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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Advocate Act, 1961 Section 53

Elections to First State Bar Council

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Advocate Act, 1961 Section 53 is part of Advocate Act, 1961 - Elections to First State Bar Council. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

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 the Union territory.

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Section Section 53 of the Advocate Act, 1961 (Elections to First State Bar Council) is reproduced on this page as part of the Advocate Act, 1961. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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