Hong Kong Regulations

ADMISSION AND REGISTRATION RULES - RULE 5

Admission as solicitor

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) On the date of hearing of the motion under rule 4 or any adjournment
thereof by the Court, the Secretary for Justice, or a member of the Society or
Counsel shall move the Court that the person concerned be admitted and
enrolled as a solicitor. (L.N. 165 of 1994)

(2) The Court, upon hearing the Secretary for Justice, such member of the
Society or Counsel and upon hearing any representation which may be made by or
on behalf of the Society or of the Secretary for Justice and upon being
satisfied that the applicant is eligible for admission as a solicitor, may
order that the applicant be admitted as a solicitor or, if the Court is not so
satisfied, may dismiss the application upon such terms as regards costs or
otherwise as the Court may deem appropriate.

(3) The Registrar shall deliver to every person who is admitted as a
solicitor, as soon as is practicable after the admission of such person, a
certificate of such admission. (L.N. 41 of 1981; L.N. 312 of 1988; L.N. 100 of
1990) (L.N. 362 of 1997)