# The Advocates Act, 1961, Section 2: Definitions

- Act: The Advocates Act, 1961 (Act 25 of 1961)
- In force from: 1961-08-16
- Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/advocates-act-1961/section/2/

## Text

1[(1)] In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (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; 2* * * * * * (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; 3* * * * * * (g) "High Court", except in sub-section (1) 4[and sub-section (1A)] of section 34 and in sections 42 and 43, does 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 case of the Bar Council constituted for Delhi, 5[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 practitioner" means an advocate 6[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. 4[(2) Any reference in this Act to a law which is not in force 7*** in the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, shall, in relation to 8*** 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.]

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