ARTICLED CLERKS RULES

ARTICLED CLERKS RULES

ARTICLED CLERKS RULES

ARRANGEMENT OF RULES

Rule page

PART 1

CITATION AND INTERPRETATION

1. Citation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 . ... ... ... ... ... J 2
2. Interpretation ... ... . ... ... ... ... ... . . ... ... ... .. J 2

PART 11

Revoked

PART Ill

ARTICLES OF CLERKSHIP

6...........Term of articles ............. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J 3
6A..........Examinations ................. ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... J 3
6B..........Form of articles ............. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J 4
7...........Notice of articles............... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J 4

8. Registration of articles...... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J 4

9..............Service ice of articles ...... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J 5

to...........Irregular service ice ........... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J 6

11....................Other employment of articled clerk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J 6

12.................Allowance of irregular service ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J 7
13.................New or further articles ... ... ... 1 . ... ... ... ... ... ... J 7

PART IV

EXAMINATIONS

14.................Qualification for admission ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J 8
14A................Part 11 examinations in Hong Kong ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
J 8

15...............Examinations in accounts .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J 9

16.........[Revoked] ......................... ... ... ... ... ... ... J 9

17.........[Revoked] ..................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J 9

18.................Notification by the Society ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J 9

19.............Evidence of results ........... ... ... .. 1 ... ... ... ... ... ...
J 10

19A. Examination dates ... 1 . ... ... ... 1 1 . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J 10

PART V

GENERAL

20. Exemption of disbarred barrister from service under articles ... ... ... 10

21. Complaints of the conduct of articled clerks and former articled clerks ... 1 10







First Schedule. Forms ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J 11
Second Schedule. Term of Articles ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J 15
Third Schedule. Specified Universities ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J 16





ARTICLED CLERKS RULES
(Cap. 159, section 73)

[1 August 1964.1

PART 1

CITATION AND INTERPRETATION

1. These rules may be cited as the Articled Clerks Rules.

2. In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires-

-articled clerk- means a person who has entered into a contract in
writing whereby such person is bound to serve apprenticeship
as clerk to a solicitor;

-articles- includes original articles, new articles and further articles;

-degree- includes-

(a)a degree conferred by the Council for National Academic
Awards., and

(b)a licence in Law of the University College of Buckingham
and for this purpose the University College of Buckingham
shall be deemed to be a university specified in the Third
Schedule;

'English Law Society' means the Law Society of England and
Wales;

'English qualifying examination' means the examination of that
name set by the English Law Society;

'Part 1 examination' means the examination of that name set by the
English Law Society and any examination giving exemption
therefrom and 'Part 11 examination- means the examination of
that name set by the English Law Society or the equivalent
thereof required and set or approved by the Society,

'Post Graduate Certificate' means the Post Graduate Certificate in
Laws awarded by the University;

'prescribed fee' means such fee as may be prescribed by rules made
under section 72 of the Ordinance;





'qualifying examination' means the Part 1 examination together with the
Part 11 examination whether held in Hone Kong or England;

'Secretary- means the Secretary of the Society.

'Solicitors' First examination- means the examination of that name set by
the English Law Society and any examination giving exemption
therefrom,

'University' means the University of Hong Kong.

PART 11

[Rebuked, L.N. 44
811

PART 111

ARTICLES OF
CLERKSHIP

6. (1) Except as is provided by rules 9 and 20. no person shall be
admitted as a solicitor by virtue of section 4(1)(a)(i) of the Ordinance
unless lie has been bound by articles to serve as an articled clerk to a
qualified solicitor for such term as is required by the Second Schedule
and has duly served under articles for that term.

(2) [Deleted, L.N. 44/81]

(3) [Deleted, Cap. 159, s. 20(6)]

6A. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person may apply to the
Society to enter into articles unless he has passed or obtained or been
granted total exemption from

(a) the qualifying examination; or

(b)the English qualifying examination and such further
examination (if any) as may from time to time be required and
set or approved by the Society; or

(e)the Post Graduate Certificate and such further examination (if
any) as may from time to time be required and set or approved
by the Society; or

(d)such other examination or examinations (if any) as may from
time to time be required and set or approved by the Society:

Provided that, in the case of sub-paragraphs (a) and (c). a person
desiring to enter into articles may apply to the Society to do so
notwithstanding that he has not passed Head (ii) Accounts under rule
14A or 15 at the time of such application.





