September 12, 2026

Section 58AB – Advocates Act: Special Provisions with Respect to Certain Persons Enrolled by Mysore State Bar Council

Advocates Act, 1961 — back to Table of Contents

Section 58AB. Special provisions with respect to certain persons enrolled by Mysore State Bar Council

Notwithstanding anything in this Act or any judgment/order/resolution/direction, every person admitted as an advocate on the Mysore State roll between 28 February 1963 and 31 March 1964 on the basis of a pleadership certificate from the Mysore High Court is deemed validly admitted and entitled to practise law.

Proviso: If such a person later elects enrolment on another State Bar Council’s roll, his name is deemed struck off the Mysore roll from the date of the new enrolment.

Further proviso: For seniority purposes under section 17(3)(d), such a person’s date of admission is reckoned as 16 May 1964.

Note: Inserted by Act 33 of 1968, with effect from 5 June 1968.