Legal Profession Act 1976 · Updated to 1 Aug 2018 · Part II · Legal Profession Qualifying Board
Section 28B
Feedback & supportA person issued with a Special Admission Certificate may apply by ex-parte originating summons to a Judge of the High Court in Chambers to be admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High
Court
“Court” means the High Court or a Judge thereof when sitting in open Court, and “Judge” means a Judge of the High Court sitting in Chambers;
Court.
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A Judge hearing an application under subsection (1) shall, upon being satisfied as to the genuineness of the Special Admission
Certificate and the identity of the applicant, admit the applicant as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court for the period specified in the
advocate and solicitor
“advocate and solicitor” includes the executors, administrators and assignees of the advocate and solicitor in question. Legal Profession 141 Advocate and solicitor entitled to charge on property for costs
Certificate; and a person so admitted as an advocate and solicitor shall be enrolled and given an instrument of admission under section 28.
The admission and enrolment of a person as an advocate and solicitor under subsection (2) shall not be reviewed or called in question in any court.
An advocate and solicitor admitted under subsection (2) shall be entitled to renew his admission from time to time upon presenting to the Registrar within a period of two months before the expiry of the period of admission or renewed admission, as the case may be, a
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of the High Court and includes a Deputy Registrar, Senior Assistant Registrar and an Assistant Registrar;
Certificate of Renewal issued by the Attorney General at the discretion of the Attorney General:
Provided that, with the leave of the Attorney General in writing, the
Certificate of Renewal may be presented to the Registrar at any time after the expiry of the period of admission or renewed admission, as the case may be.
A Certificate of Renewal issued under subsection (4) shall be for renewal of the admission or the renewed admission, as the case may be, for such period as may be specified in such Certificate, and the renewal under subsection (4) shall accordingly be for the period so specified.
The validity of a Certificate of Renewal issued under subsection (4) shall not be reviewed or called in question in any court.
Sections 10 to 19, both inclusive, shall not apply to the admission of a person as an advocate and solicitor under this Part, or to the renewal of the admission or the renewed admission, as the case may be, of such advocate and solicitor.
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Provisions as to Sijil Annual not to apply to an advocate and solicitor admitted under this Part
Sijil Annual
“Sijil Annual” means the certificate issued by the Council under section 32;