(2) Subject to the written consent of the Society, paragraph (1)
shall not apply to any person who entered into articles prior to 13
February 1981 and desires to enter into new or further articles under
rule 13.

6B. Articles shall be in such form and contain such terms and
conditions as may from time to time be determined by the Society.

7. (1) Any person desiring to be bound by articles and who
is qualified to do so under rule 6A shall give not less than 2 weeks
notice to the Society of his intention so to do in accordance with
Form 5 in the First Schedule and shall pay to the Society the
prescribed fee:

Provided that in the case of new or further articles under rule 13
notice to the Society shall be given in accordance with Form 9 in the
First Schedule duly completed by the applicant and the Society may
reduce such period of notice to such period as it may consider
reasonable under the circumstances.

(2) A person giving notice under paragraph (1) shall furnish to
the Society such evidence as the Society may reasonably require as to
his character, fitness and suitability to be an articled clerk.

(3) The Society may, if it thinks fit, require the person con-
cerned to attend before the Council or before an interviewing panel
appointed by the Council and to furnish such additional evidence
as to his character, fitness and suitability to be an articled clerk as
the Society, the Council or such interviewing panel may consider
necessary.

(4) Subject to rule 6A, if the Society is satisfied as to the
character, fitness and suitability of the person concerned to be an
articled clerk the Society shall, on payment of the prescribed fee,
issue to him a certificate in accordance with Form 6 in the First
Schedule.

8. (1) All articles shall be produced to the Secretary for
registration within 1 month from the execution thereof or such
further period as the Society may, in any particular case, approve.
The articles shall be accompanied by-

(a)a statutory declaration as to the due execution of the
articles in accordance with Form 7 in the First Schedule;

(b)a statutory declaration by the solicitor to whom the
articled clerk is bound that the solicitor is duly admitted
and that the solicitor complies with the requirements of
section 20(1), (2) and (3) of the Ordinance;

(c) a copy of the articles for retention by the Society; and

(d) the prescribed fee.

(2) Where new or further articles entered into in accordance
with the provisions of rule 13 are produced to the Secretary for
registration under paragraph (1), the new or further articles shall. in





addition to the documents specified in paragraph (1) and the
prescribed fee, be accompanied by the original articles and any new
or further articles already registered.

(3) The Secretary shall refuse to register articles produced to
him for registration if, in his opinion-

(a)they are not in the form or do not contain such terms and
conditions as may be required by these rules; or
(b)in the case of an articled clerk not in Government service,
they do not provide for the payment of reasonable remu-
neration to him.

(4) Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary, not later than 1
month after the production to him for registration of any articles
and on being satisfied as to the correctness thereof and of the other
documents lodged therewith and that the prescribed fee has been
paid, shall-

(a) register the articles;
(b)endorse thereon a memorandum of the date on which the
same were registered; and

(c) return the articles to the articled clerk.

(5) Articles shall be registered by recording-

(a)the names and addresses of the articled clerk and of the
solicitor with whom he has entered into article;

(b)if the articles were entered into before 1 January 1984, the
term of the articles;

(c) the date of the articles; and

(d) the date of the making of the entry,

in a register and such register shall be open to inspection by any
person during office hours without payment.

(6) Where articles have been registered with the Secretary
within the period specified in paragraph (1), the term of service
thereunder shall commence upon the date of execution thereof or
upon such later date as may be specified therein; but if the articles
are not produced to the Secretary within such period, service there-
under shall, unless the Society may otherwise direct, be reckoned as
commencing upon the date of the production of such articles to the
Secretary, and a note to that effect shall be endorsed thereon by the
Secretary both on the articles and in the register.

