Advocates Act, 1961 — back to Table of Contents
Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Advocates Act, 1961.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall, in relation to the territories other than those referred to in sub-section (4), come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
(4) This Act shall, in relation to the State of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
Note: The Advocates Act, 1961 (Act No. 25 of 1961) received assent on 19th May 1961. It was brought into force in stages: Chapters I, II and VII on 16 August 1961; Chapter III on 1 December 1961; s.50(1) on 15 December 1961; ss.51–52 on 24 January 1962; s.46 on 29 March 1962; Chapter VI (except s.46 and parts of s.50) on 4 January 1963; and Chapter V on 1 September 1963. It repealed the earlier Indian Bar Councils Act, 1926.
