Maharashtra Bare Acts 1920

The Bombay Pleaders Act, 1920 Complete Act

State : Maharashtra

Year : 1920

.....in such Schedule in lieu of or in addition to the forms or rules now therein enacted. (3) All rules made under this Act shall be published in the [Official Gazette] and shall thereupon have effect as if enacted in this Act. SECTION 32: SAVINGS Nothing in this Act shall he deemed to limit or otherwise affect the powers conferred upon the High Court by sections 106 and 107 of the Government of India Act, 1915, or by clauses 9 and 10 of the Letters Patent or by any law for the time being in force. SECTION 33: PENDING CASES Nothing in this Act regarding the appointment, appearance or remuneration of pleaders or the taxation of costs shall apply in respect of any proceedings pending in any court at the commencement of this Act, and all such proceedings, until their final disposal by the court in which they are pending, shall he governed, in respect of such matters, by the laws and rules in force immediately before the commencement of this Act. SECTION 34: REPEAL The enactments mentioned in Schedule I are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column thereof. Maharashtra State Acts

Bombay Pleaders Act, 1920, (Maharashtra) Section 1

Title : Short Title and Extent

State : Maharashtra

Year : 1920

(1) This Act may be called the Bombay Pleaders Act, 1920. [1][(2) It extends to the whole of the [2][State of Maharashtra]. [3][(3) In that part of the State of Bombay to which it is extended by the Bombay Pleaders (Extension and Amendment) Act, 1958, it shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.] _________________ [1] This portion was substituted for sub-section (2) by Bom. 55 of 1958, section 4. [2] These words were substituted for the words "State of Bombay" by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960. [3] Sub-section (3) Stands unmodified by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960.

Bombay Pleaders Act, 1920, (Maharashtra) Preamble

Title : the Bombay Pleaders Act, 1920

State : Maharashtra

Year : 1920

.....of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960. Repealed in part by Act 25 of 1961. An Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to pleaders in the Presidency of Bombay. WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to pleaders in the Presidency of Bombay; and whereas the previous sanction of the Governor General required by Section 79, subsection (2), of the Government of India Act, 1915 (5 and 6 Geo. 5, 0. 61), has been obtained for the passing of this Act. It is hereby enacted as follows: _____________________ [1] For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Bombay Government Gazette, 1920 Part V, page 420; for Report of Select Committee, see ibid., 1920, Part V, page 794 (a); and for Proceedings in Council, see ibid., 1920, Part V, pages 671 and 971. [2] This Act has been repealed and re-enacted and the amendment made by section 9. Sch. 5 of the said Act have been continued in force by Bom. 52 of 1947, section 2.

Bombay Pleaders Act, 1920, (Maharashtra) Section 2

Title : Definitions

State : Maharashtra

Year : 1920

.....12, 13, 24, 25, 27 or 30, shall apply to an attorney of the High Court; (4) "district" means the local limits of the jurisdiction of a principal civil court of original jurisdiction other than the High Court; (5) "the Letters Patent" means the Amended Letters Patent of the High Court of Judicature for the Presidency of Bombay, dated the 28th December, 1865 subject to any amendments thereto and alterations therein made or hereinafter to be made pursuant to clause 44 thereof or Section 106(A) of the Government of India Act; (6) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act. Footnotes :- ___________________ [1] These words were substituted for the original by Bom. 17 of 1945, section 9, Schedule E, read with Bom. 52 of 1947, section 2 proviso.

Bombay Pleaders Act, 1920, (Maharashtra) Section 3

Title : Classes of Pleaders

State : Maharashtra

Year : 1920

Repealed by Act 25 of 1961, Section 50(2)(b)

Bombay Pleaders Act, 1920, (Maharashtra) Section 4

Title : Sanads

State : Maharashtra

Year : 1920

Repealed by Act 25 of 1961, Section 50(2)(b).

Bombay Pleaders Act, 1920, (Maharashtra) Section 5

Title : Extent and Transfer of Sanads

State : Maharashtra

Year : 1920

(1) No district pleader shall hold a sanad in respect of more than one district at the same time: [1][Provided that when a district for which a sanad is to be issued comprises any area which for the purposes of administration of revenue or criminal justice or both is also included in any other district the sanad may be held in respect of both such districts.] (2) On the application of a district Pleader holding a sanad which is available for any [2][* * *] district the High Court may from time to time, by endorsement on such sanad, render the same available for any other district. (3) A Pleader holding a sanad in respect of any district may appear, plead and Act for a client in any particular civil proceeding in a Court of any other district with the previous written authority of the District Judge in such other district. ____________________ [1] This proviso was inserted, by Bom. 52 of 1947, section 3 (1). [2] The words "one" was deleted, by Bom. 52 of 1947, section 3 (2).

Bombay Pleaders Act, 1920, (Maharashtra) Section 6

Title : Conditions of Admission

State : Maharashtra

Year : 1920

Repealed by Act 25 of 1961, Section 50(2)(b).

Bombay Pleaders Act, 1920, (Maharashtra) Section 7

Title : Where Vakils of High Court Are Entitled to Practise

State : Maharashtra

Year : 1920

.....and (e) before any public officers in any of the following proceedings:- an investigation held in accordance with the first paragraph of Section 73 and an appeal under Section 77 of the Bombay Hereditary Offices Act (Bom. III of 1874), proceedings under Section 87, of the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879 (Bom. V of 1879), proceedings before a Tribunal of Arbitration under the Bombay Town Planning Act, 1915 (Bom. I of 1915); such proceedings under any enactment in force, in the [2][area to which this Act extends] as the [3][[4][State) Government], by notification in the [5][Official Gazette] may specify. (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to attorneys of the High Court. Footnotes :- ____________________ [1] This Act has been repealed by Bom. 16 of 1925 which also has been repealed by Bom. 18 of 1933. [2] These words were substituted for the words "Bombay Presidency" by the Bombay Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subject) Order, 1956. [3] The words "Provincial Government" were substituted for the words "Local Government" by the Adaptation of Indian Laws Order in Council. [4] This word was substituted for the word.....

Bombay Pleaders Act, 1920, (Maharashtra) Section 8

Title : Where District Pleaders Are Entitled to Practice

State : Maharashtra

Year : 1920

.....in the former State of Madhya Pradesh who have been admitted as pleaders under the rules framed by the former High Court of Nagpur under the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879 (XVIII of 1879) may be issued sanads restricting their right to plead only with the previous permission of the Court concerned. (b) Pleaders of the III Grade admitted under the rules framed by the former Hyderabad High Court under the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879 (XVIII of 1879), may be issued sanads restricting their rights to practice only in Civil and Criminal Courts inferior to the District and Sessions Court and before the Revenue and Public Officers inferior to the Collector. (c) Mukhtars of Class II admitted under the rules framed by the former Saurashtra High Court under the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879 (XVIII of 1879), and under the High Court of Judicature Ordinance for the State Of Saurashtra, 1948 may be issued sanads restricting their right of practice only to the Civil Courts, inferior to the District Court and to cases triable by the Civil Judge, Junior Division, only. Such sanads may also restrict the right to practice in Criminal Courts inferior to Sessions Court.] _______________ [1].....