules may be cited as the Legal Profession (Practising Certificate) Rules.

Definition

2.—(1) A reference to a form in these Rules is a reference to that form set out in the Schedule.

(2) In these Rules, “practice year” means the period from 1st April in a calendar year to 31st March in the next ensuing calendar year.

Time for application

3. An application for a practising certificate in respect of a practice year shall not be submitted to the Registrar earlier than the month preceding the commencement of that practice year.

Practising certificate and signature

4. An application for a practising certificate shall be in Form A and shall, except as provided in rule 5, be signed personally by the applicant.

Signature by proxy

5.—(1) If the Registrar is satisfied that there is good and sufficient reason for a solicitor’s inability personally to sign his application for a practising certificate, the Registrar may accept an application made on his behalf and signed by another solicitor who should in the absence of exceptional circumstances be a partner, employer or employee of such solicitor.

(2) A solicitor who proposes to sign an application for a practising certificate on behalf of another solicitor shall make prior request to the Registrar in Form B.

Certificate of payment

6. A certificate pursuant to section 25(1)(b) of the Act shall be in Form C.

Certificate of exemption

7. An application for a certificate pursuant to section 25(1)(c) of the Act shall be made to the Council of the Law Society of Singapore in Form D and such certificate shall be in Form E.

Evidence

8. The Registrar or the Council may in his or its discretion require a statutory declaration or such other evidence as he or the Council may consider necessary in support of the facts, circumstances or particulars contained in any application or statement delivered under these Rules.

Form of practising certificate

9. A practising certificate shall be in Form F.

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