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SECOND SCHEDULE.
(rule 6)
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TERM OF ARTICLES.
L. 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 examing- tion, the term shall be two years.
7 In the case of a person who, before entering into articles, has taken a degree, not being an honorary degree, at the University or any university specified in the Second Schedule of the Students Regulations, 1962, or is in a position to supplicate for such degree and who has passed the Part 1 examina- tion or has been granted total exemption therefrom, the term shall be two and a half years.
3. Save as provided by rule 20, in the case of a person who has beza called to the Bar in England, and who ceases to be a barrister, and who hau passed the Part 1 examination or who has been granted total exemption Chen- From before entering into articles, the term shall be two and a half year.
4. In the case of a person who, since attaining the age of eighteen year And before entering into articles, has been for ten years either-
(a) a bona fide clerk to a solicitor and has during that term heen bona 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
(b) employed in the Judiciary In Hong Kong or in the Legal or Registrar General's departments of the Government of Hong Kong or partly in one and partly in another or the others and has during that time bex bona fide engaged in the transaction and performance of such matton and business as come within the normal scope of the said Judiciary or of those departments,
or partly one and partly the other and who, in either case, produces to the Society satisfactory evidence that he has served faithfully, honestly and diligently as such and who bas passed the Part I examination or has been granted total exemption therefrom, the term shall be three years.
5. In the case of a person not falling within paragraphs 1 to 4 heread, who, before entering into articles, has passed the Part I examination, the terra shall be four years.
6. In the case of any other person, the term shall be five years.
A. K. W. LUI, Chairman.
G. H. H. GOLBY,
Member.
3rd June, 1964.
Approved this 22nd day of June, 1964.
R. MARTYN, Member.
SHIRLEY Woo. Secretary.
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Explanatory Note.
Chief Justice.
(This Note is not part of the rules, but is intended ta Indicate their general purport).
The purpose of these rules is to lay down the conditions with which a person must comply to enable him to be admitted as a solicitor. The rules are largely based on the Students Regulations, 1962, made by the Law Society under the Solicitors Act, 1957 and replace, without substantial modification, the corre sponding provisions presently contained in sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 of and the First and Second Schedules to the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, Chapter 159, and in the Legal Practitioners (Qualification Prosedure) Rules, 1962. made under that OrdinancC.
D. Q. CHBUNG,
Member.