s 75D Qualification to use title of consultant
75D.—(1) Subject to subsection (1A), a solicitor must not take or use the title of consultant unless he or she has, for a period of not less than 10 years in the aggregate, been —(a) a solicitor in practice; (b) a relevant legal officer; (c) a full-time member of the academic staff of the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore, the School of Law of the Singapore Management University or the School of Law of the Singapore University of Social Sciences; or (d) holding any combination of occupations referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).[20/2009; 8/2011; 16/2016; 30/2017] (1A) Where any person who is both a solicitor and a foreign lawyer is qualified under any rules made under section 36M to take or use the title of consultant in relation to his or her capacity as a foreign lawyer, nothing in subsection (1) affects his or her qualification to use that title in relation to that capacity.[8/2011; 40/2014] (2) Any solicitor who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.