Repeal and replacement
of section 65.
Amendment
17. Section 65 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following new section-
"Rules by
the Chief Justice.
65. The Chief Justice may make rules prescribing or providing for-
(a) the duties of the registrar:
(b) the form of the roll of solicitors, the register of articles and the roll of students, the mode in which they shall be kept and the contents thereof; (c) any certificate, form or other document required
under this Ordinance;
(d) the procedure to be followed in applying to the
court for admission;
(e) the better carrying into effect the provisions of
this Ordinance.”.
18. Section 74 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the inser- of section 14. tion, after subsection (2) of the following new subsection-
substitution
Deletion and
of First
Schedule.
*(3) The Governor in Council may by order amend, add to or vary the fees specified in the Third and Fourth Schedules.”.
19. The principal Ordinance is amended by the deletion of the First Schedule and the substitution therefor of the following
L.
"FIRST SCHEDULE.
TERM OF ARTICLES,
[[6.]
In the case of a person who, before entering into articles, has, with the consent of the Society, presented himself for and has passed the Part II examination, the term shall be two years,
2. In the case of a person who, before entering into articles, has taken a degree, not being an honorary degree, at any University specified in the Second Schedule, or is in a position to supplicate for such degree and who has passed the Part I examination or has been granted tola] exemption therefrom, the term shall be two and a half years.
3. Save as provided_by_section_20, in the case of a person who bas beco called to the Bar in England, and who ceases to be a barrister, and who has passed the Part 1 examination or who has been granted total exemption therefrom before entering into articles, the term shall be two and a half years.
4. In the case of a person who, since attaining the age of eighteen years and before entering into articles, has been for ten years either-
(a) a bona fide clerk to a solicitor and bas during that term been hora fide engaged in the transaction and performance under the direction and supervision of a solicitor of such matters of business as are usually transacted and performed by solicitors; or
(8) employed in the Judiciary or any one or more of the legal or Registrar General's departincots of the Government of Hong Kong and has during
that time been bona fide engaged in the transaction and performance of such matters and business as come within the normal scope of the Judiciary or of those departments,
and who, in either case, produces to the Society satisfactory evidence that he has served faithfully, honestly and diligently as such and who has passed the Part 1 examination or has been granted total exemption therefrom, the term shall be three years.
J. In the case of a person not falling within paragraphs 1 to 4 hereof, who, before entering into articles, has passed the Part 1 examination, the term shall be four years.
6. to the case of any other person, the term shall be five years.",
of Second
20. The Second Schedule to the principal Ordinance is amended- Amendment (a) by the deletion of the reference "s. 3(2)." in square brackets Schedule.
and the substitution therefor of the following--
"Ist Schedule"; and
(6) by the deletion of item 1 and the substitution therefor of the
following-
"1. The Universities specified in the Second Schedule to
the Students Regulations, 1962.".
21. The Third Schedule to the principal Ordinance is amended in Amendment item 1 by the insertion after the words "an affidavit" of the following- of Third
"or statutory declaration".
Schedule.
Schedule.
22. The Fourth Schedule to the principal Ordinance is amended Amendment by the deletion of item 4 and the substitution therefor of the following of Fourth
"4. On application to sit for either part of the
qualifying examination
$250.00 together
with such fees as
are charged by the English Law Society.".
23. The Legal Practitioners Regulations, 1952, are revoked.
PART II.
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.
Revocation. (G.N.A. 12/52).
24. Notwithstanding the repeal of sections 3, 4 and 9 of the prin- Saving in cipal Ordinance the provisions thereof shall continue to apply to persons respect to sections 3, who enter into articles before the 1st day of January, 1963, in place of 4 and 9 of the provisions substituted respectively by sections 3, 4 and 6 of this the principal
Ordinance. Ordinance.