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3.7
The requirement for a period of practice in
other jurisdictions for at least 5 years is not intended to apply to a Hong Kong permanent resident as defined in the Immigration Ordinance or to a person who has Hong Kong as his natural place of domicile.
3.8
It is not intended that any person admitted as a
be foreign lawyer should, by virtue of that fact alone,
Such a person entitled to practise on his own account. would be required to join either a domestic law firm or a foreign law firm permitted to practise in Hong Kong.
Application of certain sections of the Ordinance to foreign
lawyers
3.9
Certain other provisions may need to apply to
foreign lawyers as they do to solicitors.
Examples are
Provision
or Section
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Effect
Qualifications for practising as a
solicitor
Accountants' reports
Appointment of Disciplinary
Committee
Powers of Disciplinary Committee
Auxiliary Powers of Disciplinary
Committee
Findings of a Disciplinary Committee
Appeal and savings
Applications to Court
Application with respect to
allegations
Council may inspect proceedings in
bankruptcy
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