Section 58A — Special provisions with respect to certain advocates.

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     [58A. Special provisions with respect to certain advocates.―(1) Notwithstanding anything contained
in this Act, all advocates who, immediately before the 26th day of July, 1948, were entitled to practise in the
High Court in Allahabad or the Chief Court in Oudh and who under the provisions of the United Provinces
High Courts (Amalgamation) Order, 1948 were recognised as advocates entitled to practise in the new High


1. Ins. by Act 14 of 1962, s. 4 (w.e.f. 30-3-1962).
2. Subs. by Act 32 of 1962, s. 3, for certain words (retrospectively).
3. Subs. by Act 21 of 1964, s. 24, for “the issue and renewal” (w.e.f. 16-5-1964).
4. Ins. by Act 32 of 1962, s. 3 (w.e.f. 30-3-1962).
5. Ins. by Act 21 of 1964, s. 25 (w.e.f. 16-5-1964).
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Court of Judicature at Allahabad but whose names were not formally entered on the roll of advocates of that
High Court merely by reason of the non-payment of the fee payable to the Bar Council of the said High Court,
and all advocates who were enrolled as such between the said date and the 26th day of May, 1952, shall, for
the purposes of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 17 be deemed to be persons who were entered as
advocates on the roll of the said High Court under the Indian Bar Councils Act, 1926 (38 of 1926) and every
such person may, on an application being made in this behalf, be admitted as an advocate on the State roll of
Uttar Pradesh.
    (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, all advocates who, immediately before the 10th day of
October, 1952, were entitled to practise in the High Court of Hyderabad but whose names were not formally
entered on the roll of advocates of that High Court merely by reason of the non-payment of the fee payable to
the Bar Council of the said High Court shall, for the purposes of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 17, be
deemed to be persons who were entered as advocates on the roll of the said High Court under the Indian Bar
Councils Act, 1926 (38 of 1926) and every such person may, on an application being made in this behalf, be
admitted as an advocate on the State roll of Andhra Pradesh or of Maharashtra.
    (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, all advocates who, immediately before the 1st day of
May, 1960, were entitled to practise in the High Court of Bombay and who applied to get their names entered
on the roll of advocates of the High Court of Gujarat under the provisions of section 8 of the Indian Bar
Councils Act, 1926 (38 of 1926) but whose names were not so entered by reason of the repeal of the said




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provision shall, for the purposes of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 17, be deemed to be persons who
were entered as advocates on the roll of the High Court of Gujarat under the said Act and every such person
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may, on an application being made in this behalf, be admitted as an advocate on the State roll of Gujarat.
   (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, all persons who, immediately before the 1st day of
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December, 1961, were advocates on the roll of the court of Judicial Commissioner in any Union territory
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under any law in force in that territory shall, for the purposes of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 17, be
deemed to be persons who were entered as advocates on the roll of a High Court under the Indian Bar
Councils Act, 1926 (38 of 1926) and every such person may, on an application made in this behalf, be
admitted as an advocate on the State roll maintained in respect of that Union territory.