Legal Profession (Admission) Rules 2011

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1 Citation and commencement

3 Courses prescribed for purposes of section 13(1)(d) of Act

4 Examinations prescribed for purposes of section 13(1)(e) of Act

5 Examinations prescribed for purposes of rule 18(2) of Legal Profession (Qualified Persons) Rules

6 Definitions for this Part

8 Student Disciplinary Committee

9 Letter of warning for misconduct

10 Report of misconduct to Student Disciplinary Committee

11 Inquiry by Student Disciplinary Committee

13 Continuing liability under this Part

14 Service of practice training period

15 Transitional arrangements relating to period of pupillage

16 Entitlement to serve practice training period

17 Maximum duration of practice training period

18 Supervising solicitor

19 Responsibilities of supervising solicitor

20 Responsibilities of Singapore law practices under practice training contracts

21 Registration of practice training contracts

22 Disclosure of details of supervised training

24 Procedure before filing of application for admission

25 Application for admission, in general

26 Application for admission made before 3rd May 2011

27 Application for admission made by Malayan practitioner in active practice in West Malaysia

28 Objections to application for admission under rule 25, 26 or 27, in general

29 Objections to application for admission under rule 25, 26 or 27 by Attorney-General, Society or Institute

32 Ad hoc admissions

33 Power of Institute to revoke certificates, awards and prizes

Student Disciplinary Committee

8.—(1) The Chairman may appoint any 3 members of the Board to constitute a Student Disciplinary Committee, and shall appoint one of the members of the Student Disciplinary Committee to preside over it.

(2) The Student Disciplinary Committee may be appointed in connection with one or more matters or for a fixed period of time as the Chairman may think fit.

(3) If any member of the Student Disciplinary Committee is unable to act for any reason in any case, the Chairman may appoint another member of the Board to replace him for that case.

(4) The Director shall be the secretary of the Student Disciplinary Committee.

(5) A decision of the Student Disciplinary Committee shall be made by a majority vote of its members.

(6) The Student Disciplinary Committee shall not be bound to act in a formal manner and may determine its own procedures.

(7) The Student Disciplinary Committee shall not be bound by the provisions of the Evidence Act 1893 or by any other law relating to evidence, and may inform itself on any matter in such manner as it thinks fit.

[S 1002/2022 wef 31/12/2021]

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