The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 74] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1968/PHALGUNA 18,1889
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MINISTRY OF LAW
(Department of Legal Affairs)
NOTIFICATION
Now Delhi, the. 8th March. 1968
S.O. 926.-—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 49A of the Advocates Act, 1961. (25 of 1961), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called the Admis- sion as Advocates (Training and Examination) Rules, 1968.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Requirement as to training in law and passing an examination.—A person who obtains a degree in law (hereinafter referred to as the said degree) as is referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 24 of the Advocates Act, 1961, shall not be qualified to be admitted as an advocate unless he—
(a) undergoes for a period of one year the course of training in law; and (b) passes the examination, prescribed under clause (d) of the said sub section
3. Exemption from training- and examination.—Notwithstanding anything con-
.jt6 THE CAiETTF. OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART U-Srn S(ii)J(b) persons who have, obtained or obtain the said degree after undergoing a course of studies in law, the duration whereof is nut less than three academic years;
(t) persons who have obtained or obtain the said degree on the results ol an examination held on or belore the 31st day of December, 1968; and (d) barristers called to the Bar on or before the 31st day of December. 1968.
[No- F. 41(4)/68-J]
A. S. CHAUDHRI, Jt. Secy, & LegEil Adviser.