1986 Ed.]
Barristers (Qualification) Rules
4.
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(i) he is not in practice as a solicitor either on his own account or as a partner or employee in any legal firm whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere and that he does not intend, so long as he remains a pupil, to practise as a solicitor either on his own account or as a partner or employee in any firm in Hong Kong or elsewhere;
(ii) he is not enrolled and, so long as he remains a pupil, will not be enrolled as a student, articled clerk or member of The Law Society of Hong Kong.
A practising barrister shall not receive a pupil into his chambers unless he has first obtained the approval of the Bar Committee to the pupillage.
5. A person shall not be eligible to become a pupil for the purposes of these rules if he -----
(a) is an undischarged bankrupt;
(b) has been convicted of a criminal offence of such a nature as, in the opinion of the Bar Committee, makes his admission as a pupil undesirable;
(c) is engaged in any occupation which, in the opinion of the Bar Committee, is incompatible with pupillage; or
(d) is for any other reason considered by the Bar Committee to be unsuitable as a pupil.
6. The Bar Committee shall, if it is satisfied that the applicant has complied with the requirements of rule 3 that he is a fit and suitable person and is not ineligible by virtue of rule 5, and if he wishes to serve his pupillage with a practising barrister, that the practising barrister with whom he wishes to serve his pupillage has obtained the approval of the Bar Committee to the pupillage under rule 4, approve him as a pupil.
7. (1) A pupil who, while serving pupillage, is-
(a) adjudicated bankrupt;
(b) convicted of a criminal offence; or
(c) engaged, employed or enrolled in contravention of his written declaration and undertaking,
shall forthwith inform the Bar Committee in writing.
(2) The Bar Committee may approve the transfer of pupillage from one practising barrister to another or from a practising barrister to the Attorney General's Chambers or from the Attorney General's Chambers to a practising barrister.
(3) The Bar Committee may order the termination or suspension of a pupillage if it is satisfied that--
(a) the pupil has been guilty of misconduct; or
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[Subsidiary]
Approval of Bar Committee.
Disqualification.
Approval of pupillage.
LN. 202/76.
Termination of pupillage.
L.N. 202/76.