HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
19 July 1989
香港立法局————————一九八九年七月十九日
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(1AE) The Court shall not admit under subsection (1AB) more than 10 persons in any period of 12 months.
(1AF) In this section "legal officer" means
(a) a Legal Officer within the meaning of the Legal Officers Ordinance
(Cap. 87);
(b) a person appointed under section 3 of the Legal Aid Ordinance
(Cap. 91); and
(c) any person deemed to be a legal officer for the purpose of the Legal Officers Ordinance (Cap. 87), by virtue of section 2(3) of the Registrar General (Establishment) Ordinance (Cap. 100).".
Clause 4
That clause 4 be amended, by deleting clause 4 and substituting
"Practising certificates solicitors
4. Section 6 is amended
(a) by adding after subsection (1) -
"(1A) A practising certificate issued to a solicitor admitted under section 3(1AD) is subject to the condition that the solicitor shall not practise on his own account or in partnership."; and
(b) by repealing the proviso to subsection (6) and substituting -
"(6A) Notwithstanding subsection (6), if the Council considers that an applicant has acquired substantial experience in the law, either in Hong Kong or in the United Kingdom, over a considerable period of time the Council may reduce the period of 2 years to a period of -
(a) one year; or
(b) where immediately before his admission as a solicitor, the applicant was working in the office of a solicitor in Hong Kong, one year less one day for each day of the period he so worked, but the Council shall not reduce the period of 2 years to less than 9 months.'
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