Members may apply
for waiver of annual
subscriptions under
Rule 4 of the
Singapore Academy of
Law Rules if (for
any period of not
less than 6 months),
they will:
- be
continuously
absent from
Singapore;
- not be
ordinarily
resident or
domiciled in
Singapore;
- not be in
the profession
of law; or
- not be
gainfully
employed.
A member shall be
deemed “not to be in
the profession of
law” if he does not
have in force a
practising
certificate and is
not any of the
following:
- a member of
the Senate;
- a legal
officer;
- a teacher in
law at any
university or
institution of
higher learning;
- a person
employed to
perform legal
work or the
duties of a
lawyer by the
Government, a
statutory body,
a corporation or
an
unincorporated
association; or
- such other
person who, in
the opinion of
the Executive
Committee, is
carrying on
activities so
closely
connected to the
law or the
profession of
law as to be
regarded as
being in the
profession of
law.
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