ARMY AND ROYAL AIR FORCE LEGAL SERVICES ORDINANCE

ARMY AND ROYAL AIR FORCE LEGAL SERVICES ORDINANCE

LAWS OF HONG KONG

ARMY AND ROYAL AIR FORCE LEGAL SERVICES

ORDINANCE

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CHAPTER 286

ARMY AND ROYAL AIR FORCE LEGAL SERVICES

To enable officers of the Army Legal Services and of the Royal Air
Force Legal Services to practise as solicitors of the Supreme
Court in certain cases and subject to certain conditions.
(Amended, 21 of 1971, s. 2, and 77 of 1976, s. 2)

[19th November, 1954.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Army and Royal Air Force
Legal Services Ordinance.

(Amended, 77 of 1976, s. 3)

2. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Legal
Practitioners Ordinance, any commissioned officer of the Army Legal
Services or of the Royal Air Force Legal Services may act as solicitor for
a person having a relevant association with Her Majesty's forces in
criminal proceedings against such person if

(a)the officer has filed with the Registrar of the Supreme Court a
certificate, signed by the Commander, British Forces, that the
officer is an officer of the Army Legal Services or of the Royal
Air Force Legal Services, as the case may be, and an affidavit
of identity in such form as may be approved by the Chief
Justice; and

(b)the officer has satisfied the Chief Justice that he is a member
of the Bar or a solicitor in England or Northern Ireland or an
advocate or solicitor in Scotland. (Replaced, 77 of 1976,s.4)

(IA) In subsection (1) 'a person having a relevant association with
Her Majesty's forces' means a person of one or other of the following
descriptions, that is to say

(a)a member of Her Majesty's forces or a member of a civilian
component of any of those forces;

(b)a person who is a dependant of any such member. (Added, 77
of 1976, s. 4)

(2) A certificate purporting to be signed by the Commander, British
Forces, may be accepted by the Registrar without proof of the signature.

(3) Any officer who has fulfilled the requirements of subsection (1)
shall be entitled to a certificate from the Registrar stating that such
person is entitled to practise by virtue of this Ordinance. (Amended, 21
of 1971, s. 3)

(4) Any officer practising as a solicitor by virtue of the authority in
that behalf conferred by subsection (1) shall be deemed to





have been approved, admitted and enrolled as a solicitor of the
Supreme Court and shall be subject to the provisions of the Legal
Practitioners Ordinance, but he shall not be liable to pay any of
the fees mentioned in items 1, 2 and 6 of the First Schedule and
items 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 of the Third Schedule to the Legal Practitioners
(Fees) Rules and he shall not be entitled to claim or receive any fee
or reward for his services. (Amended, 21 of 1971, s. 3)
Originally 43 of 1954. 21 of 1971. 77 of 1976. Short title. Officers of Army and of Royal Air Force Legal Services authorized to act as solicitors in certain cases. (Cap. 159.) (Cap. 159, sub. leg. )

Originally 43 of 1954. 21 of 1971. 77 of 1976. Short title. Officers of Army and of Royal Air Force Legal Services authorized to act as solicitors in certain cases. (Cap. 159.) (Cap. 159, sub. leg. )

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