Chapter:	159	Title:	LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	E.R. 2 of 2012
Section:	30	Heading:	Practising certificates-barristers	Version Date:	02/08/2012

(1) The Bar Council, upon application in writing by a barrister and upon payment of such fee as may be prescribed by the Bar Council and upon being satisfied in such manner as may be prescribed by the Bar Council that the person to whom the application relates is qualified to practise as a barrister or is qualified to practise to a limited extent under section 31 (2), shall issue to the applicant a practising certificate as a barrister in such form as may be prescribed by the Bar Council for the period of one calendar year from 1 January next following the date of the application: (Amended 25 of 1968 s. 10; 58 of 1976 s. 95; 42 of 2000 s. 11)
Provided that-

(a) the Bar Council, in its absolute discretion and upon such condition as it may consider necessary, may permit the application for a practising certificate to be made under this subsection at any time and upon such application may issue to the applicant a practising certificate for any period not exceeding one calendar year and ending on 31 December in any year; and
(b) where the name of a barrister is removed from or struck off the roll of barristers, the practising certificate of that barrister shall automatically determine without any entitlement to any refund of the prescribed fee or of any part thereof.

(a) except where the Bar Council has exempted the applicant therefrom, the membership subscription; and
(b) except where the applicant has been admitted as a barrister under section 27(4) and the Bar Council has exempted him therefrom, the premium prescribed for insurance of the applicant under the current master policy for professional indemnity insurance effected by the Hong Kong Bar Association,
in respect of the period for which the practising certificate is to be issued. (Replaced 42 of 2000 s. 11)