Legal Profession Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Practising Certificates
14. Disqualification for practising certificate
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
No advocate and solicitor shall apply for a practising certificate —
practising certificate
“practising certificate” means a certificate issued by the Chief Registrar under section 13;
unless he is practising or intends to practise in
Brunei Darussalam either on his own account or in partnership; or
unless he is or is about to be employed in his or their practice in Brunei Darussalam by an advocate and solicitor or a firm of advocates or solicitors in practice in Brunei Darussalam; and
unless he is or is about to be ordinarily resident in
Brunei Darussalam:
Provided that in the case of an advocate and solicitor who is not a citizen of Brunei Darussalam or a permanent resident, this subsection shall not entitle him to apply for the renewal of his practising certificate unless, during the period in respect of which his immediately preceding practising certificate was issued, he had been in active practice in Brunei Darussalam —
if it was issued after 31st March 1999 and was his first practising certificate, for at least 3 months in the aggregate;
in any other case, for at least 9 months in the aggregate.
For the purpose only of this section, an advocate and solicitor is deemed to be practising in Brunei Darussalam on his own account and entitled on payment of the prescribed fee to a practising certificate, if he is employed or works in Brunei Darussalam in his professional capacity as an advocate and solicitor in —
advocate and solicitor
“advocate and solicitor” means an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court;
the Government; or
an approved legal department.
In this section, “an approved legal department” means a legal department of a company incorporated in Brunei Darussalam under the
Companies Act (Chapter 39) which is designated by the Attorney General as an approved legal department by a written notice to the Chief Registrar.
Chief Registrar
“Chief Registrar” means the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, a Registrar and a Deputy Registrar;
The written notice may contain such terms and conditions as the
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Attorney General thinks fit to impose, and the written notice shall be valid for such period as the Attorney General thinks fit and states therein, and may be renewed from time to time.
A practising certificate issued to an advocate and solicitor shall cease to have effect when he ceases to practise or to be employed or to work as provided in this section.
Terms defined in s 2
advocate and solicitor
Defined · s 2“advocate and solicitor” means an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court;
Chief Registrar
Defined · s 2“Chief Registrar” means the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, a Registrar and a Deputy Registrar;
practising certificate
Defined · s 2“practising certificate” means a certificate issued by the Chief Registrar under section 13;
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