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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 (c) has passed the Preliminary Examination 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; (c) a Certificate of character in the prescribed 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. (c) The prescribed fee payable to the Society. 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; (c) Every apprentice or person seeking admission 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: (c) a'paper on General Knowledge; (d) such other subect or subjects as the Committee may from time to time prescribe;

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