Hong Kong Regulations

PRACTISING CERTIFICATE (SPECIAL CONDITIONS) RULES - SECT 9

Effective date of amendment

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the amendment shall have effect from the date
when the solicitor concerned is notified of the Society's intention to amend
the practising certificate.

(2) If the Society's decision to amend a practising certificate by adding
conditions is appealed against under section 6(9) of the Ordinance, the
decision shall be suspended in its operation as from the day on which the
appeal is made until such appeal is disposed of under section 6(11) of the
Ordinance.

(3) Where there is pending against any judgment or order an appeal by a
solicitor which, if successful, would result in section 7 no longer being
applicable to him, the Society shall not give a notification under subsection
(1) in his case so long as the appeal is pending, unless in the opinion of the
Society the proceedings on that appeal have been unduly protracted by him or
are unlikely to be successful.

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to the exercise of the Society's powers
under this section by virtue of section 7(2)(c).