Legal Aid

ANNEXURE THE ADVOCATES (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2003 A Bill Further to amend the Advocates Act, 1961 and the University Grants Commission Act, 1956; Be it enacted in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:Short title and commencement 1. (1) This Act shall be called The Advocates (Amendment) Act, 2003. (2) It shall come into force on such date the Central Government may, by notification, in the official Gazette appoint.

Amendment of section 2. 2. In section 2 of the Advocates Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in sub-section (1)(i) after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:“(da) ‘Bar Council Legal Education Committee’ means, the `Legal Education Committee of the Bar Council of India’ constituted under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 10;” (ii) after clause (n), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:(o) ‘University Grants Commission’ means, the University Grants Commission, constituted under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956; (p) ‘University Grants Commission Legal Education Committee’ means, the Legal Education Committee, constituted under section 5A of the University Grants Commission Act ,1956”.

Amendment of section 6

A:\184th report on ADVOCATES(Amendment)Bill PartII.doc 2 3. In section 6 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for clause (gg),the following clause shall be substituted, namely:“(gg) to visit and inspect any University which confers a degree in law or a Department of law of a University or a law college affiliated to a University, in accordance with the directions given under sub-section(2) of section7B;” Amendment of section 7 4. In section 7 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1) – (a) for clause (h), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:“(h) to promote legal education and lay down standards of such education in accordance with the recommendations of the Bar Council Legal Education Committee arrived at...