Art.1.　Those who are qualified for lawyers according to the Korean Government Ordinance of Lawyers and have passed the selection of the Examining Committee prescribed in Para.2, Art.13 of the Lawyer's Law are qualified for lawyers according to the said Law notwithstanding the provisions of Item 2, Par.1, Art.2 of that Law.

Art.2.　Those who are qualified for lawyers according to the Korean Government Ordinance of Lawyers but who are not prescribed in the preceding Article, and those who are qualified for probationary lawyers of Korea according to Art.51 of the said Ordinance are qualified for probationary lawyers according to the Lawyer's Law notwithstanding the provisions of Para.1, Art.3 of the said Law.

Art.3.　No person shall lack the qualifications of a lawyer or a probationary lawyer, in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 and Article 2, because he has been imprisoned, sentenced guilty, dismissed by disciplinary action, prohibited to practice his profession, removed from the list of bar associations or otherwise expelled from its membership, for violations of laws and ordinances limiting political, social, intellectual and religious freedom, and freedom of speech, literary pursuits, publication, assembly and association, which have been abrogated or suspended during the term between August 15, 1945, and the day on which the present law comes into force.

Art.4.　The provisions of the preceding three articles shall apply only to those who repatriated, on and after August 15, 1945, to Japan proper, Hokkaido, Shikoku, Kyushu, or Islands attached to them, which shall be determined by the Ordinance from areas other than those above-mentioned.