Member of the Bar should be aware of section 17(1) (a) the Advocate act 1961, which is as, follows: (I) “Every State Bar Council shall prepare and maintain a roll of Advocate in which entry shall be made with the name and the address of:- (a) All the persons who were entered as Advocate on the roll of any High court under the Indian Bar Council Act 1926(38 of 1920) immediately before the appointed day and who within the prescribed time express as an intention in the prescribed form to practice within the jurisdiction of the State Bar Council.” It would be clear from section 17(1) (a) that unless the intention to practice is expressed within the prescribed time, in the prescribed manner to practice within jurisdiction of the Council their names will not be entered in the roll and consequently they would not be Advocates within the purview of the Advocate Act 1961. Hence every person whose name is entered as Advocate ...
(Rules under section 15(2). (l) (m)&(n) of the Act) All monies received on behalf of the Council shall be acknowledged by a receipt signed by the Secretary or any other person authorized by the Executive Committee. Amounts received shall be credited into the account of the Council in the Bank on the next working day of the Bank. The book of the account and registers shall be strongly bound and paged. On the 1 st or title page, the number of pages of the book of the registrar shall be entered and the entry shall be signed by the Secretary. Corrections if any entered shall be made in red ink and attested by the Accountant. (i) Receipt forms shall be numbered consecutively and bound into books of 50 or 100 forms each. On the front page of each book shall be entered the first and the last number of the receipt in that book and be so certified by the Secretary. Receipts shall be in triplicate. The third part...