Section 53 — Elections to first State Bar Council.

53. Elections to first State Bar Council.―Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the elected
members of a State Bar Council, constituted for the first time under this Act, shall be elected by and from
amongst advocates, vakils, pleaders and attorneys who, on the date of the election, are entitled as of right to
practise in the High Court and are ordinarily practising within the territory for which the Bar Council is to be
constituted.
     Explanation.―Where the territory for which the Bar Council is to be constituted includes a Union




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territory, the expression “High Court” shall include the court of the Judicial Commissioner of that Union
territory.
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