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(a) Holds a Degree (other than an Honorary

Degree) of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of

Law of a rccogniscd university, or

(b) holds a University Degree (not being an

Honorary Degree) or other qualification,

which Degree or qualification in the opinion

of the Committee in the particular case is

equivalent to a Degree (not being an Hororary

Degree) of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor Law

of a rccognised university, or

established by Regulation 15 (iii) hereof, or

(d) has been exempted from the Preliminary

Examination established by Regulation 15

(iii) hereof under any provision of the Act or

of these Regulations.

For the purpose of this sub-paragraph an examina-

tion for a Degree or qualification referred to at (a) and

(b) above shall be equivalent to the Preliminary

Examination.

(ii) A person who satisfies the requirements of sub-

paragraph 10(0 hereof on desiring to be registered as

an apprentice shall lodge with the Registrar the fol-

lowing documents:—

(a) an official Certificate of his birth;

(b) a Certificate of such Degree, qualification (or

evidence to the satisfaction of the Committee,

of entitlement thereto) or a certificate of

having passed the Preliminary Examination or

of having been exempted therefrom;

form;

(d) an Application in the prescribed form sup-

ported by a statement of fitness from his

intended Master.

(iii) The Committee may require an applicant or his

intended Master, or both of them, to attend for inter-

view prior to the registration of the applicant's name in

the Register of Apprentices. No Applicant shall

enter upon his apprenticeship until he has been

informed in writing by the Registrar that his applica-

tion has been accepted.

Procedure on Apprenticeship

11. An applicant who has been notified by the

Registrar that his application has been accepted shall

within six months from the date of such notification

lodge with the Registrar:—

(a) A Deed of Apprenticeship in the prescribed

form executed by the applicant and his

Master.

(b) If requested, a Statutory Declaration by the

Master of other evidence of due execution.

Upon the receipt of the foregoing the Registrar shall

enrol the Deed of Apprenticeship and enter the name

of the applicant on the Register, of Apprentices.

Transfer of Indentures or Supplemental Indentures

12. Before the execution of the transfer of

indentures or supplemental indentures under Section

32 of the Act, the apprentice shall obtain the per-

mission in writing of the Committee and shall lodge

with the Registrar an Application supported by a

Statement of Fitness from the intended new Master,

if such application is approved by the Committee

the Registrar shall enter particulars of such Transfer

in the Register of Apprentices.

EXAMINATIONS AND LAW SCHOOL

First and Sccond Examinations in the Irish Language

13. To comply with the provision of Section 40 (3)

of the Act:—

(i) (a) an Examination described as "a First Examin-

ation in the Irish Language" shall be held at

least once in every year at such time as the

Committee may appoint for persons seeking

to be registered as apprentices;

(b) an intending Apprentice who was born on or

after 2nd October 1914 shall pass a first

examination in the Irish Language before

entering into indentures of apprenticeship.

(ii) (a) an Examination described as a "a Second

Examination in the Irish Language" shall be

held at least once in every year at such time

as the Committee may appoint for persons

seeking to be admitted as solicitors;

(b) such Examination shall be so conducted and

be of such a nature as to secure that persons

who pass it have a competent knowledge of

the Irish Language, that is to say, such a

degree of oral and written proficiency in the

use of the language as is sufficient to enable

a solicitor efficiently to receive instructions,

to advise clients, to examine witnesses and

to follow proceedings in the Irish Language;

as a Solicitor, who was born on or after

2nd October 1914, shall pass a second

examination in the Irish Language within

two years before the expiration of the term

of apprenticeship or within two years before

admission as a solicitor.

Examinations of the Society

14. The Society shall hold a Preliminary Examina-

tion for persons seeking to be bound under

Indentures of apprentices and a Final Examination

(which may be divided into two or more parts) for

persons seeking to be admitted as solicitors.

Preliminary Examinations

15 (i) A Preliminary Examination shall be held

once in each year at such time as the Com-

mittee may appoint;

(ii) a person seeking permission to sit for the

Preliminary

Examination

shall

have

attained the age of 21 years at the date of

such examination;

(iii) the

Preliminary

Examination

s h a l l

comprise—

(a) an essay in the English Language;

(b) a paper on English literature:

(d) such other subect or subjects as the

Committee may from time to time

prescribe;