(7) [Deleted, L.N. 2251831

(8) Service of an articled clerk under articles of which registra-
tion has been refused shall not be deemed to be good service.

9. (1) Subject to the provisions of these rules every articled
clerk shall during the whole term of his articles be actually employed
in the proper business, practice and employment of a solicitor by the
solicitor to whom he is articled.





(2) [Deleted L.N. 44/81]

(3) An articled clerk may. with the permission of the solicitor to
whom he is articled, spend a period not exceeding 1 year employed in
the proper practice business and employment of another solicitor
provided that such solicitor is eligible to take an articled clerk under
section 20 of the Ordinance and there is not a prohibition in force under
section 21 of the Ordinance in respect of such solicitor, and such period
shall be reckoned as if it were a period with and in the office of the
solicitor to whom the clerk is articled and as good service under articles.

(4) The following shall be reckoned as if they were periods of
employment with the solicitor to whom the clerk is articled and as good
service under articles, that is to say

(a)-(d) [Deleted, L.N. 225/83

(e)any day during which such clerk sat or sits any part of the
qualifying examination;


(f)such period as the Society in its discretion may permit to be
so reckoned, including any period of articled clerkship in
England or Wales:

10. (1) Unless the Society otherwise directs. the following

not be reckoned by ,in articled clerk as good service under articles-
-

(a)service by an articled clerk to a sol solicitor who has taken or
retained him in contravention of the provision of section 20 of
the Ordinance,

(b)service by an articled clerk to a solicitor who has taken him in
contravention of a prohibition in force under section 21 of the
Ordinance.

(2) [Deleted, L.N. 22-5 83]

11. (1) Subject to the provisions of these rules no articled clerk
shall during the term hold any office or engage in any employment other
than the employment of the solicitor with whom he has entered into
articles or of a partner of that solicitor in the proper business, practice
and employment of a solicitor. and no period during which he has held
any such other office or engaged in any such other employment may.
unless the Society otherwise directs, be reckoned as good service under
articles.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any articled clerk who. before
he entered upon or engages in any office or employment. has obtained
the written consent of the solicitor with whom he has entered into
articles and of the Society.

(3) Any direction given by the Society under paragraph (1) or any
consent given by the Society under paragraph (2) may be given subject
to such terms and conditions as the Society may think fit and shall he
subject to payment to the Society of the prescribed fee.





(4) Every application for the direction or consent of the
Society under this regulation shall be in accordance with Form 8
in the First Schedule. duly completed by the applicant. and shall
be accompanied by the written consent of the solicitor under para-
graph (2).

12. (1) Where an articled clerk has not served under articles
in accordance with the provisions of these rules but has, after the
execution of the articles, bona fide served. either continuously or
not, one or more solicitors as an articled clerk for periods equal in
aggregate to the full term for which he was originally articled, the
Society may, if it is satisfied that the irregularity of the service was
occasioned by accident, mistake or other sufficient cause and that
the service, though irregular, was substantially equivalent to service
in accordance with the provisions of these rules. allow the articled
clerk to reckon the service as if it had been good service.

(2) Every application for service to be reckoned as good
service in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be in accordance with
Form 9 in the First Schedule, duly completed by the applicant.

13. (1) Where before the expiration of the term for ,s,hich an
articled clerk is articled. the solicitor to whom he is articled ceases to
practise as a solicitor or dies or the articles are cancelled by mutual
consent or are discharged by the Court or by tile Council. the
articled clerk may enter into new or further articles with another
practising solicitor for the residue of the term of his original articles
and service under the new or further articles in accordance with the
provisions of these rules shall be good service:

Provided that where the articles have been discharged by, the
Council under section 22 of the Ordinance, service by the articled
clerk under any new or further articles may only be reckoned as
good service when the articled clerk has obtained the consent in
writing of the Society.

