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Registration of law expert to act in relation to relevant proceedings

Legal Profession Act 1966

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—(1) Despite anything to the contrary in this Act, a law expert who is registered under this section may do all or any of the following:(a)appear in any relevant proceedings, solely for the purposes of making submissions on such matters of foreign law as are permitted by the Singapore International Commercial Court, or the appellate court, in accordance with the Rules of Court;(b)appear in the appellate court in any relevant appeal, solely for the purposes of making submissions on such matters of foreign law as are permitted by the Singapore International Commercial Court, or the appellate court, in accordance with the Rules of Court;(c)give advice and prepare documents, solely for the purposes of making submissions, in any relevant proceedings or relevant appeal, on such matters of foreign law as are permitted by the Singapore International Commercial Court, or the appellate court, in accordance with the Rules of Court.(2) An application may be made for a law expert to be registered under this section, if the law expert possesses such qualifications and satisfies such requirements as may be prescribed.(3) An application for a law expert to be registered under this section must be —(a)made to the Registrar in such form and manner as may be prescribed; and(b)accompanied by such fee, undertakings, documents and information as may be prescribed.(4) The Registrar may register a law expert under this section subject to any conditions that the Registrar thinks fit to impose in any particular case.(5) A Judge may, of the Judge’s own motion or on the application of any interested party, order the cancellation of a law expert’s registration under this section, if —(a)the law expert does not possess any qualification mentioned in subsection (2) for registration under this section;(b)the law expert does not satisfy any requirement mentioned in subsection (2) for registration under this section;(c)the law expert fails to comply with any condition imposed under subsection (4); or(d)the Judge is satisfied that the law expert should not have been registered under this section.(6) The Judge must, before making an order under subsection (5), give the law expert a reasonable opportunity to be heard by the Judge.(7) An International Judge may, in the course of any relevant proceedings before the International Judge, of the International Judge’s own motion or on the application of any interested party, order the cancellation of the registration under this section of a law expert who appears in those proceedings, if —(a)the law expert does not possess any qualification mentioned in subsection (2) for registration under this section;(b)the law expert does not satisfy any requirement mentioned in subsection (2) for registration under this section;(c)the law expert fails to comply with any condition imposed under subsection (4); or(d)the International Judge is satisfied that the law expert should not have been registered under this section.(8) The International Judge must, before making an order under subsection (7), give the law expert a reasonable opportunity to be heard by the International Judge.(9) No appeal lies from —(a)any order made by a Judge under subsection (5); or(b)any order made by an International Judge under subsection (7).

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