Chapter IV RECOGNITION AND REGISTRATION OF BAR ASSOCIATIONS

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14. Recognition and Registration of Bar Associations.

Statutory text

(1) All associations of Advocates known by any name functioning in any Court, or before any Tribunal, or before any other authority or person legally authorised to take evidence or to adjudicate or decide any disputes may, before a date to be notified or before such extended date as may be notified by the Bar Council in this behalf, apply to the Bar Council in such form as may be prescribed for recognition and registration. Any association of Advocates constituted after the date of commencement of this Act may, at any time thereafter likewise apply to the Bar Council for recognition and registration.
(2) Every application for recognition and registration shall be accompanied by the rules or bye-rules of the association, the names and addresses of the office-bearers of the association and an up-to-date list of the members of the association showing the name, address, age, date of enrolment and the ordinary place of practice of each member.
(3) The Bar Council may, after such enquiry as it deems necessary, recognise the association and issue a certificate of registration in such form as may be prescribed.
(4) The decision of the Bar Council regarding the recognition and registration of a Bar Association shall be final.

Chapter IV RECOGNITION AND REGISTRATION OF BAR ASSOCIATIONS

Statutory text

(1) Every Bar Association shall, on or before the 15th April every year, intimate to the Bar Council a list of its members as on 31st March of that year.
(2) Every Bar Association 1[recognized and registered as per sub-section (1) of section 14] shall intimate to the Bar Council-
- (a) any change of the office-bearers of the association within fifteen days from such change ;
- (b) any change in the membership, including admissions and readmissions, within thirty days of such change ;
- (c) the death, retirement or voluntary suspension of practice of any of its members within thirty days from the date of occurrence thereof ; and
- (d) such other matters as may be prescribed or required by the Bar Council from time to time.

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