Lawgist9Disciplinary committees
1[9. Disciplinary committees.-- (1) A Bar Council shall constitute one or more disciplinary committees, each of which shall consist of three persons of whom two shall be persons elected by the Council from amongst its members and the other shall be a person co-opted by the Council from amongst advocates who possess the qualifications specified in the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 3 and who are not members of the Council, and the senior-most advocate amongst the members of a disciplinary committee shall be the Chairman thereof.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), any disciplinary committee constituted prior to the commencement of the Advocates (Amendment) Act, 1964 (21 of 1964) may dispose of the proceedings pending before it as if this section had not been amended by the said Act.]
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1. Subs. by Act 21 of 1964, s. 5, for section 9 (w.e.f. 16-5-1964).
- 3 State Bar Councils
- 4 Bar Council of India
- 5 Bar Council to be body corporate
- 6 Functions of State Bar Councils
- 7 Functions of Bar Council of India
- 7A Membership in international bodies
- 8 Term of office of members of State Bar Council
- 8A Constitution of special Committee in the absence of election
- 9 Disciplinary committees
- 9A Constitution of legal aid committees
- 10 Constitution of committees other than disciplinary committees
- 10A Transaction of business by Bar Councils and committees thereof
- 10B Disqualification of members of Bar Council
- 11 Staff of Bar Council
- 12 Accounts and audit
- 13 Vacancies in Bar Council and committees thereof not to invalidate action taken
- 14 Election to Bar Councils not to be questioned on certain grounds
- 15 Power to make rules
