LawgistThe Advocates Act
53Elections to first State Bar Council
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the elected members of a State Bar Council, constituted for the first time under this Act, shall be elected by and from amongst advocates, vakils, pleaders and attorneys who, on the date of the election, are entitled as of right to practise in the High Court and are ordinarily practising within the territory for which the Bar Council is to be constituted.
Explanation.-- Where the territory for which the Bar Council is to be constituted includes a Union territory, the expression "High Court" shall include the court of the Judicial Commissioner of that Union territory.
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TEMPORARY AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
- 53 Elections to first State Bar Council
- 54 Term of office of members of first State Bar Councils
- 55 Rights of certain existing legal practitioners not affected
- 56 Dissolution of existing Bar Councils
- 57 Power to make rules pending the constitution of a Bar Council
- 58 Special provisions during the transitional period
- 58A Special provisions with respect to certain advocates
- 58AA Special provisions in relation to the Union territory of Pondicherry
- 58AB Special provisions with respect to certain persons enrolled by Mysore State Bar Council
- 58AC Special provisions with respect to certain persons enrolled by Uttar Pradesh State Bar Council
- 58AD Special provisions with respect to certain persons migrating to India
- 58AE Special provisions in relation to the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu
- 58AF Special provisions in relation to Jammu and Kashmir
- 58AG Special provisions in relation to articled clerks
- 58B Special provision relating to certain disciplinary proceedings
- 59 Removal of difficulties
- 60 Power of Central Government to make rules
