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Clause 6

HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

香港立法局

19 July 1989

——————一九八九年七月十九日

81

That clause 6(b) be amended

(a) in the new subsection (4) by deleting "section 3(1AC) is no longer qualified under" and substituting "section 3(1AD) is no longer qualified under paragraph (a) of";

(b) by adding after new subsection (4) -

Clause 9

"(5) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), where a person admitted under section 3(1AB) does not commence practice as a solicitor within a period of 12 months after his admission, it shall be a cause for the removal of his name from the roll of solicitors under this section.".

That clause 9(a) be amended, in the new subsection (1A) -

(a) by adding "or" at the end of paragraph (b);

(b) by deleting paragraph (c);

(c) by renumbering paragraph (d) as paragraph (c).

Clause 10

That clause 10 be amended, by deleting the new section 27A and substituting

"Additional power of Court to admit barristers

27A.(1) In addition to the powers conferred on it by section 27, but subject to subsection (2), the Court may, after the Chief Justice has consulted the Attorney General and the Bar Committee, admit a person as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong, in such manner as may be prescribed by the Chief Justice, if the Court is satisfied that he -

(a) has been admitted as a barrister in a jurisdiction listed in Schedule 1 or if there is no admission of barristers in such jurisdiction, as a legal practitioner in that jurisdiction;

(b) has experience in advocacy;

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