Section 5

Bar Council to be body corporate.

The Advocates Act, 1961

  • Act 25 of 1961
  • Ministry of Law and Justice
  • Department of Legal Affairs
About this Act

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.

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    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 be the name by which it is known sue and be sued.

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