Hong Kong Regulations

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RULES - SECT 9

Suspension

(1) The Society shall, on the application in writing of a trainee  solicitor,
suspend for the period described in subsection (3) the application of these
Rules in relation to the applicant, if he is, for any period not shorter than
70 days-

   (a)  employed as a trainee solicitor outside Hong Kong for a period
        permitted by the Society; or

   (b)  absent from employment as a trainee solicitor as a result of illness.

(2) The Society shall, on the application in writing of a solicitor to whom
these Rules apply, suspend for the period described in subsection

(3) the application of these Rules in relation to the applicant, if he is, for
any period not shorter than 70 days-

   (a)  not in practice as a solicitor; or

   (b)  in practice as a solicitor outside Hong Kong; or

   (c)  absent from work as a result of illness.

(3) The period of suspension referred to in subsections (1) and (2) shall be
the period in respect of which the Society is satisfied under subsection
(1)(a) or (b) or (2)(a), (b) or (c).

(4) The Society may require the applicant to make a statutory declaration of
the facts upon which his application under subsection (1) or (2) is based.