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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

19 July 1989

香港立法局

一九八九年七月十九日

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(c) has been employed for at least 7 years in the Legal Department of

the Government as a Legal Officer within the meaning of the Legal Officers Ordinace (Cap. 87);

(d) has been so employed -

(i) for a period of at least 3 years; and

(ii) either immediately or recently before the date of his application for admission, on work similar to that usually undertaken in the course of his practice by a barrister in Hong Kong of 10 years seniority; and

(e) intends, if admitted, to practise as a barrister in Hong Kong within

12 months after his admission.

(2) The Court shall not admit as barristers, under subsection (1), more than 4 persons in any period of 12 months.".

Clause 11

That clause 11 be amended, by deleting clause 11 and substituting –

"Power of Court to strike off

or suspend barrister

11. Section 32 is amended -

(a) by renumbering it as subsection (1) thereof; and

(b) by adding after subsection (1) —

Clause 19

"(2) Without affecting the generality of subsection (1), where a person admitted as a barrister under section 27A does not commence practice as barrister in Hong Kong within 12 months after his admission, it shall be a cause for removal of his name from the roll of barristers under this section.".

That clause 19 be amended, in the new Schedule 1 by

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