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Preamble1 - The Advocates Act, 1961
ChapterI - Preliminary
Section1 - Short Title
Section2 - Definitions
ChapterII - Bar Council
Section3 - State Bar Councils
Section4 - Bar Council of India
Section5 - Bar Council to Be Body Corporate
Section6 - Functions of State Bar Councils
Section7 - Functions of Bar Council of India
Section7A - Membership in International Bodies
Section8 - Term of Office of Members of State Bar Council
Section8A - Constitution of Special Committee in the Absence of Election
Section9 - Disciplinary Committees
Section9A - Constitution of Legal Aid Committees
Section10 - Constitution of Committees Other Than Disciplinary Committees
Section10A - Transaction of Business by Bar Councils and Committees Thereof
Section10B - Disqualification of Members of Bar Council
Section11 - Staff of Bar Council
Section12 - Accounts and Audit
Section13 - Vacancies in Bar Councils and Committees Thereof Not to Invalidate Action Taken
Section14 - Election to Bar Councils Not to Be Questioned on Certain Grounds
Section15 - Power to Make Rules
ChapterIII - Admission and Enrolment of Advocates
Section16 - Senior and Other Advocates
Section17 - State Bar Councils to Maintain Roll of Advocates
Section18 - Transfer of Name from One State Roll to Another
Section19 - State Bar Councils to Send Copies of Rolls of Advocates to the Bar Council of India
Section20 - Special Provision for Enrolment of Certain Supreme Court Advocate
Section21 - Disputes Regarding Seniority
Section22 - Certificate of Enrolment
Section23 - Right of Pre-audience
Section24 - Persons Who May Be Admitted as Advocates on a State Roll
Section24A - Disqualification for Enrolment
Section25 - Authority to Whom Applications for Enrolment May Be Made
Section26 - Disposal of Application for Admission as an Advocate
Section26A - Power to Remove Names from Roll
Section27 - Application Once Refused Not to Be Entertained by Another Bar Council Except in Certain Circumstances
Section28 - Power to Make Rules
ChapterIV - Right to Practise
Section29 - Advocates to Be the Only Recognised Class of Persons Entitled to Practice Law
Section30 - Right of Advocates to Practice
Section31 - Special Provision for Attorneys
Section32 - Power of Court to Permit Appearances in Particular Cases
Section33 - Advocates Alone Entitled to Practise
Section34 - Power of High Courts to Make Rules
ChapterV - Conduct of Advocates
Section35 - Punishment of Advocates for Misconduct
Section36 - Disciplinary Powers of Bar Council of India
Section36A - Changes in Constitution of Disciplinary Committees
Section36B - Disposal of Disciplinary Proceedings
Section37 - The Bar Council of India
Section38 - Appeal to the Supreme Court
Section39 - Application of Sections 5 and 12 of the Indian Limitation Act
Section40 - Stay of Order
Section41 - Alteration in Roll of Advocates
Section42 - Powers of Disciplinary Committee
Section42A - Powers of Bar Council of India and Other Committees
Section43 - Cost of Proceedings Before a Disciplinary Committee
Section44 - Review of Orders by Disciplinary Committee
ChapterVI - Miscellaneous
Section45 - Penalty for Persons Illegally Practising in Courts and Before Other Authorities
Section46 - Payment of Part of Enrolment Fees to the Bar Council of India
Section46A - Financial Assistance to State Bar Council
Section47 - Reciprocity
Section48 - Indemnity Against Legal Proceedings
Section48A - Power of Revision
Section48AA - Review
Section48B - Power to Give Directions
Section49 - General Power of the Bar Council of India to Make Rules
Section49A - Power of Central Government to Make Rules
Section50 - Repeal of Certain Enactments
Section51 - Rule of Construction
Section52 - Saving
ChapterVII - Temporary "andtransitional" Provisions
Section53 - Elections to First State Bar Council
Section54 - Term of Office of Members of First
Section55 - Rights of Certain Existing Legal Practitioners Not Affected
Section56 - Dissolution of Existing Bar Councils
Section57 - Power to Make Rules Pending the Constitution of a Bar Council
Section58 - Special Provisions During the Transitional Period
Section58A - Special Provisions with Respect to Certain Advocates
Section58AA - Special Provisions in Relation to the Union Territory of Pondicherry
Section58AB - Special Provisions with Respect to Certain Persons Enrolled by Mysore State Bar Council
Section58AC - Special Provisions with Respect to Certain Persons Enrolled by Uttar Pradesh State Bar Council
Section58AD - Special Provisions with Respect to Certain Persons Migrating to India
Section58A - Special Provisions in Relation to the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu
Section58AF - Special Provisions in Relation to Jammu and Kashmir
Section58AG - Special Provisions in Relation to Articled Clerks
Section58B - Special Provisions Relating to Certain Disciplinary Proceedings
Section59 - Removal of Difficulties
Section60 - Powers of Central Government to Make Rules
Schedule1 - The Schedule
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