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CAP. 159]

Legal Practitioners

[1989 Ed.

(2) The publication in the Gazette by the Registrar of a list of the names and addresses of those barristers who have obtained practising certificates for the period therein stated shall be prima facie evidence that each person named therein is a person qualified under section 31 to practise as a barrister and to whom a practising certificate for the period specified in such list has been issued under this section and the absence from any such list of the name of any person shall be prima facie evidence that such person is not so qualified.

31. Qualifications for practising as barrister

(1) A barrister shall not be qualified to practise as such-

(a) subject to subsection (2), unless he has completed the prescribed qualifying period of active practice;

(b) unless he holds a valid practising certificate;

(c) having qualified for admission as a barrister by virtue of section 27(1)(a)(i) or (ii), unless he continues to be a barrister in England or Northern Ireland or an advocate in Scotland and is not there suspended from practice as such;

(d) if he is suspended from practice under section 32 or 37;

(e) if he is a solicitor on his own account or a partner or a salaried employee of a firm of lawyers in a country where a person is able to practise both as a barrister and as a solicitor at the same time.

(2) After the expiry of the first 6 months of the prescribed qualifying period of active practice, a barrister shall be qualified to practise as a barrister to such limited extent as the Bar Committee may determine.

32. Power of Court to strike off or suspend barrister

(Replaced 58 of 1976 s. 10)

(1) The Court shall have power on reasonable cause being shown to remove from or strike off the roll of barristers or to suspend from practice any barrister who has been guilty of such misconduct as to make him unfit to practise, whereupon the Registrar shall enter a note of the Court order on the roll of barristers in connection with the name of the barrister and where the order so directs, shall remove or strike off the name. (Amended 46 of 1989 s. 10)

(2) Without affecting the generality of subsection (1), where a person admitted as a barrister under section 27A does not commence practice as a barrister in Hong Kong within 12 months after his admission, it shall be a cause for removal of his name from the roll of barristers under this section. (Amended 46 of 1989 s. 10)

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