(2) Where the solicitor to whom an articled clerk is articled
dies before the expiration of the term for which the articled clerk is
articled and the articled clerk enters into new or further articles, the
Society, if it is satisfied that there has been no undue delay before the
articled clerk has entered into the new or further articles and that
during the period of the date of the entry by the clerk into the new or
further articles the articled clerk has bona fide served a practising
solicitor in such a way as could, had the articled clerk entered into
articles with such solicitor, have been reckoned as good service
under articles, may on receiving an application in accordance with
Form 9 in the First Schedule duly completed by the articled clerk
allow the articled clerk to reckon such period of service as good
service under articles.

(3) Where, on the expiration of the term for which an articled
clerk is articled, he cannot satisfy the Society that he has duly served
under articles for the whole of the term of the articles he may enter





into new or further articles with the same or another practising
solicitor for such period as will enable him to complete the requisite
term of service under articles.

(4) If the articled clerk does not enter into new or further
articles within 2 years of the cancellation of his original articles or
of the discharge of those original articles by the Court or by the
Council, or if he does not enter into new or further articles within
2 years of the expiration of his original articles, he shall obtain
the consent in writing of the Society before entering into new or
further articles and such new or further articles shall be for such
term not exceeding the term of his original articles as the Society
may think fit.

PART IV

EXAMINATIONS

14. Subject to the provisions of these rules no person shall be
qualified for admission under section 4(1)(a)(i) of the Ordinance
unless-

(a)he has served his articles for the term provided by rule 6 in
accordance with the provisions of rules 9, 10. It, 12 and
13; and

(b)he has passed or obtained or been granted total exemption
from-
(i) the qualifying examination; or
(ii) the English qualifying examination and such fur-
ther examination (if any) as may from time to time be
required and set or approved by the Society; or
(iii) the Post Graduate Certificate and such further
examination (if any) as may from time to time be required
and set or approved by the Society; or
(iv) such other examination or examinations (if any) as
may from time to time be required and set or approved by
the Society.

14A. (1) Subject to rule 15. the last Part II examination to be
held in Hong Kong shall take place in November 1982 after which
no further Part 11 examination shall be held in Hong Kong.

(2) [Deleted, L.N. 2251831

(3) The Part II examination held in Hong Kong shall be held
in such place or places as the Society may from time to time appoint.

(4) The Part II examination held in Hong Kong shall be
divided into Heads as follows-
(i) Conveyancing;





(ii) Accounts; (iii) Revenue Law; (iv) Equity
and Succession; (v) Commercial Law; (vi)
Company Law and Partnership; and (vii)
Family Law,

and each candidate shall be required to pass in all 7 Heads.

(5) A detailed syllabus of the examination in any of the Heads may
be issued from time to time.

(6) Subject to paragraph (7), a candidate, provided he has already
passed in any 3 Heads at one examination, may present himself for any
one or more Heads at any subsequent examination save that it shall not
be necessary for a candidate presenting himself in Head (ii) Accounts to
have already passed in 3 other Heads at one examination.

(7) A person who has already passed in any Head may not present
himself in that Head at any subsequent examination.

15. (1) Notwithstanding rule 14A(1). Part 11 examinations in Head
(ii) Accounts shall be held in Hong Kong for so long as there are
students requiring such an examination for admission under section
4(1)(a)(i) of the Ordinance by reason of any requirement imposed under
rule 14(b)(iii).

(2) A candidate intending to sit the Part 11 examination in Head (ii)
Accounts shall give not less than 3 months' notice thereof to the
Society and his notice shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee:

Provided that the Society may accept less than 3 months' notice of
each intention on cause shown.

16. [Revoked, L.N. 225183]

17. [Revoked, L.N. 225183]

18. (1) If the Society is satisfied that a candidate for an examination
has satisfied or observed the relevant requirements of the Ordinance
and these rules, the Society shall arrange for the holding of the
examination and shall notify the candidate of the time and place at which
he shall be required to attend.

(2) If the Society is not satisfied that a candidate for an examination
has satisfied or observed the relevant requirements of the Ordinance
and these rules, the Society shall notify the candidate that it is not so
satisfied and that the examination of the candidate is postponed until
such time as the Society is so satisfied and the Society may notify to the
candidate any conditions which the Society may impose upon the
candidate to bring about the satisfaction of the necessary requirements.





