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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Advocate Act, 1961 Section 5

Bar Council to Be Body Corporate

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Advocate Act, 1961 Section 5 is part of Advocate Act, 1961 - Bar Council to Be Body Corporate. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Every Bar Council shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire and hold property, both movable and immovable, and to contract, and may by the name by which it is known sue and be sued.

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