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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

III. Rule II, made on the 21st day of October, 1925, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following words:—
“A candidate who shall have forwarded to the Registrar of the University of New Zealand a certificate from a teacher in an affiliated institution of the said University that he has done work to the satisfaction of the teacher in the preparation of the instruments hereinbefore enumerated shall be credited with a pass in Conveyancing without further examination.”
Dated this 23rd day of April, 1926.

C. P. SKERRETT, C.J.
W. A. SIM, J.
T. W. STRINGER, J.
A. S. ADAMS, J.
W. C. MACGREGOR, J
H. H. OSTLER, J.
O. T. J. ALPERS, J.

Professional Examinations in Law.

BY virtue of the powers vested in us by law, we, the under-signed Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, do make the following rules and regulations under the Law Practitioners Act, 1908, and its amendments, to come into force as hereinafter provided—that is to say:—

I. Candidates for the legal profession may be examined by the University.

II. (1.) No fees shall be required for such examination other than those prescribed by the Law Practitioners Act, 1908.
(2.) No fee paid for any examination, or section thereof, which the candidate may fail to pass, shall be available for any subsequent examination or section thereof, excepting as provided under clause II of the statute “University Fees.”

III. Certificates shall be issued to candidates specifying the examination in which they have passed.

IV. A candidate for admission as barrister who shall have passed the examinations prescribed in Regulations V, VII, and IX of these regulations shall be deemed to have passed the examinations in General Knowledge and in Law required to be passed by candidates for admission as barristers.
A candidate for admission as solicitor who shall have passed the examinations prescribed in Regulations V, VIII, and IX of these regulations shall be deemed to have passed the examinations in General Knowledge and in Law required to be passed by candidates for admission as solicitors.

V. (1.) Every candidate for admission as barrister or solicitor shall pass the Matriculation Examination in the University of New Zealand, passing in Latin as a subject. Any candidate for admission as barrister or solicitor who shall have passed the said Matriculation Examination without passing in Latin may be credited with a pass in Latin on passing in Latin at a subsequent Matriculation or other University Examination or on keeping terms in Latin at a University College.
(2.) A candidate for admission as barrister or solicitor who is or has been an Entrance Scholar or an unsuccessful candidate for an Entrance Scholarship in the University of New Zealand and who has been held by the University of New Zealand to have passed the Matriculation Examination of the said University shall be deemed to have fulfilled the requirements of clause (1) of this regulation, provided that he has passed in Latin or passes in Latin in accordance with the requirements of the said clause (1).
(3.) A candidate for admission as barrister or solicitor shall be deemed to have fulfilled the requirements of clause (1) of this regulation if he shall have passed the Matriculation or other Examination of any University or College the standard of which examination is, in the opinion of the Chancellor of the New Zealand University, as high as the standard required for Matriculation in the University of New Zealand, and if such candidate shall have passed in Latin as one of the subjects of such examination.
(4.) A candidate for admission as barrister or solicitor who has obtained provisional matriculation under the regulations of the University of New Zealand and has had his matriculation confirmed by the said University as from a date prior to the 1st day of January, 1926, shall be deemed to have passed the Matriculation Examination.
(5.) Except as provided in the preceding clauses of this regulation, all candidates for admission as barristers or solicitors shall obtain matriculation only by passing the Matriculation Examination of the University of New Zealand and the regulations of the said University relating to provisional matriculation shall not apply to such candidates.

VI. No candidate shall be permitted to present himself for examination in the subjects of Regulations VII, VIII, or IX of these regulations unless and until he has fulfilled the requirements of Regulation V.

VII. Every candidate for admission as barrister who has fulfilled the requirements of Regulation V of these regulations shall pass in the following subjects, defined as prescribed for the time being for the degree of Bachelor of Laws in the University of New Zealand, namely:—

DIVISION I.

1. Latin.
2. English or Philosophy.
3. Jurisprudence.
4. Constitutional History and Law.

DIVISION II.

1. Roman Law.
2. The Law of Property.
3. The Law of Contract.

DIVISION III.

1. The Law of Torts.
2. Criminal Law.
3. Company Law and the Law of Bankruptcy.
4. The Law of Trusts, Wills, Intestate Succession, and the Administration of the Estates of Deceased Persons.

DIVISION IV.

1. The Law of Evidence.
2. Practice and Procedure.
3. International Law.
4. Conflict of Laws.

VIII. Every candidate for admission as solicitor who has fulfilled the requirements of Regulation V of these regulations shall pass in the following subjects, defined as prescribed for the time being for the degree of Bachelor of Laws in the University of New Zealand, namely:—

DIVISION I.

1. One of the following (i) Latin, (ii) English, or (iii) Philosophy.
2. Jurisprudence.
3. Constitutional History and Law.

DIVISION II.

1. The Law of Property.
2. The Law of Contract.

DIVISION III.

1. The Law of Torts.
2. Criminal Law.
3. Company Law and the Law of Bankruptcy.
4. The Law of Trusts, Wills, Intestate Succession, and the Administration of the Estates of Deceased Persons.

DIVISION IV.

1. The Law of Evidence.
2. Practice and Procedure.
3. Conflict of Laws.

IX. Every candidate for admission as barrister or solicitor shall also pass in the following subjects:—

1. Conveyancing (as provided in Regulation XII of these regulations).
2. Book-keeping (elementary questions on Trust Accounts and Book-keeping).

X. (1.) A candidate for admission as barrister or solicitor who has already been credited by the University of New Zealand with a pass in one or more of the subjects in Regulations VII or VIII of these regulations in a degree course in the said University shall be exempt from examination in such subject or subjects, provided that, in the year in which he passed, the definition of such subject or subjects was substantially identical with the definition of such subject or subjects as prescribed in Regulations VII and VIII of these regulations.
(2.) A candidate for admission as barrister or solicitor who may have taken the degree of Bachelor of Laws in the University of New Zealand since the 1st June, 1890, shall not be required to pass any further examination.

XI. (1.) A candidate shall, subject as hereinafter provided, pass in all subjects of any division before presenting himself for examination in the subjects of any later division.
(2.) No candidate shall present himself for examination in more than four subjects at one time; provided that, in the case of a candidate who requires a pass in five subjects to complete his examinations, he shall be allowed to present himself for examination in such five subjects.
(3.) Except as hereinafter provided, no candidate shall be credited with having passed in fewer than two subjects at a time.
(4.) A candidate who requires to pass in a single subject to complete a division may present himself for examination either in that subject alone or in that subject together with