1. Short title, extent and application.—(1) This Act may be called the Indian Bar Councils Act,
1926.
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[(2) It extends to the whole of India except *the State of Jammu and Kashmir, and shall apply to the
High Court of 4
[every State] other than *the State of Jammu and Kashmir and also to such Judicial
Commissioners Courts in 5
[Union territories] as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, declare to be High Courts to which this Act applies.]
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2. Interpretation.—7
[(1)]In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, —
(a) “advocate” means an advocate entered in the roll of advocates of a High Court under the
provisions of this Act;
(b) “Advocate-General” includes, where there is no Advocate-General, the Government Advocate
and, where there is no Advocate-General or Government Advocate, such officer as the State
Government may declare to be the Advocate-General for the purposes of this Act;
(c) “High Court” means a High Court to which this Act applies; and
(d) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act.
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[(2) In this Act “the State Government” means, in relation to any High Court, the State Government
of the State in which the High Court has its principal seat.]