1983 Ed.]
Articled Clerks Rules
[CAP. 159
(4) Every application for the direction or consent of the Society under this regulation shall be in accordance with Form 8 in the First Schedule, duly completed by the applicant, and shall be accompanied by the written consent of the solicitor under paragraph (2).
12. (1) Where an articled clerk has not served under articles in accordance with the provisions of these rules but has, after the execution of the articles, bona fide served, either continuously or not, one or more solicitors as an articled clerk for periods equal in aggregate to the full term for which he was originally articled, the Society may, if it is satisfied that the irregularity of the service was occasioned by accident, mistake or other sufficient cause and that the service, though irregular, was substantially equivalent to service in accordance with the provisions of these rules, allow the articled clerk to reckon the service as if it had been good service.
(2) Every application for service to be reckoned as good service in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be in accordance with Form 9 in the First Schedule, duly completed by the applicant.
13. (1) Where before the expiration of the term for which an articled clerk is articled, the solicitor to whom he is articled ceases to practise as a solicitor or dies or the articles are cancelled by mutual consent or are discharged by the Court or by the Council, the articled clerk may enter into new or further articles with another practising solicitor for the residue of the term of his original articles and service under the new or further articles in accordance with the provisions of these rules shall be good service:
Provided that where the articles have been discharged by the Council under section 22 of the Ordinance, service by the articled clerk under any new or further articles may only be reckoned as good service when the articled clerk has obtained the consent in writing of the Society.
(2) Where the solicitor to whom an articled clerk is articled dies before the expiration of the term for which the articled clerk is articled and the articled clerk enters into new or further articles, the Society, if it is satisfied that there has been no undue delay before the articled clerk has entered into the new or further articles and that during the period between the date of the death and the entry by the clerk into the new or further articles the articled clerk has bona fide served a practising solicitor in such a way as could, had the articled clerk entered into articles with such solicitor, have been reckoned as good service under articles, may on receiving an application in accordance with Form 9 in the First Schedule duly completed by the articled clerk allow the articled clerk to reckon such period of service as good service under articles.
(3) Where, on the expiration of the term for which an articled clerk is articled, he cannot satisfy the Society that he has duly served under articles for the whole of the term of the articles he may enter...
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[Subsidiary]
First Schedule. Form 9
Allowance of irregular service.
First Schedule. Form 9
New or further articles.
52 of 1980, s. 2. L.N. 199N
L.N. 4431
First Schedule. Form 9.
1983 Ed.]
Articled Clerks Rules
[CAP. 159
(4) Every application for the direction or consent of the Society under this regulation shall be in accordance with Form 8 in the First Schedule, duly completed by the applicant, and shall be accompanied by the written consent of the solicitor under para- graph (2).
12. (1) Where an articled clerk has not served under articles in accordance with the provisions of these rules but has, after the execution of the articles, bona fide served. either continuously or not, one or more solicitors as an articled clerk for periods equal in aggregate to the full term for which he was originally articled, the Society may, if it is satisfied that the irregularity of the service was occasioned by accident, mistake or other sufficient cause and that the service, though irregular, was substantially equivalent to service in accordance with the provisions of these rules, allow the articled clerk to reckon the service as if it had been good service.
(2) Every application for service to be reckoned as good service in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be in accordance with Form 9 in the First Schedule, duly completed by the applicant.
13. (1) Where before the expiration of the term for which an articled clerk is articled, the solicitor to whom he is articled ceases to practise as a solicitor or dies or the articles are cancelled by mutual consent or are discharged by the Court or by the Council, the articled clerk may enter into new or further articles with another practising solicitor for the residue of the term of his original articles and service under the new or further articles in accordance with the provisions of these rules shall be good service:
Provided that where the articles have been discharged by the Council under section 22 of the Ordinance, service by the articled clerk under any new or further articles may only be reckoned as good service when the articled clerk has obtained the consent in writing of the Society.
(2) Where the solicitor to whom an articled clerk is articled dies before the expiration of the term for which the articled clerk is articled and the articled clerk enters into new or further articles, the Society, if it is satisfied that there has been no undue delay before the articled clerk has entered into the new or further articles and that during the period of the date of the entry by the clerk into the new or further articles the articled clerk has bona fide served a practising solicitor in such a way as could, had the articled clerk entered into articles with such solicitor, have been reckoned as good service under articles, may on receiving an application in accordance with Form 9 in the First Schedule duly completed by the articled clerk allow the articled clerk to reckon such period of service as good service under articles.
(3) Where, on the expiration of the term for which an articled clerk is articled, he cannot satisfy the Society that he has duly served under articles for the whole of the term of the articles he may enter
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[Subsidiary]
First Schedule. Form>
Allowance of
irregular service.
First Schedule. Form 9
New or further articles.
52 of 1980, s. 2. L.N. 199 N
L.N. 4431
First Schedule. Form 9.
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