Amendment of section 25, Central Act XVIII of 1879

In section 25 of the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879 (Central Act XVIII of 1879), for the proviso commencing with the words "Provided further that no stamped paper" and ending with the words "Chief Court, Pudukkottai", the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:-- "Provided further that no stamped paper shall be required for the renewal of a certificate to practise as a pleader granted-- (i) to a person who had enrolled himself for life as a vakil of the Chief Court, Pudukkottai, or (ii) to such person as may be specified in this behalf by rules made by the High Court at Madras having regard to the transfer of territories by section 4 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956) from the former State of Travancore-Cochin to the State of Tamil Nadu, who had enrolled himself for life as a pleader of any subordinate Court in the said territories".