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PRACTISING CERTIFICATE (SPECIAL CONDITIONS) RULES - SCHEDULE 2
FORMS
[section 5]
FORM 1
THE LAW SOCIETY OF HONG KONG
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A PRACTISING CERTIFICATE
(If there is insufficient space provided for your answer, please continue on a separate sheet of paper, specifying the question number to which your answer relates, and add your signature.)
1. Name: ______________________________________________________
2. Address:
Office: ______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
Home: ______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
3. I intend to apply for a practising certificate after the expiry of 6 weeks from the date of lodging this form with The Law Society of Hong Kong.
4. (1) I provide the following information in connection with my intended application:
(a) This is my first application for the issue of a practising certificate in Hong Kong. ...................................................................................YES/NO*
(b) I have been censured or ordered to pay a penalty or costs by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal constituted under section 9B of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap 159) since I was last issued a practising certificate. .............................................................................................YES/NO*
If "YES", provide full details.
(c) I have been notified in writing by The Law Society of Hong Kong that I have failed or refused to give a sufficient and satisfactory explanation in relation to my conduct since I was last issued a practising certificate. .......YES/NO*
The date upon which such notice was given to me was ...........................
(d) I have been suspended from practice since I was last issued a practising certificate. .............................................................................YES/NO*
If "YES" and the period of suspension has expired, provide full details and state the date upon which your period of suspension expired.
(e) I have had my name removed from or struck off the roll of solicitors since I was last issued a practising certificate.......................................YES/NO*
If "YES" and your name has been restored to the roll of solicitors, provide full details and state the date upon which your name was restored.
(f) I have become bankrupt since I was last issued a practising certificate................................................................................YES/NO*
If "YES" and you have been discharged from bankruptcy within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Ordinance (Cap 6), provide full details and state the date upon which you were discharged.
(g) A judgment in Hong Kong or elsewhere involving the payment of money has been given against me since I was last issued a practising certificate. ...............................................................................................YES/NO*
If "YES", provide full details including whether the judgment is still outstanding, and if it has been satisfied, evidence of that fact.
(h) I have been in full-time practice of law for 2 continuous years immediately prior to the date of this notice....................................................YES/NO*
If "YES", provide full details of the firm(s) in which you have been engaged in practice or the organization(s) by whom you have been employed specifying your job title and the jurisdiction(s) in which you have been practising.
If "NO", provide full details of your activities during that period, including the details of the organization(s) by whom you have been employed, specifying your job title and whether you have been employed full-time or part-time.
(i) I was a principal in or a consultant of a firm at the time of an intervention by The Law Society of Hong Kong under section 26A and Schedule 2 to the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap 159)....................................YES/NO*
If "YES", provide full details.
(2) Tick the appropriate box(es):
(a) I am engaged in private practice in Hong Kong:
□ on my own account
□ in partnership
□ as an assistant solicitor
□ as a consultant
(b) I am employed:
□ in commerce or industry
□ as a law teacher
□ by Government
(3) Details of all firms in which I am engaged in practice or by whom I am employed are as follows:
| FIRM/ORGANIZATION |
CAPACITY |
FULL-TIME/
PART-TIME/OTHER |
(4) I have commenced/ceased* to practise on my own account/in partnership* in Hong Kong in the 12 months ending on 31 October immediately before my application, details are as follows:
Name(s) of firm(s): __________________________________________
Date(s) of commencing/ceasing* practice: ________________________
I solemnly and sincerely declare that all the information given by me in this application is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance (Cap 11).
Declared at Hong Kong this ______________ day of _________________________.
_____________________________________
Before me,
_____________________________________
*Delete if inapplicable.
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