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or in the United Kingdom, over a considerable period of time the Council may reduce the period of 2 years to a period of-
(a) one year; or
(b) where immediately before his admission as a solicitor, the applicant was working in the office of a solicitor in Hong Kong, one year less one day for each day of the period he so worked, but the Council shall not reduce the period of 2 years to less than 9 months. (Added 46 of 1989 s. 3)
(7) Where the name of a solicitor is removed from or struck off the roll of solicitors or where a receiving order in bankruptcy is in force against him, the practising certificate of that solicitor shall automatically determine and in any such case no part of the fee paid in respect thereof shall be repayable.
(8) The publication in the Gazette by the Society of a list of the names and addresses of those solicitors who have obtained practising certificates for the period stated therein shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence that each person named therein is a person qualified under section 7 to act as a solicitor and to whom a practising certificate for the period stated in such list has been issued under this section; and the absence from any such list of the name of any person shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence that such person is an unqualified person.
(9) Where the Society, in the exercise of the powers conferred on it under subsection (5), refuses to issue a practising certificate or issues a certificate subject to conditions, the applicant may appeal to the Chief Justice against the decision of the Society within 1 month of being notified of it.
(10) Where the Council refuses to disapply subsection (6) in the case of an applicant who claims to have acquired substantial experience in the law, either in Hong Kong or in the United Kingdom, over a considerable period of time, the applicant may appeal to the Chief Justice against the decision of the Council within 1 month of being informed of that decision.
(11) On an appeal to the Chief Justice under subsection (9) or (10) he may-
(a) affirm the decision of the Society or Council; or
(b) direct the Society to issue a practising certificate to the applicant free from conditions or subject to such conditions as he thinks fit. (Replaced 58 of 1976 s. 4. Amended 52 of 1980 s. 2)
Qualifications for practising as solicitor
No person shall be qualified to act as a solicitor unless—
(a) his name is for the time being on the roll of solicitors;
(b) he is not suspended from practice;
(c) he has in force a current practising certificate; and (Replaced 46 of 1989 s. 4)
1989 Ed.]
Legal Practitioners
[CAP. 159
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or in the United Kingdom, over a considerable period of time the Council may reduce the period of 2 years to a period of-
(a) one year; or
(b) where immediately before his admission as a solicitor, the applicant was working in the office of a solicitor in Hong Kong, one year less one day for each day of the period he so worked, but the Council shall not reduce the period of 2 years to less than 9 months. (Added 46 of 1989 s. 3)
(7) Where the name of a solicitor is removed from or struck off the roll of solicitors or where a receiving order in bankruptcy is in force against him, the practising certificate of that solicitor shall automatically determine and in any such case no part of the fee paid in respect thereof shall be repayable.
(8) The publication in the Gazette by the Society of a list of the names and addresses of those solicitors who have obtained practising certificates for the period stated therein shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence that each person named therein is a person qualified under section 7 to act as a solicitor and to whom a practising certificate for the period stated in such list has been issued under this section; and the absence from any such list of the name of any person shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence that such person is an unqualified person.
(9) Where the Society, in the exercise of the powers conferred on it under subsection (5), refuses to issue a practising certificate or issues a certificate subject to conditions, the applicant may appeal to the Chief Justice against the decision of the Society within 1 month of being notified of it.
(10) Where the Council refuses to disapply subsection (6) in the case of an applicant who claims to have acquired substantial experience in the law, either in Hong Kong or in the United Kingdom, over a considerable period of time, the applicant may appeal to the Chief Justice against the decision of the Council within 1 month of being informed of that decision.
(11) On an appeal to the Chief Justice under subsection (9) or (10) he may-
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(a) affirm the decision of the Society or Council; or
(b)
direct the Society to issue a practising certificate to the applicant free from conditions or subject to such conditions as he thinks fit. (Replaced 58 of 1976 s. 4. Amended 52 of 1980 s. 2)
Qualifications for practising as solicitor
No person shall be qualified to act as a solicitor unless—
(a) his name is for the time being on the roll of solicitors;
(b) he is not suspended from practice;
(c) he has in force a current practising certificate; and (Replaced 46
of 1989 s. 4)
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