CAP. 159]
Legal Practitioners
[1989 Ed.
(3) The Chief Justice may, if he thinks fit, at any time order the Registrar to replace on the roll of solicitors the name of a solicitor whose name has been removed or struck off the roll of solicitors.
[cf. 1957 c. 27 ss. 6, 7 & 8 U.K.]
6.
Practising certificates--solicitors
(1) The Society, on application in writing by a solicitor in the month of November in any year in such form as may be prescribed by the Council and on payment of such fee as may be so prescribed, shall, subject to subsection (3), issue to the applicant a practising certificate as a solicitor for the period of one calendar year from 1 January next following the date of the application.
(1A) A practising certificate issued to a solicitor admitted under section 3(1AD) is subject to the condition that the solicitor shall not practise on his own account or in partnership. (Added 46 of 1989 s. 3)
(2) A practising certificate issued under subsection (1) shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Council.
(3) A practising certificate shall not be issued under subsection (1) unless the applicant has, where necessary, delivered to the Council an accountant's report under section 8, complied with any indemnity rules made by the Council under section 73A or is exempt from them and has paid to the Society the membership subscription in respect of the year for which the practising certificate is to be issued. (Amended 75 of 1980 s. 2)
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Society may, upon such conditions as it thinks fit, permit an application for a practising certificate to be made under this subsection at any time and upon such application may issue to the applicant a practising certificate for any period not exceeding one calendar year and ending on 31 December in the year in which it is issued.
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Society may-
(a) refuse to issue a practising certificate on such grounds as may be
prescribed by the Chief Justice; or
(b) issue a practising certificate to an applicant subject to such
conditions as may be prescribed by the Chief Justice.
(6) It shall be a condition of a practising certificate issued for the first time on or after 1 August 1976 to any solicitor who does not satisfy the Council that since being admitted as a solicitor he has been bona fide employed in the practice of a solicitor in Hong Kong for at least 2 years prior to his application for such practising certificate, that he shall not practise as a solicitor on his own account or in partnership until he satisfies the Council that since being admitted as a solicitor he has been bona fide employed in the practice of a solicitor in Hong Kong for at least 2 years. (Amended 22 of 1979 s. 2; 46 of 1989 s. 3)
(6A) Notwithstanding subsection (6), if the Council considers that an applicant has acquired substantial experience in the law, either in Hong Kong
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CAP. 159]
Legal Practitioners
[1989 Ed.
(3) The Chief Justice may, if he thinks fit, at any time order the Registrar to replace on the roll of solicitors the name of a solicitor whose name has been removed or struck off the roll of solicitors.
[cf. 1957 c. 27 ss. 6, 7 & 8 U.K.]
6.
Practising certificates--solicitors
(1) The Society, on application in writing by a solicitor in the month of November in any year in such form as may be prescribed by the Council and on payment of such fee as may be so prescribed, shall, subject to subsection (3), issue to the applicant a practising certificate as a solicitor for the period of one calendar year from 1 January next following the date of the application.
(1A) A practising certificate issued to a solicitor admitted under sec- tion 3(1AD) is subject to the condition that the solicitor shall not practise on his own account or in partnership. (Added 46 of 1989 s. 3)
(2) A practising certificate issued under subsection (1) shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Council.
(3) A practising certificate shall not be issued under subsection (1) unless the applicant has, where necessary, delivered to the Council an accountant's report under section 8, complied with any indemnity rules made by the Council under section 73A or is exempt from them and has paid to the Society the membership subscription in respect of the year for which the practising certificate is to be issued. (Amended 75 of 1980 s. 2)
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Society may, upon such con- ditions as it thinks fit, permit an application for a practising certificate to be made under this subsection at any time and upon such application may issue to the applicant a practising certificate for any period not exceeding one calendar year and ending on 31 December in the year in which it is issued. (5) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Society may-
(a) refuse to issue a practising certificate on such grounds as may be
prescribed by the Chief Justice; or
(b) issue a practising certificate to an applicant subject to such
conditions as may be prescribed by the Chief Justice.
(6) It shall be a condition of a practising certificate issued for the first time on or after 1 August 1976 to any solicitor who does not satisfy the Council that since being admitted as a solicitor he has been bona fide employed in the practice of a solicitor in Hong Kong for at least 2 years prior to his application for such practising certificate, that he shall not practise as a solicitor on his own account or in partnership until he satisfies the Council that since being admitted as a solicitor he has been bona fide employed in the practice of a solicitor in Hong Kong for at least 2 years. (Amended 22 of 1979 s. 2; 46 of 1989 s. 3)
(6A) Notwithstanding subsection (6), if the Council considers that an applicant has acquired substantial experience in the law, either in Hong Kong
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