1967-HKRS30-8-58_Part05 — Page 53

Amendment of

rule 16.

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8. Rule 16 of the principal rules is amended--

(a) by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting therefor the

following new paragraph-

"(2) Subject to paragraph (2) of rule 9 a person who has entered into articles may present himself for the Part 1l examination at any examination beld after he has passed or has been granted total exemp- tion from the Part I examination:

Provided that, except in the case of a person to whom paragraph (5) applies, where the term of articles is four years or five years not less than one year shall have elapsed between the date when an articled clerk shall have passed or have been granted total exemption from the Part 1 examination and the date when he may first present himself for the Part II examination."; and

(5) by deleting paragraph (4) and substituting therefor the

following new paragraphs-

First Schedule. Form 12A.

(L.N. 170768.)

"(4) A person seeking to present himself for the Part II examination before catry into articles shall lodge with the Society an application in accordance with Form 12A, in the First Schedule duly completed and signed, together with a certificate from the Regis- war of the appropriate University or other appropriate official as to the examinations and the subjects in which the applicant has passed.

(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) a person who has enrolled as a student or entered into articles prior to the date of commencement of the Students (Amend- meat) Rules 1968 may, with the consent of the Society, present himself for the Part II examination in accordance with the provisions of these rules in force on the day immediately preceding such date.

(6) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that a person to whom paragraph (5) applies may present himself for the Part II examination at any examination, whether held in the Colony or in England, that is at the place of such presentation the examination next preceding or held next before the expiration of the term of his articles and that such person may so present himself both in the Colony and in England consecutively and irrespective of sequence.".

9.

Ruk 17 of the principal rules is amended-

(a) in paragraph (1), by inserting the following after

"applied"

'or where such person satisfies the Society that he has passed the Part 1 examination or any Head thereof for which exemption is sought while he was a person to whom such regulations applied": (6) in paragraph (2), by inserting the following after

"Registrar"-

"of the appropriate University"; and

(c) by inserting the following new paragraphs after para-

graph (2)

Fit Schedule, Form 16.

Für Schedule, Foded 15.

"(3) The Society may by the issue of a certificate of exemption in accordance with Form 16 in the First Schedule exempt any person from sitting the Part [] examination or any Head thereof in any case where such person satisfies the Society that he has passed the Part II examination or any Head thereof for which exemption is sought while he was an carolled student of the English Law Society pursuant to the Students Regulations 1962.

(4) A person seeking exemption under para- graph (3) shall make application to the Society in accordance with Form 15 in the First Schedule and shall lodge therewith a certificate from the President or Vice-President of the English Law Society or other appropriate official as to the examination and the Heads in which the applicant has passed in the examination on which he relies together with such further evidence as the Society may require.",

10. Rule 19 of the principal rules is revoked and replaced by the following--

"Evidence of results.

19. Any certificate or notification issued by or on behalf of the Society or the English Law Society as to the results achieved by any candidate in any part of the qualifying examination or any Head thereof shall be evidence of whether or not such candidate has passed or failed.”.

11. The principal rules are amended by adding the follow- ing new rule after rule 19-

"Examina- tion dates.

19A. For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that in these rules a person shall be deemed

Amendment of rule 17.

Revocation and replacement

of rule 19.

Addition of new rule 19A.