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1. The laws and regulations which obtain
in this Colony Blfil, in my opinion, the conditions set forth
in sub-section 1 of section 2 of the Colonial Soliciter's Act
1900.
2.
Those laws and regulations are contain-
ed in Ordinance No.3 of 1871 as amended by Ordinance No.13 of
1884, and see also section 21 of Ordinance No.9 of 1899 and
section 3 of Ordinance No.32 of 1899.
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3. Before a person can be admitted as
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of HongKong he must have pre-
viously admitted in Great Britain or Ireland (see section 5
of Ordinance No.3 of 1871) or else have been an articled clæk
for five years and have passed the examinations.
4. As regards the examonations, the exam-
iners are the Attorney General with two or more other fit per
sons appointed by the Chief Justice in writing under the seal
of the Court.
Sections 17,18,19, and 20 of Ordinance No.
8 of 1871 deal with examinations. As no special regulations
have been made, the Examiners conform themselves so far as may
be practicable to the regulations for the time being by which
the examination of persons intending to become bound under
articles of clerkship and of candidates for admission to præ-
tise