【正文】 c or to a section of the public otherwise than in the course of his practice save in the following circumstances: (1) supplying legal advice or service in any country outside Hong Kong if the rules in force in that country permit barristers to do so。 (5) acting as unpaid or honorary legal adviser to any charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institution。 but it would be wrong for him to undertake to revise the terms of business himself. (e) He should, therefore, avoid being concerned in specific legal matters affecting the pany. There may, however, be circumstances in which it would be proper for him to give his advice in relation to a specific problem, either in a general way or as a matter of urgency. In these circumstances, he should ensure that the pany consults its solicitors as soon as the matter reaches the point at which such consultation would normally take place. (5) A barrister who is a pupil must apply himself full time to his pupillage save that a pupil may, with the approval of the Bar Council, engage in part time occupation which does not materially interfere with his pupillage. The general permission to engage in supplementary occupations in Annex 4 does not apply to barristers serving pupillage. (Circular No. 15/99) 24. A practising barrister may not use or permit the use of his professional qualification for the advancement of any other occupation in which he is directly or indirectly engaged or for private advantage, save in relation to the legal occupations listed in Annex 4. 25. A barrister may not practise unless: (a) he has or is a member of or is temporarily permitted the use of professional chambers。 but they may not (save as provided in paragraphs 81 to 83) agree to share professional receipts or agree that any one or more of them shall assume responsibility for the professional work of the other or others. 29. (1) A person who intends to practise as a barrister must serve the period of approved pupillage which shall, subject to reduction by the Chief Judge, be: (a) a period of not less than 12 months in the chambers of a junior barrister who, save in exceptional circumstances established to the satisfaction of the Bar Council, has continuously practised for not less than 5 years after mencement of full practice at the Bar in Hong Kong。 or (b) he finds that his professional conduct is being or is likely to be impugned and he can withdraw from the case at that stage without jeopardising his lay client’s interests. The Return of Briefs 63. (a) If a barrister receives a brief or instructions which he believes to be beyond his petence, he should decline that brief or those instructions and so inform the instructing solicitor. (b) If a barrister receives instructions and it is or bees apparent to him that he cannot do the work within a reasonable time, he should inform the instructing solicitor forthwith. (c) If a barrister receives instructions where a time limit has been set for the pletion of the work, and the barrister sees no reasonable prospect of his being able to finish the work within that time limit, he should either return the instructions forthwith or obtain further time from the person instructing him in the matter forthwith. 64. Briefs are in general accepted on the understanding that the barrister concerned may be unavoidably prevented by a conflicting professional engagement from attending the case. A barrister must inform the person instructing him in the matter as soon as there is an appreciable risk that he may not be able to undertake a brief which he has accepted。 and (b) any period not exceeding 3 months as a pupil with a Senior Counsel. (3) Save in exceptional circumstances, the Bar Council is unlikely to approve pupillage of less than 3 months with any one barrister. (4) A person who is a pupil may not accept an instruction to act as a barrister unless he has been admitted as such, holds a valid limited practising certificate issued by the Bar Council and has the consent of his pupil master to accept such instruction. (Circular No. 052/03) 29A. A junior barrister, upon taking silk, may, for the period of one year following his appointment as a Senior Counsel, continue with his preexisting mitments as a Pupil Master, and any period of pupillage undertaken in such circumstances will be counted towards the required period of pupillage to be undertaken by a barrister intending to practise. (Circular No. 32/93) 30. A barrister who acts as a Pupil Master may not seek or accept any pupillage fee, and must use his best endeavours to ensure that his Pupil plies with the requirements of paragraph 29(4). The Rules concerning the duties of Pupil Masters and Pupils are at Annex 5. (Circular No. 052/03) [The next paragraph number is 32.] 32. A barrister whose primary occupation is that of editor or reporter in Hong Kong of any series of law reports entirely written and edited by barristers shall be a practising barrister. Such a barrister is not required to ply with paragraphs 25, 26 and 50 of this Code of Conduct if he does not also hold himself out as willing to appear in a Court on behalf of a client or to give legal advice or services to a client. [The next paragraph number is 50.] THE ACCEPTANCE OF INSTRUCTIONS 50. (a) Subject to such exceptions as may be authorised by custom or the Bar Council as set out in Annex 20, a barrister may not act in a professional capacity except upon the instructions of a solicitor or the Director of Legal Aid or the Government. Notwithstanding that he does so for no fee, a barrister who appears in or drafts a formal document for the purpose of a contentious matter is acting in a professional capacity. There is, however, no objection to a barrister g