19. Any certificate or notification issued by or on behalf of the
Society or the English Law Society as to the results achieved by any
candidate in any part of the qualifying examination or any Head thereof
shall be evidence of whether or not such candidate has passed or failed.

19A. For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that in these
rules a person shall be deemed to present himself for an examination on
the first day when such examination is held for which he has duly given
notice in accordance with these rules and to have passed an
examination on the last date that he sat for the examination in respect of
which evidence is produced that he has passed.

PART V

GENERAL

20. (1) Any person who has-

(a)been called to the Bar in Hong Kong, England or Northern
Ireland or admitted as an advocate in Scotland;

(b)been since the date of such call or admission engaged in
practice as a barrister or advocate for a period of not less than
5 years:

Provided that in reckoning such period any period of
practice in a place outside Hong Kong or the United Kingdom
shall be excluded unless the Society otherwise directs.

(c)obtained from 2 benchers of the Inn of Court to which he
belongs or belonged or from 2 members of the Faculty of
Advocates in Scotland a certificate of his being a fit and
proper person to practise as a solicitor, and

(d)procured himself to be disbarred or removed from the roll of
advocates in Scotland with a view to becoming a solicitor,

shall be exempted from service under articles.

(2) Any such person as is referred to in paragraph (1) upon giving
the notice required by rule 15 and complying with such part of these
rules as is applicable to him and upon passing such examination or
examinations as may from time to time be determined by the Society
shall be qualified for admission in accordance with the provisions of
section 4(1)(a)(i) of the Ordinance.

21. (1) If any complaint is made to the Society as to the conduct of
any articled clerk or of any person whose terms of articles have expired
and who has not passed the Part 11 examination the Society may refer
such complaint to a Disciplinary Committee which may, inquire into the
complaint and report thereon to the Council.

(2) After considering the report of the Disciplinary Committee the
Council may





(a) [Deleted, L.N. 44/81]

(b)refuse to allow the person whose terms of articles have expired
and who has not passed the Part 11 examination to sit or to sit
again for any Head for a period; or

(c)discharge the articles of the articled clerk in accordance with
the provisions of section 22 of the Ordinance, or in the case of
either an articled clerk or a person whose terms of articles have
expired and who has not passed the Part 11 examination,
refuse to allow him to sit or sit again for any Head in the Part
11 examination or. if he has already sat for the Part II
examination, to grant him a certificate on having passed that
examination.

FIRST SCHEDULE

FORMS

FORM 5 [rule 7.]

ARTICLED CLERKS RULES

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ENTER INTO ARTICLES
WITH DECLARATION IN SUPPORT

To: The Law Society of Hong Kong

1

hereby give c notice to The Law Society of Hong Kong that 1 desire to enter
into articles under the provisions of the Articled Clerks Rules.

2. (11

of

and of

will vouch as to my character. fitness and suitability for service under articles.

3. 1 enclose fee of HK$
cash cheque.

4. 1 do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows-

(1) 1 was born on theday of 19 and the
document attached hereto markedis a certified
copy of my birth certificate.

(2)1 have/have not been convicted of the following/any criminal offence
other than an offence under the Road Traffic Ordinance.

(3) 1 have/have not been employed since
...........................................................

....................................... 1
.............................

and details of my, employment are given in the Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Name and address Periods of







of employer Is employment

AND 1 make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be
true and by virtue of the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance.

Declared, etc.

(a) Full name of applicant in block capitals.
(b) Full address in block capitals. (c) Full
name of referee in block capitals.





FORM 6 [rule 7.1

ARTICLED CLERKS RULES

CERTIFICATES AS TO ENTRY INTO ARTICLES

From: The Law Society of Hong Kong.
Name:
Address:

This is to certify that the above-named may enter into
articles.

Date ..........19

Signed
...................................................

Secretary to the Society..

