CAP. 159]
Legal Practitioners
[1989 Ed.
(b) he has passed an examination in solicitor's accounts specified for
the purposes of this paragraph by the Council. (Added 46 of 1989 s. 2)
(1AC) Subsection (1AB)(b) shall not apply in any case where the Chief Justice, after consultation with the Council, is satisfied that the applicant concerned has previously passed an examination in solicitor's accounts. (Added 46 of 1989 s. 2)
(1AD) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and section 4(1), the Court may, in such manner as may be prescribed by the Chief Justice, admit a person as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong if the Court is satisfied that he
(a) is a teacher in a course leading to a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws and is employed and has been employed for at least one year as a full-time law lecturer at the Department of Professional Legal Education of the University of Hong Kong or at any other institution approved for the purposes of this paragraph by the Chief Justice after consultation with the Attorney General and the Council;
(b) has been admitted in a jurisdiction listed in Schedule 1 as a solicitor, or if there is no admission of solicitors in such jurisdiction, as a legal practitioner in that jurisdiction;
(c) has in that jurisdiction been engaged for at least 2 years in work that would, if undertaken in Hong Kong, be similar to that usually undertaken by a solicitor in Hong Kong in the course of his practice; and
(d) is a fit person to be a solicitor. (Added 46 of 1989 s. 2)
(1AE) The Court shall not admit under subsection (1AB) more than 10 persons in any period of 12 months. (Added 46 of 1989 s. 2)
(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). (Added 46 of 1989 s. 2)
(1B) The Court may, when admitting a person as a solicitor, sit in chambers. (Added 58 of 1976 s. 3)
(2) Every solicitor shall be an officer of the Court and shall be subject to the jurisdiction thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Supreme Court Ordinance (Cap. 4) and of this Ordinance.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the Court or any judge thereof may exercise the same jurisdiction in respect of any person admitted to