Chapter:	159Y	Title:	PRACTISING CERTIFICATE (SPECIAL CONDITIONS) RULES	Gazette Number:	L.N. 19 of 2003
Section:	3	Heading:	Conditions subject to which a practising certificate may be issued	Version Date:	01/02/2003

For the purposes of section 6(5)(b) of the Ordinance, the conditions subject to which the Society may issue a practising certificate to a solicitor are-

(a) in the case of a solicitor applying for the issue of a practising certificate for the first time, any one or more of the conditions numbered 2, 6 and 7 in Schedule 1;
(b) in the case of a solicitor who has been censured or ordered to pay a penalty or costs by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal constituted under section 9B of the Ordinance since he was last issued a practising certificate, any one or more of the conditions specified in Schedule 1;
(c) in the case of a solicitor who has been invited by the Society to give an explanation in respect of any matter relating to his conduct since he was last issued a practising certificate and has failed or refused to give an explanation in respect of that matter which the Council regards as sufficient and satisfactory, and has been notified in writing by the Society that he has so failed or refused, any one or more of the conditions specified in Schedule 1;
(d) in the case of a solicitor who has been suspended from practice since he was last issued a practising certificate and the period of his suspension has expired, any one or more of the conditions specified in Schedule 1;
(e) in the case of a solicitor who has had his name removed from or struck off the roll of solicitors since he was last issued a practising certificate, his name has been restored to the roll of solicitors, any one or more of the conditions specified in Schedule 1;
(f) in the case of a solicitor who has become bankrupt since he was last issued a practising certificate, and has been discharged within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Ordinance (Cap 6), any one or more of the conditions specified in Schedule 1;
(g) in the case where a judgment in Hong Kong or elsewhere which involves the payment of money has been given against the solicitor since he was last issued a practising certificate, not being a judgment-
(i) limited to the payment of costs; or
(ii) as to the whole effect of which upon him he is entitled to indemnity or relief from some other person; or
(iii) for a sum less than HK$50000 or which has been satisfied,
any one or more of the conditions specified in Schedule 1;
(h) in the case of a solicitor who has not been in full-time practice of law for 2 continuous years immediately prior to the giving of notice of intention to apply for a practising certificate to the Society, any one or more of the conditions specified in Schedule 1;
(i) in the case of a solicitor who was a principal in or a consultant of a firm at the time of an intervention of the firm by the Society under section 26A and Schedule 2 to the Ordinance during the preceding 18 months, any one or more of the conditions specified in Schedule 1.