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[Subsidiary]
Admission for particular cases: qualifying period of active practice. L.N. 136/86.
General
admission on or after 1 June 1986: qualifying period of active practice. L.N. 136/86. L.N. 601/90. Application for pupillage in Hong Kong. L.N. 202/76. L.N. 136/86.
L.N. 136/86.
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Barristers (Qualification) Rules
[1986 Ed.
called to the Bar or is admitted, as the case may be, on the next occasion immediately following the commencement of the pupillage;
(c) by any period not exceeding one month spent as a judge's marshall after the date of call to the Bar in England or Northern Ireland or admission as an advocate in Scotland.
(3) Where a person is admitted as a barrister generally under section 27(1)(a)(iii) or (iv) of the Ordinance before 1 June 1986, the qualifying period of active practice for the purposes of section 31 of the Ordinance shall be the period of approved pupillage under these rules, which period may include any period spent as a pupil in the chambers of a practising barrister in England or Northern Ireland or of a practising member of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland.
2A. Where a person is admitted as a barrister for the purpose of any particular case or cases under section 27 of the Ordinance, the qualifying period of active practice for the purposes of section 31 of the Ordinance shall be a period of not less than 12 months of active practice as a barrister or advocate in any part of the Commonwealth after the date of that person's call to the Bar in England or Northern Ireland or his admission as an advocate in Scotland or, in the case of a person who, prior to his call to the Bar of England or Northern Ireland or admission as an advocate in Scotland, had been admitted as a barrister or advocate in any part of the Commonwealth, after the date of his being so admitted.
2B. Where a person is admitted as a barrister generally under section 27 of the Ordinance on or after 1 June 1986, the qualifying period of active practice for the purposes of section 31 shall be the period of approved pupillage under these rules.
3.
A person desiring to become a pupil in Hong Kong shall-
(a) give to the Secretary to the Bar Committee not less than 3 weeks' notice in writing of his intention to serve a pupillage in Hong Kong, stating whether he wishes to serve his pupillage-
(i) with a practising barrister; or
(ii) in the Attorney General's Chambers,
and if with a practising barrister, stating the name and professional address of that barrister;
(b) deposit with the Bar Committee a certificate from the Registrar of the Supreme Court that the applicant has been admitted as a barrister in Hong Kong and separate certificates of good character from two responsible persons who have known him for one year or more and have had opportunity of judging his character;
(c) deposit with the Bar Committee a written declaration and
undertaking that-