(Cap. 159).
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"articles" means any contract in writing, whether entered into before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, whereby any person is bound to serve apprenticeship as clerk to a solicitor: "Bar Committee" means the Committee of the Hong Kong Bar Associa-
tion;
"barrister" means a person who is enrolled as a barrister on the roll of barristers and who, at the material time, is not suspended from practice;
"client", except in relation to non-contentious business, includes any person who as principal or on behalf of another person retains or employs, or is about to retain or employ, a solicitor, and any person who is or may be liable to pay a solicitor's costs; "Committee” means the cominittee of the Society elected in accordance
with the provisions of its articles of association; "Committee of Enquiry" means a Committee of Enquiry appointed
under section 34;
"contentious business" includes any business done by a solicitor in any
court, whether as a solicitor or as an advocate,
*costs" includes toes, charges, disbursements, expenses and remunera-
tion;
"Costs Committce" means the Costs Committee appointed under section
74;
"Court" means the Supreme Court;
"Disciplinary Committee" means a Disciplinary Committes appointed by the Committee in accordance with the provisions of section 9; "enrolled student" means a person who has been enrolled as a student
in such manner as may be prescribed by the Chief Justice; "non-contentious business" includes any business connected with sales,
purchases, leases, mortgages and other matters of conveyancing: "notary public" means a person who is registered on the register of notaries public and who, at the material time, is not suspended from practice:
"practising certificate" means a certificate issued by the Registrar under
section 6 or section 30;
"register of notaries public” means the register kept by the Registrar in
accordance with the provisions of section 41;
"Registrar" means the Registrar of the Court and any deputy registrar
or assistant registrar of the Court;
"repealed Ordinance" means the Legal Practitioners Ordinance; "roll of solicitors" means the roll kept by the Registrar în accordance
with the provisions of section 5;
"roll of barristers" means the roll kept by the Registrar in accordance
with the provisions of section 29;
"Society" means the Incorporated Law Society of Hong Kong, “solicitor" means a person who is enrolled on the roll of solicitors and
who, at the material time, is not suspended from practice; "unqualified person" means a person who is not a solicitor.
PART II.
SOLICITORS.
3. (1) The Court may, in such manner as may be prescribed Power of by the Chief Justice, admit as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Hong Court to
admit Kong any British subject who is qualified for admission in accordance solicitors. with this Ordinance.
(2) Every solicitor shall be an officer of the Court and shall be subject to the jurisdiction thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Supreme Court Ordinance and of this Ordinance.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the Court or any judge thereof may exercise the same jurisdiction in respect of any person admitted to practise as a solicitor therein as may be exercised by the High Court and the Court of Appeal respectively, or any division or judge thereof, in England, by virtue of subsection (2) of section 50
(Cap. 4).
of the Solicitors Act, 1957, in respect of any solicitor or attorney (5 & 6 Eliz. admitted to practise therein.
2. c. 27).
4. (1) No person shall be admitted as a solicitor unless the Court Qualifica- is satisfied-
(a) either
(i) that he has complied with such requirements as may be prescribed with respect to service under articles and to passing of examinations: or
(i) upon such evidence as may be prescribed, that he bas been admitted as an attorney or solicitor in any part of the United Kingdom and has neither been struck off the rolls thereof nor is under suspension from practice as such at the time of his application for adraission under this Ordinance; and (5) that he is a fit person to be a solicitor.
(2) A person shall not be disqualified from admission as a solicitor by reason only that-
(a) a solicitor whom be bas served for the whole or such part of such term of articled service as may be prescribed has neglected or omitted to take out a practising certificate; or
tions for odmission.
5 & 6 Eliz.
2 c. 27, s. 3.