Section 3
Qualified persons
(1)
A person shall be a qualified person for the purposes of this Act if, subject to the provisions of subsection (3), he —
(a)
is a barrister-at-law of England or Northern Ireland or a member of the Faculty of Advocates of Scotland;
(b)
is a solicitor in England or Northern Ireland or a Writer to the Signet, law agent or solicitor in Scotland;
(c)
has been in active practice as an advocate and solicitor in
Singapore or in any part of Malaysia; or
(d)
is a barrister, solicitor or who is a barrister and solicitor of a
Supreme Court of any Australian State or Territory.
(2)
A person who is —
(a)
a citizen of Brunei Darussalam; or
(b)
a permanent resident, on the date of his petition for admission shall, notwithstanding subsection (1), be a qualified person for the purposes of this Act if he has obtained such alternative qualification as may be prescribed.
(3)
A person who is not, on the date of his petition for admission, either a citizen of Brunei Darussalam or a permanent resident, shall only apply for admission if, in addition to satisfying the requirements of subsection (1), he has been in active practice in any part of the United
Kingdom, in Singapore, in any part of Malaysia, in any Australian State or
Territory or in any other country or territory or part of a country or territory in the Commonwealth designated by the Attorney General by notice in the
Gazette for at least 7 years immediately preceding such application.
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