Section 31
Power to enrol advocates, etc.
About this Act
An Act to provide for the formation of the State of Andhra, the increasing of the area of the State of Mysore and the diminishing of the area of the State of Madras, and for matters connected therewith.
(1) The High Court of Andhra shall have the like power to
approve, admit, enroll, remove and suspend advocates and attorneys and to make rules with respect to
advocates and attorneys, as are, under the law in force immediately before the prescribed day,
exercisable by the High Court at Madras.
(2) The right of audience in the High Court of Andhra shall be regulated in accordance with the like principles as, immediately before the prescribed day, are in force with respect to the right of audience in the High Court at Madras:
Provided that, subject to any rule made or direction given by the High Court of Andhra in the exercise of the powers conferred by this section, any person who immediately before the prescribed day is an advocate entitled to practice or an attorney entitled to act in the High Court at Madras shall be recognised as an advocate or an attorney entitled to practice or to act, as the case may be, in the High Court of Andhra.
(2) The right of audience in the High Court of Andhra shall be regulated in accordance with the like principles as, immediately before the prescribed day, are in force with respect to the right of audience in the High Court at Madras:
Provided that, subject to any rule made or direction given by the High Court of Andhra in the exercise of the powers conferred by this section, any person who immediately before the prescribed day is an advocate entitled to practice or an attorney entitled to act in the High Court at Madras shall be recognised as an advocate or an attorney entitled to practice or to act, as the case may be, in the High Court of Andhra.