Legal Profession Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part 5
28C. Solicitor not to act as agent for unauthorised persons
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
No advocate and solicitor shall —
advocate and solicitor
“advocate and solicitor” means an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court;
wilfully and knowingly act as agent for any unauthorised person in any legal proceedings of whatsoever kind or in any matter which under this Act can be done only by an advocate and solicitor who has in force a practising certificate;
permit his name to be made use of in any such proceedings or matter upon the account or for the profit of any unauthorised person; or
send any process to any unauthorised person, or do any other act enabling any unauthorised person to appear, act or practise or purport to practise in any respect as an advocate and solicitor in any such proceedings or matter.
No advocate and solicitor shall authorise any unauthorised person to operate any bank account in the name of the advocate and solicitor or his firm and maintained by the advocate and solicitor or his firm in connection with his practice as an advocate and solicitor.
Disciplinary proceedings may be taken against any advocate and solicitor who acts in contravention of subsection (1) or (2).
Any unauthorised person who was enabled by an advocate and solicitor to act or practise or purport to practise as an advocate and solicitor is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000
or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months.
In this section, “unauthorised person” has the meaning assigned to it in section 18(1).
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Terms defined in s 2
advocate and solicitor
Defined · s 2“advocate and solicitor” means an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court;
practising certificate
Defined · s 2“practising certificate” means a certificate issued by the Chief Registrar under section 13;