Hong Kong Regulations

ADMISSION AND REGISTRATION RULES - RULE 3

Application for certificate of eligibility for admission as solicitor on the basis of compliance with section 4

PART II

SOLICITORS

(1) A person seeking to be admitted as a solicitor on the basis of compliance
with section 4(1)(a) or (b) of the Ordinance shall apply to the Society for
the issue of a certificate in accordance with subrule (4) or

(5) and shall pay to the Society the prescribed fee.

(2) An application made under subrule (1) shall be-

   (a)  in the case of a person seeking admission on the basis of compliance
        with section 4(1)(a) of the Ordinance and of rule 20 of the
        Trainee Solicitors Rules ( Cap 159 sub.leg. J)-

        (i)    in accordance with Form 1B in the Schedule; and

        (ii)   accompanied by such documents as the Society may reasonably
               require;

   (b)  in the case of a person seeking admission on the basis of compliance
        with section 4(1)(a) of the Ordinance and not of rule 20 of the
        Trainee Solicitors Rules ( Cap 159 sub. leg. J)-

        (i)    in accordance with Form 4 in the Schedule; and

        (ii)   accompanied by such documents as the Society may reasonably
               require; and

   (c)  in the case of a person seeking admission on the basis of compliance
        with section 4(1)(b) of the Ordinance-

        (i)    in accordance with Form 1C in the Schedule; and

        (ii)   accompanied by an affidavit of identity in accordance with Form
               5 in the Schedule completed by an officer of the Court and such
               other documents as the Society may reasonably require.

(3) A trainee solicitor shall apply for a certificate in accordance with
subrule (1) within 12 months after the completion of his most recent
trainee solicitor contract, or within a further period that the Council may in
exceptional circumstances allow.

(4) The Society, if it is satisfied that a person making an application under
subrule (1) is eligible for admission as a solicitor on the basis of
compliance with section 4(1)(a) of the Ordinance and has satisfied the
requirements of section 4(1A) of the Ordinance, shall issue to him a
certificate in accordance with Form 2 in the Schedule.

(5) The Society, if it is satisfied that a person making an application under
subrule (1) is eligible for admission as a solicitor on the basis of
compliance with section 4(1)(b) of the Ordinance and has satisfied the
requirements of section 4(1A) of the Ordinance, shall issue to him a
certificate in accordance with Form 3 in the Schedule. (L.N. 165 of 1994; L.N.
466 of 1994)