規章及規則
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with amendments up to 4 December 2020
2. The objects for which the Bar Association is established are to consider all matters affecting the profession and the administration of justice and to take such action thereon as it deems proper.
Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such matters include:-
(a) the maintenance of the honour and independence of the Bar and the defence of the Bar in its relations with the Judiciary and the Executive;
(b) the defence, maintenance, upholding and improvement, in Hong Kong, of the independence of the Judiciary, the Rule of Law, the Basic Law, the Hong Kong Bill of Rights, the administration of justice, procedure, the arrangement of business, law reporting, and trial by jury;
(c) the establishment and maintenance of a system of prompt and efficient legal advice and aid for those persons in need thereof, irrespective of their capacity to pay;
(d) the promotion and support of law reform;
(e) the prescribing of rules of professional conduct, discipline and etiquette;
(f) the furtherance of good relations and co-operation between the two branches of the legal profession;
(g) the furtherance of good relations and understanding between the Bar and (a) the Judiciary, (b) the Law Officers of the Department of Justice, (c) the public;
(h) the furtherance of good relations between the Bar and lawyers of other countries; and
(i) the protection of the public right of access to the courts and of representation by Counsel before courts and tribunals; and
(j) the encouragement of legal education, and the study of jurisprudence;
(k) to raise funds by means of public or private appeals or otherwise and to make charitable donations and donations generally for the education, support, assistance and welfare of law students and law graduates, pupils, barristers and other persons who qualify for assistance or benefit under any Fund established under the auspices of the Hong Kong Bar Association.
(l) to establish and maintain a Fund to be known as “The Hong Kong Barristers’ Benevolent Fund” (which name was changed on the 20th day of January, 2011 to, and has since then been known as, "The Hong Kong Bar Association - Brook Bernacchi Barristers' Benevolent Fund") for the purpose of giving financial assistance to the needy and deserving members of the Hong Kong Bar Association who are or have been in practice in Hong Kong and to their husbands, wives, widows, widowers, children and dependants and to raise money for such Fund and to operate the same in such manner and subject to such Rules as the Bar Council shall determine.
(m) to establish and maintain such other funds and scholarships as the Bar Council deems appropriate for the purpose of giving assistance to the needy and/or deserving Members, pupils, law graduates, law students, or any other persons the Bar Council deems appropriate or necessary, to raise money for such funds and scholarships, and to operate the same in such manner and subject to such Rules as the Bar Council shall determine.