FORM 7 [rule 8.1

ARTICLED CLERKS RULES

DECLARATION AS TO ARTICLES

We, (d)

of (b)
and!'

of (b) 1

solicitor. do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows-

1, the said for myself
say as follows

1 I was present on the day of

and did see
the parties to the Articles of Clerkship
bearing the date the day of 19 now

produced and shown to me marked

duly sign seal and as act and deed deliver
the said '' Articles of Clerkship.

2. The names or signatures ..........subscribed

thereto as of some/all of the parties executing the same are in the handwritings of
the
said

3. The name or signature set and subscribed thereto as the person attesting the
due execution thereof by the said '91 is in my handwriting.

And 1, the said `I for
myself say as follows

4. At the time of the execution of the said Articles 1 was and am still a duly
admitted and qualified solicitor. and have practised for upwards of 5 consecutive
years, and have one/no other articled clerk, and am not employed as a clerk to
another solicitor.







And we make solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true
and by virtue of the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance.

Declared, etc.

(a) Full name of attesting witness.
(b) Address.
Full name of principal.
(d) Full name of parties to the articles.
(e) Insert'new'or -further- if appropriate.
(f) Insert copy signatures of the parties to whose execution of the articles the declarant is a witness.
(g) Full names of parties of hose execution of the articles the declarant is a witness.





FORM 8 [rule 11.1

ARTICLED CLERKS RULES

APPLICATION TO HOLD OFFICE WHILE UNDER ARTICLES

To: The Law Society of Hong Kong.
I,
of (b)

hereby apply

111 for a direction of The Law Society of Hong Kong that my service under
articles may be reckoned as good service, notwithstanding that during the
period in respect of which this application is made 1 was engaged in an office
or employment other than the employment of the solicitor to whom 1 am
articled.

I') for the consent of The Law Society of Hong Kong to my engaging in an
office or employment other than the employment of the solicitor to whom I
am articled.

1 was articled on the day of 19 to

for a term
of months/years from the

1 seek the direction/consent of The Law Society of Hong Kong in respect of my
engagement in the office or employment of



by in respect of the following period(s)
My salary in respect of such office or employment is was will be per annum.

The work involved is/was/will be of the following nature
the average time spent by me thereon in each week being hours.

1 solemnly and sincerely declare that the facts set out herein are
true.

And 1 make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be
true and by virtue of the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance.

Declared, etc.

(a) Full name of applicant.

(b) Address.

(e) Strike out alternative which does not apply.

(d) Describe the office or employrnent in respect of which the application is made.

(e)Give particulars or the work. Where the work is partly of a non-legal character the percentage of time spent on
legal work should be stated. and verified by the principal.

(f)State concisely in numbered paragraphs any further information which may be of use to the Society in
considering the application.

FORM 9 [rules 12 13.1

ARTICLED CLERKS RULES
GENERAL FORM OF APPLICATION






To: The Law Society of Hong Kong.
1, (a)

of (b)

hereby apply to The Law Society of Hong Kong under rule of
the Articled Clerks Rules. 1 make the following application:

(e)

1 solemnly and sincerely declare that the facts set out herein are true. And 1 make
this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue
of the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance. Declared, etc.

(a) Full name of applicant.
(b) Address.
(c) Refer to the rule under which the application is made.
(d) State briefly the nature of the application
(e) State concisely in numbered paragraphs the facts on which reliance is placed in support of
the
application.





FORM 15 [rule 17.1

ARTICLED CLERKS RULES

APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM PART II
EXAMINATION OR HEADS THEREOF

To: The Law Society of Hong Kong.

-Name:

Address:

1 1 hereby apply for exemption from the whole, the following Heads/of the Part
II

examination

2. (a) I have passed the Part II examination held in England in .....................

..... 1

(b)I have passed the following Heads of the Part II examination held in
England in .................................................................................

(e)1 have passed the English qualifying examination in ..............................
(and passed such further examination (if any) set or approved ed by the
Society

in ........

(d) 1 have obtained the Post Graduate Certificate in .....................

(and passed such further examination (if any) set or approved by the
Society

in ....

(e) 1 have passed such other examination or examinations (if any) set or

approved by the Society in and in ........................

