No. 1 of 1871.
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS.
Notice of intention to apply for admission.
aforesaid, after the expiration of one month from the date of the return of the certificate or the date of the order made on the petition, as the case may be.
16. Every candidate for admission as a solicitor shall give one month's notice in writing to the Registrar and to the secretary examination of the Incorporated Law Society of Hong Kong of his intention to apply for examination and admission, and shall cause a like notice to be inserted three times in the Gazette and in a public newspaper of the Colony: Provided always that the Chief Justice may, on any special grounds, make an order dispensing with all or any of the formalities prescribed by this section.
Renewal of notice.
Registration of articles of service to solicitor practising in Great Britain or Ireland.
17. Every such candidate who has given notice of such his intention and who has not attended to be examined, or has not passed the examination, or has not been admitted, may, but not within six months after such notice given, renew the notice for examination and admission, and so from time to time as often as he may think proper: Provided always that if any such person has been prevented from attending to be examined as aforesaid by reason of sickness or other unavoidable cause, it shall be lawful for the Chief Justice to permit such notice to be renewed within the said period of six months.
18. Every such candidate who has served part of the period of five years as an articled clerk to a solicitor practising in Great Britain or Ireland, and the other part to a solicitor practising in this Colony, shall, in addition to the formalities prescribed by sections 5 and 6 in respect of the articles therein mentioned, and before he can be admitted and enrolled, produce to the Registrar the articles under which he has become bound to such solicitor practising in Great Britain or Ireland and every assignment thereof, and shall make and swear, or duly cause to be made and sworn, such affidavits in relation thereto as are prescribed by section 5 in respect of the articles therein mentioned; and the provisions of section 6 shall likewise apply to articles whereby such candidate has been bound to serve any solicitor practising in Great Britain or Ireland and to any assignment thereof: Provided always that the Chief Justice may, on special grounds and on such conditions as he may think proper, exempt any such person from complying with the formalities prescribed by this section, either absolutely or for any specified period.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1937.
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No. 1 of 1871.
LEGAL PRACTITIONErs.
Notice of intention to apply for
and admission.
aforesaid, after the expiration of one month from the date of the return of the certificate or the date of the order made on the petition, as the case may be.
16. Every candidate for admission as a solicitor shall give one month's notice in writing to the Registrar and to the secretary examination of the Incorporated Law Society of Hong Kong of his intention to apply for examination and admission, and shall cause a like notice to be inserted three times in the Gazette and in a public newspaper of the Colony: Provided always that the Chief Justice may, on any special grounds, make an order dispensing with all or any of the formalities prescribed by this section.
Renewal of notice.
Registration of articles of
service to solicitor practising in Great Britain
or Ireland.
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17. Every such candidate who has given notice of such his intention and who has not attended to be examined, or has not passed the examination, or has not been admitted, may, but not within six months after such notice given, renew the notice for examination and admission, and so from time to time as often as he may think proper: Provided always that if any such person has been prevented from attending to be examined as aforesaid by reason of sickness or other unavoidable cause, it shall be lawful for the Chief Justice to permit such notice to be renewed within the said period of six months.
18. Every such candidate who has served part of the period of five years as an articled clerk to a solicitor practising in Great Britain or Ireland, and the other part to a solicitor practising in this Colony, shall, in addition to the formalities prescribed by sections 5 and 6 in respect of the articles therein mentioned, and before he can be admitted and enrolled, produce to the Registrar the articles under which he has become bound to such solicitor practising in Great Britain or Ireland and every assignment thereof, and shall make and swear, or duly cause. to be made and sworn, such affidavits in relation thereto as are prescribed by section 5 in respect of the articles therein men- tioned; and the provisions of section 6 shall likewise apply to articles whereby such candidate has been bound to serve any solicitor practising in Great Britain or Ireland and to any assignment thereof : Provided always that the Chief Justice may, on special grounds and on such conditions as he may think proper, exempt any such person from complying with the formalities prescribed by this section, either absolutely or for any specified period.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1937.
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