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Ord. No. 46/89
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (AMENDMENT)
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1989
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (AMENDMENT)
HONG KONG
No. 46 OF 1989
Ord. No. 46/89
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Section
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1.
Short title
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2.
Power of Court to admit solicitors
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3.
Practising certificates-solicitors
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4.
Qualifications for practising as solicitor
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5.
Removal from roll
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6.
Expenses of Disciplinary Committee and of Society
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7.
"Schedule 2" substituted for "the Schedule"
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8.
Power of Court to admit barristers
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9.
Section added
L.S.
I assent.
27A. Additional power of Court to admit barristers
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10.
Power of Court to strike off or suspend barrister
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11.
"$10,000” substituted for "$2,000"
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12.
Unqualified person not to act as solicitor
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13.
"$25,000" substituted for “$5,000”
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14.
"$50,000" substituted for "$10,000"
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15.
Power of Chief Justice to make rules
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16.
Section added
David WILSON,
Governor.
20 July 1989
72B. Legislative Council may amend Schedule 1
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17.
Section substituted
74A. Advisory Committee on Legal Education
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An Ordinance to amend the Legal Practitioners Ordinance.
18.
Schedule amended
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19.
Schedule added
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[21 July 1989]
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Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
Short title
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Ordinance 1989.
Power of Court to admit solicitors
2.
Section 3 of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap. 159) is amended by adding after subsection (1A)—
“(IAA) The Court shall not admit a person under section 4(1)(a)(ii) unless-----
(a) he has resided in Hong Kong for at least 3 months immediately before his
admission;
(b) he is a Hong Kong permanent resident as defined in the Immigration
Ordinance (Cap. 115); or
(c) he has been ordinarily resident in Hong Kong for at least 7 years.