518 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15ти OCTOBER, 1870.
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An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend the Laws relating to the Admission by the Supreme Court of Barristers, Attornies, Solicitors, and Proctors, to practise in the Colony, and to the Examination of Articled Clerks, and to provide for the Registration of Public Notaries, and for other Matters.
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"HEREAS it is expedient to amend the Laws relating to
Wthe Admission by the Supreme Court of Barristers, Attornies, Solicitors, and Proctors, to practise in the Colony, and to the Examination of Articled Clerks, and to provide for the Registration of Public Notaries and for other Matters: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
Title.
Preamble.
J. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Barristers and Attornies Short Title. Ordinance, 1870.”
II. The Provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply to the Interpreta- Attorney General, and in the Interpretation thereof, the Term tion Člause.
Registrar" shall mean the Registrar of the Supreme Court; the Term "Attorney" shall include "Solicitor;" and the Term "Ar- ticles" shall include any Contract whereby any Person shall be bound to serve as a Clerk to an Attorney.
Clause.
III. Section X of Ordinance No. 6 of 1845, and Ordinance No. Repealing 13 of 1856, except Sections XI and XII, are hereby repealed, subject nevertheless to the Provisions of the Section next following.
IV. The Repeal of Section X of Ordinance No. 6 of 1845, and Saving of a Portion of Ordinance No. 13 of 1856 under the last preceding Clause. Section, shall not affect the Rights of any Persons who on the First Day of January, 1870, had served or were in Course of serving any of the Qualifications specified in Section I of Ordinance No. 13 of 1856, and as regards such Persons the Whole of the said last mentioned Ordinance, and Section X of Ordinance No. 6 of 1845, shall for the Purpose of their Admission as Attornies and Proctors of the Supreme Court, be deemed to remain in Force as if this Ordinance had not been passed, except that the Examination of such Persons for their Admission as aforesaid, shall be conducted by the Examiners appointed under this Ordinance.
torney, &c.,
V. From and after the Passing of this Ordinance, no Person, No Person to save as aforesaid, shall practise within the Colony as a Barrister, practise as a [No. 18 of 1856 Attorney, or Proctor, unless he shall have been approved, adınitted Barrister, At-
and enrolled by the Supreme Court; or as a Public Notary, without unless he shall have been registered, under the Provisions of this previous Ordinance: Provided always that it shall not be necessary for Admission, &c. any Person already admitted and enrolled by the Supreme Court to practise as a Barrister, Attorney, or Proctor, to be re-admitted Re-admission or re-enrolled under this Ordinance, and every Person now prac- tising as a Public Notary within the Colony shall be allowed One Calendar Month from the Date of the Passing of this Ordinance within which to become registered, and shall during such Period be exempt from the Operation of this Section and of Section XXVIII.
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not necessary.
VI. The Supreme Court shall have Power to approve, admit Admission of and enrol such Persons as shall have been admitted Barristers or Barristers,
and Proctors.
[No. 6 of 1845 Advocates in Great Britain or Ireland, to practise as Barristers; Attorne
and such Persons as shall have been admitted as Attornies, or Writers in one of the Courts at Westminster, Dublin, or Edinburgh, or as Proctors in any Ecclesiastical Court in England, to practise as Attornies and Proctors respectively in the Supreme Court.
c.
[0 & 7 Vie.,
73 €. 3.] [No. 6 of 1845
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[No. 13 of 1856
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[6 & 7 Vic., C.
Clerks.
VII. The Supreme Court shall also have Power to admit, enrol Admission of as an Attorney and Proctor of the Supreme Court, any Person, Articled being a British Subject, who shall have actually,
exclusively, and bona fide served for the Period of Five Years as an Articled Clerk to any Attorney actually practising within the Colony, or Part of such Period of Five Years with such Attorney and the remainder with any Attorney actually practising in Great Britain or Ireland, and who shall have been examined and sworn in the Manner hereinafter directed and otherwise shall have fulfilled all the Con- ditions of this Ordinance in Relation to such Admission.
VIII. It shall be lawful for all Persons admitted and enrolled Barristers and 37 s. 27.11 by the Supreme Court to practise as Barristers or as Attornies to Attornies may
practise in Vic., c. 45 practise as such or as Advocates and Proctors respectively in all all the Courts,
the Courts of the Colony.
[See 30 & 31
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IX. Every Person who shall desire to be admitted under Section Certificate of VI to practise in the Supreme Court in any of the Capacities therein Call or Admis- mentioned shall deposit with the Registrar his Certificate of Call to the Bar or of his Admission as an Attorney, Writer, or Proctor,
sion to be deposited with
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