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Legal Profession Act
Legal Profession (Practising Certificate) Rules
R 6
G.N. No. S 63/2010
REVISED EDITION 2010
(31st May 2010)
[31st May 2010]
Citation
Practice year
2.  In these Rules, “practice year” means the period from 1st April in any 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.
Application for practising certificate to practise as locum solicitor
4.
—(1)  In the case of an application for a practising certificate to practise as a locum solicitor, section 25(1)(a) of the Act shall be modified by replacing sub-paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv) with the following sub-paragraphs:
(ii)
the name of the Singapore law practice in which he is or will be practising, if he knows the name at the time of the application; and
(iii)
the principal address, and every other address in Singapore, of the Singapore law practice in which he will be practising, if he knows the address or addresses at the time of the application;”.
(2)  An application for a practising certificate to practise as a locum solicitor shall be accompanied by an undertaking by the applicant not to practise as a locum solicitor unless such professional indemnity relating to his practice as a locum solicitor as prescribed in rules made under section 75A of the Act has been obtained.
Training requirements for locum solicitors
5.
—(1)  The training required for the purposes of section 26(1A)(b) of the Act —
(a)
shall comprise 10 hours of training approved by the Council, of which 6 hours shall relate to areas of practice published on the website of the Law Society for the purposes of this rule; and
(b)
shall have been undertaken and completed by the solicitor during the period of 12 months immediately preceding his application for a practising certificate as a locum solicitor.
(2)  Training provided by any institution or body named in a list published on the website of the Law Society for the purposes of this rule, in the areas of practice referred to in paragraph (1)(a), shall be deemed to be approved by the Council for the purposes of this rule.
Evidence
6.  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
7.
—(1)  Subject to paragraph (2), a practising certificate shall be in Form A or B set out in the Schedule.
(2)  A practising certificate to practise as a locum solicitor shall be in Form C set out in the Schedule.
THE SCHEDULE
FORM A
UNKNOWN
FORM B
UNKNOWN
FORM C
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Legal Profession (Practising Certificate) Rules
(CHAPTER 161, R 6)
This Legislative History is provided for the convenience of users of the Legal Profession (Practising Certificate) Rules. It is not part of these Rules.
1.  
G. N. No. S 205/1970—Legal Profession (Practising Certificate) Rules 1970
Date of commencement
:
14 July 1970
2.  
Date of operation
:
25 March 1992
3.  
G. N. No. S 63/1997—Legal Profession (Practising Certificate) Rules 1997
Date of commencement
:
1 March 1997
4.  
Date of operation
:
15 June 1998
5.  
G. N. No. S 74/2000—Legal Profession (Practising Certificate) (Amendment) Rules 2000
Date of commencement
:
1 March 2000
6.  
G. N. No. S 209/2000—Legal Profession (Practising Certificate) (Amendment) Rules 2000
Date of commencement
:
20 April 2000
7.  
G. N. No. S 72/2005—Legal Profession (Practising Certificate) (Amendment) Rules 2005
Date of commencement
:
1 April 2005
8.  
G. N. No. S 578/2006—Legal Profession (Practising Certificate) (Amendment) Rules 2006
Date of commencement
:
1 November 2006
9.  
G. N. No. S 659/2006—Legal Profession (Practising Certificate) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2006
Date of commencement
:
1 January 2007
10.  
G. N. No. S 477/2008—Legal Profession (Practising Certificate) (Amendment) Rules 2008
Date of commencement
:
15 October 2008
11.  
Date of operation
:
31 May 2010