3. The enclosed e\ evidence in support accompanies this
application.

Dated ........................ 19

Signed

FORM 16 [rule 17.1

ARTICLED LEI) CIA CLERKS
RULES

CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION FROM THE PART 11
EXAMINATION OR HEADS THEREOF

From: The La' Society of Hong Kong.

Name:

Address:

1. This is to certify that by reason of the matters set out below the above-named







is hereby exempted from sitting

(a) The Part 11 examination.

(b) The following Heads of the Part 11 examination

2. The reasons for such exemption are

(a) Theabove-named passed the Part 11 examination held in England in
...............................................................

(h)The above-named passed the following Heads of the Part 11 examination
in England in ................................................................................

............................... (Heads)

..................1 ........................ ............. (Heads)

(c) The above e-named passed the English qualifying ing examination in
...............

.............(and passed the further examination

(if any) set or approved ed by the Society in





(d) The above-named obtained the Post Graduate Certificate in ..................

.............................. ................. (and passed the further examination

(if any) set or approved by the Society. in ....................

(c) The above-named passed such other examination or examinations Of any)

set or approved by the Society in .............

and in ........................................................................................ ..............
Dated .............................................. 19

Signed . ....

............... ..... ... .... ....

Secretary to tile Society.

SECOND SCHEDULE [rule 6.1

TERM OF ARTICLES

PART 1

ARTICLES ENTERED [\TO W, OR AFTER 1984

In the case of all persons entering into articles the term shall be 2 scars.

PART 11

ARTICLES ENTERED INTO ON OR AFTER 13 FEBRUARY 1981
AND BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1984

1. In the case of a person who before entering into articles. has passed or
obtained or been granted total exemption from--

(a)the Post Graduate Certificate and such further examination (if any) as
may from time to time be required and set or approved by the Society; or

(b)such other examination or examinations (if any) as may from time to
time be required and set or approved by the Society for the purposes of
this paragraph.

the term shall be 18 months.

2. In the case of a person who, before entering into articles. has passed or
been granted total exemption from

(a) the qualifying examination; or

(b)the English qualifying examination and such further examination (if any)
as may from time to time be required and set or approved by the Society;
or

(c)such other examination or examinations (if any) as may from time to
time be required and set or approved by the Society for the purposes of
this paragraph,

the term shall be 2 years.

3. Notwithstanding that a person desiring to enter into articles has not passed
Head (ii) Accounts under rule 14A at the time of his application to the Society, the
appropriate term of articles under paragraph 1 or 2 shall nevertheless apply to him
subject to his having obtained the written consent of the Society.







PART III

ARTICLES ENTERED INTO BEFORE 13 FEBRUARY 1981

Such period as has been specified in the articles in accordance with the
provisions of these rules as they applied at the time when the articles were
executed.





