Legal Profession Act |
Legal Profession (Foreign Practitioner Examinations) Rules 2011 |
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Citation and commencement |
1. These Rules may be cited as the Legal Profession (Foreign Practitioner Examinations) Rules 2011 and shall come into operation on 29th September 2011. |
Definitions |
2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —
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Administration of Examinations |
Application to sit for Examinations |
4.—(1) A person who applies to be registered by the Attorney-General to practise Singapore law under section 130I of the Act cannot, for the purposes of satisfying any requirement for such registration, or of ascertaining whether any such requirement is satisfied, rely on any determination of the person’s eligibility to sit for the Examinations by the Director, the Examinations Review Board or the Institute.
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Application to review decision of Director |
5.—(1) Any person who, having applied under rule 4(2) to sit for a particular session of the Examinations, is aggrieved by a decision of the Director under rule 4(3) may, within 14 days after the date on which the decision was communicated to him, apply to the Institute in such manner as the Institute may specify for the decision to be reviewed by the Examinations Review Board.
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Examination fee |
6.—(1) Where the Director or the Examinations Review Board has approved a person’s application under rule 4(2) to sit for a particular session of the Examinations, the person shall pay to the Institute, in such manner and within such period as the Director may specify, an examination fee for that particular session of the Examinations of the amount specified in the Schedule.
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Code of Conduct |
7.—(1) The Director may, with the approval of the Board, issue and from time to time amend a Code of Conduct for the Examinations.
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Results of Examinations |
8.—(1) The Director shall release the results of a particular session of the Examinations as soon as is practicable after that particular session of the Examinations.
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Examinations Review Board |
9.—(1) The Chairman may appoint any 2 or more members of the Board to constitute an Examinations Review Board, and shall appoint one of the members of the Examinations Review Board to preside over it.
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Examinations Disciplinary Committee |
10.—(1) The Chairman may appoint any 3 members of the Board to constitute an Examinations Disciplinary Committee, and shall appoint one of the members of the Examinations Disciplinary Committee to preside over it.
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Report of misconduct to Examinations Disciplinary Committee |
11.—(1) The Director shall report the matter to the Examinations Disciplinary Committee if he has reason to believe that a candidate —
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Inquiry by Examinations Disciplinary Committee |
12.—(1) Upon receiving a report from the Director under rule 11, the Examinations Disciplinary Committee shall conduct an inquiry into the matter to determine if any action should be taken in respect of the candidate concerned and shall, by notice in writing, call upon the candidate concerned —
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Action by Board |
13.—(1) Upon receiving and considering the report and recommendation of the Examinations Disciplinary Committee under rule 12, the Board may —
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Continuing liability under these Rules |
14.—(1) Notwithstanding the fact that a person has ceased to be a candidate upon his withdrawal from any session of the Examinations or upon the conclusion of any session of the Examinations (being a session of the Examinations during which he has failed the Examinations) —
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Power of Institute to revoke certificates, awards and prizes |
15.—(1) The Institute may revoke any certificate, award or prize granted or issued by it in relation to the Examinations to any person if the Institute is satisfied that —
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Exemption |
16.—(1) Upon an application made to the Minister by any foreign lawyer, the Minister may exempt the foreign lawyer from all or any, and from the whole or any part of any, of the requirements under rule 4(3)(b) to (g), if the Minister is of the opinion that the foreign lawyer is, by reason of his standing and experience or for any other cause, a fit and proper person to be so exempted.
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Chairman, Singapore Institute of Legal Education. |
[SILE/2011/3/FPE; AG/LLRD/SL/161/2010/17 Vol. 1] |
(To be presented to Parliament under section 131 of the Legal Profession Act). |
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