REGULATIONS FOR
THE HONG KONG COMMON PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION
CERTIFICATE IN LAWS (HKCPECLL)1
(See also General Regulations)
1 Not offered in 1998-99.
Postgraduate
Diploma in
Construction
Project
Management
Postgraduate
Diploma in
Surveying
(Quantity
Surveying)
and (Real Estate
Development)
Hong Kong
Common
Professional
Examination
Certificate in Laws
Eligibility for admission
1 To be eligible for admission to the courses leading to an award of the Hong Kong Common Professional Examination Certificate in Laws of the University, a candidate shall comply with the General Regulations and shall hold a degree or equivalent qualification from a university or comparable institution subject in each case to Senate approval.
Exemptions
2
| (a) | A person may apply for exemption from any subject in the Hong Kong Common Professional Examination Certificate in Laws. |
| (b) | The Faculty Board may grant exemption if it is satisfied that the applicant has passed an examination approved by the Faculty Board in a subject considered by the Faculty Board to be substantially equivalent to the subject from which the applicant seeks exemption. |
Award of the certificate
3 To be eligible for the award of the Hong Kong Common Professional Examination Certificate in Laws a candidate shall
| (a) | comply with the General Regulations; and |
| (b) | complete the curriculum in accordance with the Regulations set out below. |
4 The curriculum shall extend over not less than one academic year and shall include an examination.
5 To complete the curriculum a candidate shall
| (a) | follow the prescribed course of instruction in Hong Kong Legal System; |
| (b) | follow instruction on the syllabuses prescribed; and |
| (c) | satisfy the Board of Examiners in each of the following papers in the manner specified
in these Regulations:
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Date of examination
6
| (a) | The principal examination shall be held each year in May or June. The examination of candidates who may present themselves for re-examination shall be held in August or September of the same year. |
| (b) | A student who is prevented by sufficient cause from sitting all or part of the principal examination may, at the discretion of the Board of Examiners, be examined in the August or September of that year in respect of each part not previously attempted. |
Result of examination
7 A student passes the Hong Kong Common Professional Examination Certificate in Laws who passes either at the first attempt or, in accordance with these Regulations, at a re-examination, those subjects which the student is required to take.
Determining final results
8 In determining a candidate's final result in a subject, the Board of Examiners may take into account assessments of the candidate's assignments.
Candidates unsuccessful at first attempt
9 A full-time student who has failed at the first attempt may be re-examined in the failed subjects in the following circumstances:
| (a) | a student taking five or six subjects may be re-examined in not more than two subjects; |
| (b) | a student taking three or four subjects may be re-examined in one subject. |
10 A part-time student taking three or four subjects who fails at the first attempt may be re-examined in one subject.
11 In deciding whether or not to re-examine a student under Regulation 9 or 10 the Board of Examiners shall take into account the extent of the failure, the results in other subjects and other relevant considerations.
12
| (a) | A student who has failed in more subjects than those specified in Regulation 9 or 10, or who has taken fewer than three subjects and failed in one or more of them, fails the examination. |
| (b) | A student who fails the examination at the first attempt may be re-examined in all papers, normally in the following May or June. However, at the Board of Examiners' discretion, a student may be re-examined in August or September of that year. |
Candidates unsuccessful at a re-examination in one or two subjects
13
| (a) | This Regulation applies to a student who is re-examined pursuant to Regulation 9 or 10. |
| (b) | A student re-examined in one subject who fails it may be re-examined again in that one subject as a final attempt. |
| (c) | A student re-examined in two subjects who fails one of them may not, save in exceptional circumstances, be re-examined again in that one subject but may be re-examined in the two subjects, as a final attempt. |
| (d) | In deciding whether or not to re-examine a student under this Regulation, the Board of Examiners shall take into account the extent of the failure at the re-examination, the results in other subjects (including the result of a re-examination in another subject) and other relevant considerations. |
Candidates unsuccessful at a re-examination in all papers
14 A student who has failed at the second attempt may be re-examined in the failed subjects, as a final attempt, in the following circumstances:
| (a) | a full-time student taking five or six subjects at the second attempt may be re-examined in not more than two subjects; |
| (b) | a full-time student taking three or four subjects at the second attempt may be re-examined in not more than one subject; |
| (c) | a part-time student taking three or four subjects at the second attempt may be re-examined in not more than one subject. |
In deciding whether or not to re-examine a student under this Regulation the Board of Examiners shall take into account the extent of the failures, the results in other subjects and other relevant considerations.
15
| (a) | A student who has failed the examination at the second attempt in more subjects than those specified in Regulation 14 or has taken fewer than three subjects at the second attempt and failed in one or more of them fails the examination. |
| (b) | A student who fails the examination at the second attempt may, at the discretion of the Board of Examiners, be re-examined in all papers as a final attempt. |
Maximum number of attempts
16 Other than in exceptional circumstances, no student may be examined in any subject on more than three occasions.
Two-year part-time courses: proceeding from first year to second year
17 A student taking a two-year part-time course may not proceed to the second year of that course until he has passed all subjects required to be taken in the first year of the course.
Examination results
18 At the conclusion of the examination, a pass list should be published in
alphabetical order. A candidate who has shown exceptional merit at the whole examination
may be awarded either a mark of distinction or a mark of credit, which shall be recorded
in the candidate's certificate.
SYLLABUSES FOR THE HONG KONG COMMON PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION CERTIFICATE IN LAWS
99101. Law of tort
99102. Criminal law
99103. Constitutional and administrative law
99104. Property law
99105. Equity and trusts
