### Legal Practitioners Ordinance 《法律執業者條例》

72AA. Power of Bar Council to make rules
Subject to the prior approval of the Chief Justice, the Bar Council may make rules—
(a) in respect of the professional practice, conduct and discipline of barristers and pupils;
(b) for the purpose of harmonizing the relationship of barristers inter se and, with the prior approval of the Council, governing the relationship of solicitors and barristers;
(c) regulating the issuing of practising certificates to barristers and employed barrister’s certificates to employed barristers including, without limiting the foregoing, the fees payable for, the conditions of issue of, the manner of applying for, the period and form of and the publication of the issue and suspension of, such certificates;
(d) providing for any continuing legal education or training that must be undertaken by barristers and pupils and the consequences of failing to do so;
(e) providing for the conduct of an inquiry and investigation by a Barristers Disciplinary Tribunal;
(f) requiring a barrister or pupil whose conduct has been established to the satisfaction of the Bar Council to amount to a breach of proper professional standards to pay the Bar Council’s costs of investigating the conduct which resulted in the order;
(g) regulating the serving of pupillage and the manner in which any person shall qualify for admission under section 27, including, without limiting the foregoing, the period of pupillage and the examinations to be passed;
(h) respecting the admission of persons on the basis of qualifications acquired outside Hong Kong including, without limiting the foregoing, the qualifications for admission, the examinations to be passed and the fees to be paid;
(i) respecting the exemption by it of any person from compliance with the provisions of any rules made under this section and the conditions upon which such exemption may be granted in any particular case; and
(j) prescribing anything which, under this Ordinance, is to be or may be prescribed by the Bar Council.
(Added 42 of 2000 s. 16)

72AB. Conflict between rules made by Chief Justice and Bar Council
Where power is given to—
(a) the Chief Justice; and
(b) the Bar Council,
to make rules in respect of the same matter, rules made by either or both of them in respect of such a matter shall be valid unless there is a conflict between such rules, in which case the rules made by the Chief Justice shall be given precedence to the extent of such conflict.
(Added 42 of 2000 s. 16)

### Legal Practitioners Ordinance 《法律執業者條例》

73C. Council may delegate
The Council may delegate to any person or to a committee of the Council any of the powers or duties granted or imposed on the Council or the Society under this Ordinance, other than the power to make rules under sections 73 and 73A. 
(Added 61 of 1992 s. 27)

### Legal Practitioners Ordinance 《法律執業者條例》

73CB. Assessment Board may delegate
(1) The Assessment Board may delegate to any committee of the Board any of its powers or duties in relation to any interview conducted as a result of a requirement made by the Board under section 39M(1)(b).
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Assessment Board may establish a committee of the Board by appointing as members of the committee at least 3 members of the Board, of whom—
(a) one must be a member of the Board appointed under section 39E(3)(b)(i);
(b) one must be a member of the Board appointed under section 39E(3)(b)(ii); and
(c) one must be a member of the Board appointed under section 39E(3)(b)(iii).
(3) Subject to the other provisions of this Ordinance, a committee established under subsection (2) may regulate its own procedure.
(4) Any delegation under subsection (1) may be made generally or in relation to any particular case (whether in relation to any particular interview or interviews or otherwise).
(Added 2 of 2010 s. 9)

### Legal Practitioners Ordinance 《法律執業者條例》

73D. Power of Council of Society of Notaries to make rules
(1) The Council of the Society of Notaries may make rules—
(a) providing for—
(i) the requirements to be complied with by persons applying for appointment as a notary public under section 40A;
(ii) the professional practice, conduct and discipline of notaries public and their employees;
(iii) the restriction of payment of commission to unqualified persons; and
(iv) for the purpose of harmonizing the relationship of notaries inter se and, with the prior approval of the Bar Council and the Council of the Law Society, as the case may be, governing the relationship of notaries public and solicitors and barristers respectively;
(b) regulating the issue to notaries public of practising certificates and the fees payable for, the conditions of issue of, the manner of applying for, the period and form of, the publication of the issue and the suspension of such practising certificates and generally in relation to practising certificates;
(c) providing for the conduct of any inquiry by a Notaries Public Disciplinary Tribunal;
(d) respecting the examinations to be passed by persons applying for appointment as notaries public under section 40A and the fees payable to the Council of the Society of Notaries in connection with such examinations;
(e) enabling the Council of the Society of Notaries to exempt any person from compliance with the provisions of any such rules and to impose and enforce conditions upon which such exemption may be granted in any particular case;
(f) prescribing any thing which, under this Ordinance, is to be or may be prescribed by the Council of the Society of Notaries.
(2) Without limiting the effect of subsection (1)(a)(ii), rules made under that paragraph may provide—
(a) for the circumstances in which employees of notaries public shall be liable to be disciplined;
(b) for the bringing of disciplinary proceedings against employees of notaries public; and
(c) for the sanctions that may be imposed in respect of breaches of discipline by employees of notaries public,
and such rules may provide that any provision of Part IV dealing with the discipline of notaries public (including the appointment of members of the Notaries Public Disciplinary Tribunal Panel to constitute a Notaries Public Disciplinary Tribunal to inquire into the conduct of a notary public) shall apply in relation to employees of notaries public.
(3) Every rule made by the Council of the Society of Notaries under this section shall be subject to the prior approval of the Chief Justice.
(Added 27 of 1998 s. 4) Editorial Note:

For the saving provision in relation to the amendment made by section 4 of the Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Ordinance 1998 (27 of 1998), please see section 6 of the Ordinance. 

### Legal Practitioners Ordinance 《法律執業者條例》

73F. Council of Society of Notaries may delegate
The Council of the Society of Notaries may delegate to any person or to a committee of the Council of the Society of Notaries any of the powers or duties granted or imposed on the Society of Notaries or its Council under this Ordinance, other than the power to make rules under sections 73D and 73E.
(Added 27 of 1998 s. 4) Editorial Note:

For the saving provision in relation to the amendment made by section 4 of the Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Ordinance 1998 (27 of 1998), please see section 6 of the Ordinance. 
* Commencement date: 30 June 2005.