Advocates Act, 1961

Bare Act · 1961

An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to the legal practitioners and to provide for the constitution of Bar Councils and an All-India Bar.

In the syllabus of: AIBE

Act number: 25 of 1961
Enacted: 19 May 1961
Contents: 85 sections · 8 chapters

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Contents

Chapter I — Preliminary

Chapter II — Bar Councils

Chapter III — Admission And Enrolment Of Advocates

Section 16 – Senior and other advocates (preview)
Section 17 – State Bar Councils to maintain roll of advocates (preview)
Section 18 – Transfer of name from one State roll to another (preview)
Section 19 – State Bar Councils to send copies of rolls of advocates to the Bar Council of India (preview)
Section 20 – Special provision for enrolment of certain Supreme Court advocates (preview)
Section 21 – Disputes regarding seniority (preview)
Section 22 – Certificate of enrolment (preview)
Section 23 – Right of pre-audience (preview)
Section 24 – Persons who may be admitted as advocates on a State roll (preview)
Section 24A – Disqualification for enrolment (preview)
Section 25 – Authority to whom applications for enrolment may be made (preview)
Section 26 – Disposal of applications for admission as an advocate (preview)
Section 26A – Power to remove names from roll (preview)
Section 27 – Application once refused not to be entertained by another Bar Council except in certain circumstances (preview)
Section 28 – Power to make rules (preview)

Chapter IV — Right To Practise

Section 29 – Advocates to be the only recognised class of persons entitled to practise law (preview)
Section 30 – Right of advocates to practise (preview)
Section 31 – [Repealed.] (preview)
Section 32 – Power of court to permit appearances in particular cases (preview)
Section 33 – Advocates alone entitled to practise (preview)
Section 34 – Power of High Courts to make rules (preview)

Chapter V — Conduct Of Advocates

Section 35 – Punishment of advocates for misconduct (preview)
Section 36 – Disciplinary powers of Bar Council of India (preview)
Section 36A – Changes in constitution of disciplinary committees (preview)
Section 37 – Appeal to the Bar Council of India (preview)
Section 38 – Appeal to the Supreme Court (preview)
Section 39 – Application of sections 5 and 12 of Limitation Act, 1963 (preview)
Section 40 – Stay of order (preview)
Section 41 – Alteration in roll of advocates (preview)
Section 42 – Powers of disciplinary committee (preview)
Section 42A – Powers of Bar Council of India and other committees (preview)
Section 43 – Cost of proceedings before a disciplinary committees (preview)
Section 44 – Review of orders by disciplinary committee (preview)

Sections

Section 36B – Disposal of disciplinary proceedings (preview)

Chapter VI — Miscellaneous

Section 45 – Penalty for persons illegally practising in courts and before other authorities (preview)
Section 45A – Power to frame and publish lists of touts (preview)
Section 46 – [Repealed.] (preview)
Section 46A – Financial assistance to State Bar Council (preview)
Section 47 – Reciprocity (preview)
Section 48 – Indemnity against legal proceedings (preview)
Section 48A – Power of revision (preview)
Section 48AA – Review (preview)
Section 48B – Power to give directions (preview)
Section 49 – General power of the Bar Council of India to make rules (preview)
Section 49A – Power of Central Government to make rules (preview)
Section 50 – Repeal of certain enactments (preview)
Section 51 – Rule of construction (preview)
Section 52 – Saving (preview)

Chapter VII — Temporary And Transitional Provisions