Section 5
Petitions for admission under section 4
(1)
An application for admission under section 4 by a qualified person shall be by petition to the Chief Justice verified by affidavit.
(2)
The petitioner shall file his petition in the Chief Registrar’s office accompanied by a notice intimating that he has so applied, which notice shall be posted at the Supreme Court for one month before the petitioner is admitted as an advocate and solicitor.
(3)
A petitioner shall, not less than one month before his petition is to be heard, file an affidavit exhibiting thereto —
(a)
documentary evidence showing that he is a qualified person;
(b)
documentary evidence in the case of a petitioner who is practising or has practised law outside Brunei Darussalam, that at the date thereof no disciplinary proceedings were pending or contemplated against him and that his professional conduct was not under investigation;
(c)
two recent certificates as to his good character; and
(d)
where he is required to serve a period of pupillage, a certificate of diligence from each master with whom the petitioner served his pupillage or, in the absence of such certificate, such other evidence as the court may require that he has served his pupillage with diligence.
(4)
The petition and certificates referred to in this section shall be in the prescribed forms.
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