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 29: Advocates to be the only recognised class of persons entitled to practise law.
    Subject to the provisions of this Act and any rules made thereunder, there shall, as from the appointed day, be only one class of persons entitled to practise the profession of law, namely, advocates.
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