Legal Profession Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part · Privileges of Advocates and Solicitors
18. Qualifications to practise
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Subject as hereinafter provided, no person shall practise as an advocate and solicitor or do any act as an advocate and solicitor unless —
advocate and solicitor
“advocate and solicitor” means an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court;
his name is on the roll;
he has a valid practising certificate; and
he or the firm of advocates and solicitors of which he is a member or the advocate and solicitor or firm of advocates and solicitors by which he is employed maintains a place of business in
Brunei Darussalam suitable for the carrying on of the practice of an advocate and solicitor or a firm of advocates and solicitors, as the case may be,
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and a person who is not so qualified is in this Act referred to as an
“unauthorised person”.
The Government or an approved legal department, as that expression is defined in section 14, shall for the purpose of this section be deemed to be a place of business in Brunei Darussalam suitable for the carrying on of the practice of an advocate and solicitor.
Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to prevent a legal officer from performing any of his duties without holding a practising certificate or to make a legal officer who has no valid practising certificate an unauthorised person.
legal officer
“legal officer” means a qualified person in the judicial or legal service of Brunei Darussalam or any qualified person who has been retained by or who appears in any case (as defined in section 7(6)) on the instructions of the Government;
Terms defined in s 2
advocate and solicitor
Defined · s 2“advocate and solicitor” means an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court;
legal officer
Defined · s 2“legal officer” means a qualified person in the judicial or legal service of Brunei Darussalam or any qualified person who has been retained by or who appears in any case (as defined in section 7(6)) on the instructions of the Government;
practising certificate
Defined · s 2“practising certificate” means a certificate issued by the Chief Registrar under section 13;