Ordinance No, I of 1871.
Fees. Fourth Schedule,
Filth Schedule.
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force of this Ordinance an articled clerk shall have less than six months to serve of the prescribed period of service under articles, he shall, subject as follows, be entitled to elect to be examined for his final examination either in accordance with the regulations provided for by this Ordinance or under the regulations for the final examination made under the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, 1871. Such election shall be notified in writing by the articled clerk to the registrar and to the Society not later than one month after the date of this Ordinance coming into force and in the ovent of his electing to be examined under the regulations made under the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, 1871, he shall be prepared to sit for such examination within six months from the date of the receipt by the Society of his election and in the event of bis sitting for such examination and failing it shall not be competent for hin to make any election thereafter.
74. (1) The fees mentioned in the Fourth Schedule shall be payable to the registrar in respect of the matters therein montinued.
(2) The fees mentioned in the Fifth Schedule shall be payable to the Society in respect of the matters mentioned therein.
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SCHEDULES.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
[section 16]
1. In the case of any person who, before entering into articles, has taken a degree, not being an honorary degree, in arts, law or science in any university specified in the Second Schedule the term shall be three years.
2. In the case of a person (other than a person who is qualified for exemption under sub-section (1) of section 20 of this Ordinance) who has been called to the Bar in England and bas procured himself to be disbarred before entering into articles the term shall be three years.
3. In the case of a person who has been called to the Bar in England and who before being so called, was bound by articles for a term of five years and served thereunder three years and who has ceased to be a barrister before presenting himself for his final examination, the term of three years served under such articles as aforesaid shall without prejudice to the provisions of section 20 suffice if those articles were determined with the consent eudorsed thereon of the solicitor with whom they were entered into.
4. In the case of any person who before entering into articles has been for 10 years à bona fide clerk to a solicitor or employed in any one or more of the judicial or legal departments of the Government of Hong Kong, and who in either case, produces to the society satisfactory evidence that he has served faithfully, honestly and diligently as such, the term shall be three years.
5. The Chief Justice may make regulations directing that in the case of any person who has passed any examination held in or by a University specified in the second Schedule to this Ordinance or any college or any educational institution specified in the regulations, the term shall be four years.
8. In the case of any other person, the term shall be five
VAATA,
SECOND SCHEDULE.
[section 3 (2)]
UNIVERSITIES RECOGNIZED FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES
OF THIS Ordinance.
1. The universities specified in the Second Schedule to the Solicitors Act, 1982, or added to the list under the provisions of that Schedule.
2. The University of Hongkong.