J 12
[Subsidiary]
L.N. 225/83.
L.N. 44/81.
CAP. 159]
Articled Clerks Rules
[1983 Ed.
FORM 6
ARTICLED CLERKS RULES
CERTIFICATES AS TO ENTRY INTO ARTICLES
From: The Law Society of Hong Kong.
Name:
Address:
This is to certify that the above-named may enter into articles.
Date
19.......
Signed
Secretary to the Society.
FORM 7
ARTICLED CLERKS RULES
DECLARATION AS TO ARTICLES
We, ... of ... and of ... solicitor, do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows-
I, the said ... for myself say as follows--
[rule 7.]
[rule 8.]
L.N. 32/76. (Cap. 159.)
1. I was present on the day of ... 19... and did see ... the parties to the Articles of Clerkship bearing the date the day of ... 19... now produced and shown to me marked ... duly sign seal and as their act and deed deliver the said Articles of Clerkship.
2. The names or signatures subscribed thereto as of some/all of the parties executing the same are in the handwritings of the said ...
3. The name or signature set and subscribed thereto as the person attesting the due execution thereof by the said ... is in my handwriting.
And I, the said ... for myself say as follows-
4. At the time of the execution of the said Articles I was and am still a duly admitted and qualified solicitor, and have practised for upwards of 5 consecutive years, and have one/no other articled clerk, and am not employed as a clerk to another solicitor.
And we make solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance.
Declared, etc.
(a) Full name of attesting witness.
(b) Address.
(c) Full name of principal.
(d) Full name of parties to the articles.
(e) Insert "new" or "further" if appropriate.
(f) Insert copy signatures of the parties to whose execution of the articles the declarant is a witness.
(g) Full names of parties of whose execution of the articles the declarant is a witness.