THIRD SCHEDULE [rule 17.1

SPECIFIED UNIVERSITIES

The Universities of Aberdeen, Aston in Birmingham, Bath University of
Technology, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Brunei, Cambridge, City, Dublin,
Dundee, Durham, East Anglia, Edinburgh, Essex, Exeter, Glasgow, Heriot-Watt
(Edinburgh), Hull, Keele, Kent, Lancaster, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London,
Loughborough University of Technology, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham,
Oxford, Reading, St. Andrews, Salford, Sheffield, Southampton, Stratchelyde,
Surrey, Sussex, Wales, Warwick, York, Victoria University of Manchester, Queen's
University of Belfast and the National University of Ireland, together with such
other universities, university colleges and polytechnics as may from time to time
be specified by the Society.
L.N. 105/64. L.N. 74/65. L.N. 130/68. L.N. 24/70. L.N. 117/70. L.N. 177/72. L.N. 87/74. L.N. 203/74. L.N. 76/75. L.N. 32/76. L.N. 99/78. L.N. 64/79. L.N. 316/79. 52 of 1980. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 55/81. L.N. 199/81. L.N. 225/83. L.N. 107/64. Citation. L.N. 44/81. Interpretation. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 199/81. L.N. 44/81. Third Schedule. L.N. 225/83. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 177/72. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 55/81. L.N. 44/81. Term of articles. L.N. 130/68. Second Schedule. Examinations. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 199/81. L.N. 225/83. L.N. 199/81. Form of articles. L.N. 199/81. Notice of articles. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 225/83. First Schedule, Form 5. L.N. 199/81. First Schedule, Form 9. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 199/81. L.N. 225/83. First Schedule, Form 6. Registration of articles. L.N. 225/83. First Schedule, Form 7. Service of articles. L.N. 130/68. L.N. 44/81. Irregular service. Other employment of articled clerk. L.N. 130/68. First Schedule, Form 8. Allowance of irregular service. First Schedule, Form 9. New or further articles. 52 of 1980, s. 2. L.N. 199/81. L.N. 44/81. First Schedule, Form 9. L.N. 199/81. Qualification for admission. L.N. 255/83. L.N. 44/81. Part II examinations in Hong Kong. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 225/83. Examinations in accounts. L.N. 225/83. Notification by the Society. Evidence of results. L.N. 130/68. Examination dates. L.N. 130/68. Exemption of disbarred barrister from service under articles. L.N. 130/68. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 44/81. Complaints of the conduct of articled clerks and former articled clerks. L.N. 44/81. 52 of 1980, s. 2. L.N. 255/83. L.N. 24/70. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 225/83. (Cap. 220.) (Cap. 11.) L.N. 225/83. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 32/76. (Cap. 11.) L.N. 44/81. L.N. 32/76. (Cap. 11.) L.N. 44/81. L.N. 32/76. (Cap. 11.) L.N. 130/68. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 130/68. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 225/83. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 225/83. L.N. 199/81. L.N. 225/83. L.N. 44/81.

L.N. 105/64. L.N. 74/65. L.N. 130/68. L.N. 24/70. L.N. 117/70. L.N. 177/72. L.N. 87/74. L.N. 203/74. L.N. 76/75. L.N. 32/76. L.N. 99/78. L.N. 64/79. L.N. 316/79. 52 of 1980. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 55/81. L.N. 199/81. L.N. 225/83. L.N. 107/64. Citation. L.N. 44/81. Interpretation. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 199/81. L.N. 44/81. Third Schedule. L.N. 225/83. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 177/72. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 55/81. L.N. 44/81. Term of articles. L.N. 130/68. Second Schedule. Examinations. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 199/81. L.N. 225/83. L.N. 199/81. Form of articles. L.N. 199/81. Notice of articles. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 225/83. First Schedule, Form 5. L.N. 199/81. First Schedule, Form 9. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 199/81. L.N. 225/83. First Schedule, Form 6. Registration of articles. L.N. 225/83. First Schedule, Form 7. Service of articles. L.N. 130/68. L.N. 44/81. Irregular service. Other employment of articled clerk. L.N. 130/68. First Schedule, Form 8. Allowance of irregular service. First Schedule, Form 9. New or further articles. 52 of 1980, s. 2. L.N. 199/81. L.N. 44/81. First Schedule, Form 9. L.N. 199/81. Qualification for admission. L.N. 255/83. L.N. 44/81. Part II examinations in Hong Kong. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 225/83. Examinations in accounts. L.N. 225/83. Notification by the Society. Evidence of results. L.N. 130/68. Examination dates. L.N. 130/68. Exemption of disbarred barrister from service under articles. L.N. 130/68. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 44/81. Complaints of the conduct of articled clerks and former articled clerks. L.N. 44/81. 52 of 1980, s. 2. L.N. 255/83. L.N. 24/70. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 225/83. (Cap. 220.) (Cap. 11.) L.N. 225/83. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 32/76. (Cap. 11.) L.N. 44/81. L.N. 32/76. (Cap. 11.) L.N. 44/81. L.N. 32/76. (Cap. 11.) L.N. 130/68. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 130/68. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 225/83. L.N. 44/81. L.N. 225/83. L.N. 199/81. L.N. 225/83. L.N. 44/81.

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