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CHAPTER II BAR COUNCILS

Section 9: Disciplinary committees

The Advocates Act, 1961

1[(1) A Bar Council shall constitute one or more disciplinary committees, each of which shall consist of three persons of whom two shall be persons elected by the Council from amongst its members and the other shall be a person co-opted by the Council from amongst advocates who possess the qualifications specified in the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 3 and who are not members of the Council, and the senior-most advocate amongst the members of a disciplinary committee shall be the Chairman thereof.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), any disciplinary committee constituted prior to the commencement of the Advocates (Amendment) Act, 1964 (21 of 1964) may dispose of the proceedings pending before it as if this section had not been amended by the said Act.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 21 of 1964, s. 5, for section 9 (w.e.f. 16-5-1964).

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  1. 1. Under Section 9(1) of the Advocates Act, 1961, who is the Chairman of a disciplinary committee of a Bar Council?

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