Act Number: 25

Act Name: The Advocates Act, 1961

Year: 1961

Enactment Date: 1961-05-19

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Legal Affairs

Section 10B: Disqualification of members of Bar Council.
    1[2[10B.] Disqualification of members of Bar Council.-- An elected member of a Bar Council shall be deemed to have vacated his office if he is declared by the Bar Council of which he is a member to have been absent without sufficient excuse from three consecutive meetings of such Council, or if his name is, for any cause, removed from the roll of advocates or if he is otherwise disqualified under any rule made by the Bar Council of India.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 21 of 1964, s. 6 (w.e.f. 16-5-1964).
2. Section 10A re-numbered as section 10B of the Act by Act 60 of 1973, s. 10 (w.e.f. 31-1-1974).
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