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Section 6 — Se ction 2 renumbered as sub -section ( 1) of that section by Act 60 of 1973, s. 3 (w.e.f. 31 -1-1974).

From: The Advocates Act, 1961

6. Se ction 2 renumbered as sub -section ( 1) of that section by Act 60 of 1973, s. 3 (w.e.f. 31 -1-1974). *. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territo ry of Ladakh. 5

(a)“advocate ” means an advocate entered in any roll under the provisions of this Act;
(b)“appointed day ”, in relation to any provision of this Act, means the day on which that provision comes into force; 1* * * * *
(d)“Bar Council ” means a Bar Council constituted under this Act;
(e)“Bar Council of India ” means the Bar Council constituted under section 4 for the territories to which this Act extends; 2* * * * *
(g)“High Court ”, except in sub -section ( 1) 3[and sub -section ( 1A)] of section 34 and in sections 42 and 43, doe s not include a court of the Judicial Commissioner, and, in relation to a State Bar Council, means, --
(i)in the case of a Bar Council constituted for a State or for a State and one or more Union territories, the High Court for the State;
(ii)in the cas e of the Bar C ouncil constituted for Delhi, 4[the High Court of Delhi];
(h)“law graduate ” means a person who has obtained a bachelor's degree in law from any University established by law in India;
(i)“legal pr actitioner ” means an advocate 5[or vakil] of any High Court, a pleader, mukhtar or revenue agent;
(j)“prescribed ” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(k)“roll” means a roll of advocates prepared and maintained under this Act;
(l)“State ” does not include a Union territory;
(m)“State Bar Council ” means a Bar Council constituted under section 3;
(n)“State roll ” means a roll of advocates prepared and maintained by a State Bar Council under section 17. 3[(2) Any reference in this Act to a law which is not in force 6*** in the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, shall, in relation to 7*** that territory, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that State or that territory, as the case may be.]