In accordance with Section (3) (1) (a) of the Legal Profession Ordinance, a person practices law if
(a) for or in expectation of gain or reward—
(i) he gives legal advice to any person;
(ii) he appears on behalf of any person in any court, tribunal or inquiry having jurisdiction in the Islands; (iii) he directly or indirectly draws or prepares any instrument relating to any property or any legal proceedings;
(b) he holds himself out (expressly or impliedly) to any other person, by the use of the description of advocate, attorney, attorney-at-law, barrister, solicitor, counsel, counsellor, law-agent, lawyer, or any other description, as being a person who is competent, qualified or ready in such capacity to give legal advice in relation to the laws of the Islands;
or (c) he wilfully pretends to be an Attorney.