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Legal Profession Act 1966 s 11B

s 11B Requirements for admission as lawyer (NP) of Supreme Court

11B.—(1) Subject to any rules made under section 11E, a qualified person must not be admitted as a lawyer (NP) unless he or she —(a) has attained 21 years of age; (b) is of good character; (c) has attended and satisfactorily completed such courses of instruction as the Board of Directors of the Institute may prescribe under section 10; and (d) has passed such examinations as the Board of Directors of the Institute may prescribe under section 10. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) and (d), a person is only considered to have satisfactorily completed a course, or to have passed an examination, if the date of such successful completion or pass falls within the period of validity for such successful completion or pass (as the case may be) as specified in the rules made under section 10(2)(fa). (3) A person who is a qualified person by reason of his or her having passed the final examination for a law degree in any institution of higher learning pursuant to any rules made under section 2(2) must not be admitted as a lawyer (NP) before the law degree is conferred upon him or her.[Act 37 of 2023 wef 17/07/2024]

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