रजिस्ट्री सं० डी-(डी) -72-
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The Gazette of India
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नई दिल्ली, मंगलवार, सितम्बर 14 , 1976/भाद्र 23, 1898 NEW DELHI , TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1976 BHADRA 23 , 1898
इस भाग में भिन्न पृष्ठ संख्या दी जाती हैं जिससे कि यह अलग संकलन के रूप में रखा जा सकें । Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation .
MINISTRY OF LAW , JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department)
New Delhi , the 14th September , 1976 / Bhadra 23 , 1898 ( Saka )
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 13th September , 1976, and is hereby published for general information : ---
THE ADVOCATES ( AMENDMENT) ACT , 1961
No. 107 OF 1976
[13th September , 1976 ]
An Act further to amend the Advocates Act, 1961 BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty- seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :-
1. ( 1 ) This Act may be called the Advocates (Amendment) Act, 1976 .
Short title and com- mence- ment .
(2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act , it shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may , by notification in the Official Gazette , appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act .
25 of 1961 .
2. In section 2 of the Advocates Act , 1961 ( hereinafter referred to as the principal Act ) , in sub - section ( 1 ), 一
Amend- ment of section 2 .
( i) clause ( c) shall be omitted ;
(ii) in clause (i) , for the words " , vakil or attorney " , the words " or vakil " shall be substituted.
3. In section 3 of the principal Act , for sub- section (3) , the following sub- sections shall be substituted, namely :-
Amend- ment of section 3 .
" (3 ) There shall be a Chairman of each State Bar Council as follows: -
(a) in the case of the State Bar Council of Delhi , such advocate as may be nominated by the Central Government shall be the Chairman for a period of two years ;
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(b) in the case of the State Bar Council of Assam , Nagaland. Meghalaya , Manipur and Tripura , the Advocate-General of each of the States of Assam , Manipur , Meghalaya , Nagaland and Tripura , ex - officio shall, by rotation in that order , be the Chairman for a period of two years ;
(c) in the case of the State Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana, the Advocate- General of each of the States of Punjab ard Haryana , ex - officio shall, by rotation in that order, be the Chairman for a period of two years ; and
(d) in the case of any other State Bar Council , the Advocate- General of the State , ex - officio , shall be the Chairman,
( 3A) There shall be a Vice- Chairman of each State Bar Council who shall be the senior- most advocate amongst the members of that Council . " .
4. In section 4 of the principal Act,-
Amend- ment of section 4 .
( i ) in sub - section ( 1 ) , after clause (b) , the following clause shall be inserted , namely : -
" ( bb) a person appointed by virtue of office ( whether or not under Government ) by the Central Government; " ;
( ii ) for sub - section ( 2 ) , the following sub - sections shall be substituted , namely : -
" (2) The Attorney-General of India ex - officio and the Solicitor-General of India ex - officio shall be the Chairman and Vice-Chairman respectively of the Bar Council of India.
(2A) The term of office of the member of the Bar Council of India appointed under clause (bb ) of sub- section ( 1 ) shall be two years from the date of his appointment or till he ceases to hold the office by virtue of which he was appointed , whichever is earlier . " .
5. In sub -section ( 2 ) of section 15 of the principal Act ,-
Amend- ment of section 15 .
(i) clause ( c) shall be omitted;
(ii) in clause (d), the words " or to the office of the Chairman or Vice- Chairman" shall be omitted :
6. In section 24 of the principal Act,-
Amend- ment of section 24.
(i ) in clause ( c ) of sub -section ( 1 ) , after the words , figures and letters " the 31st day of December , 1976 ; " , the following shall be inserted, namely: -
"or has passed the articled clerk's examination or any other examination specified by the High Court at Bombay or Calcutta for enrolment as an attorney of that High Court;";
(ii ) sub - section ( 4 ) shall be omitted .
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7. Section 31 of the principal Act shall be omitted with effect from Omission the 1st day of January , 1977.
of section 31.
8. In section 34 of the principal Act , sub- sections ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) shall be omitted with effect from the 1st day of January , 1977 .
Amend- ment of section 34.
9. For section 46 of the principal Act , the following section shall be substituted , namely: -
Substitu- tion of new sec- tion for section 46 .
" 46. Every State Bar Council shall , for each financial year commencing on or after the 1st day of April , 1976 , pay to the Bar Council of India a sum equivalent to twenty per cent. of the total of the enrolment fees realised by it under this Act during that year , before the thirtieth day of April of the succeeding financial year . " .
Payment ofpartof enrolment fees to the Bar Council of India .
10. In section 55 of the principal Act , clause (b ) shall be omitted with effect from the 1st day of January , 1977 .
Amend- ment of section 55.
11. Every person holding office as-
( i) Chairman or Vice - Chairman of the Bar Council of India; or
Transi- tional sions, provi- (ii) Chairman or Vice- Chairman of any State Bar Council,
immediately before the coming into force of section 4 or , as the case may be , section 3 of this Act shall cease to hold such office on such commencement .
S. K. MAITRA , Jt. Secy . to the Govt . of India.
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