Hong Kong Regulations

BARRISTERS (QUALIFICATION FOR ADMISSION AND PUPILLAGE) RULES - SECT 7

Requirements for passing Examination

(1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 4(4) and (5), a person must pass
Papers I, II, III, IV and V at the same sitting in order to pass the
Examination.

(2) A person who has failed no more than 2 examination papers at any one
sitting of the Examination need only resit the examination paper or papers
which he has failed, but such person must pass the Examination

(excluding any examination paper which he has been exempted from sitting)
within a period of 3 years.

(3) A person-

   (a)  who has failed more than 2 examination papers at any one sitting of
        the Examination; or

   (b)  who has failed to pass the Examination (excluding any examination
        paper which he has been exempted from sitting) within a period of 3
        years as provided in subsection (2), must present himself for
        examination afresh in respect of Papers I, II, III, IV and V or, where
        a person has been exempted from sitting any examination paper pursuant
        to section 4(4) or (5), all those papers for which he has not been
        exempted (as the case may be), in accordance with subsections (1) and
        (2).