This Act is called the Advocates (Amendment) Act, 1976, and the Central Government may set its commencement date by notification; different provisions may start on different dates.
--- Section 1. Section 1.Short title and commencement. --- (1) This Act may be called the Advocates (Amendment) Act, 1976. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, it shall come into force on such date 1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. [Footnotes] 1 15th October, 1976, vide notification No. G.S.R. 837(E), dated 8th October, 1976, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i). --- Section 2. Section 2.[Repealed.]. --- [ Amendment of section 2.] Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1988 (19 of 1988), s. 2 and the First Schedule (w.e.f. 31-3-1988). --- Section 3. Section 3.[Repealed.]. --- [ Amendment of section 3.] Rep. by s. 2 and the First Schedule, ibid. (w.e.f. 31-3-1988). --- Section 4. Section 4.[Repealed.]. --- [ Amendment of section 4.] Rep. by s. 2 and the First Schedule, ibid. (w.e.f. 31-3-1988). --- Section 5. Section 5.[Repealed.]. --- [ Amendment of section 15.] Rep. by s. 2 and the First Schedule, ibid. (w.e.f. 31-3-1988). --- Section 6. Section 6.[Repealed.]. --- [ Amendment of section 24.] Rep. by s. 2 and the First Schedule, ibid. (w.e.f. 31-3-1988). --- Section 7. Section 7.[Repealed.]. --- [ Omission of section 31.] Rep. by s. 2 and the First Schedule, ibid. (w.e.f. 31-3-1988). --- Section 8. Section 8.[Repealed.]. --- [ Amendment of section 24.] Rep. by s. 2 and the First Schedule, ibid. (w.e.f. 31-3-1988). --- Section 9. Section 9.[Repealed.]. --- [ Substitution of new section for section 46.] Rep. by s. 2 and the First Schedule, ibid. (w.e.f. 31-3-1988). --- Section 10. Section 10.[Repealed.]. --- [ Amendment of section 55.] Rep. by s. 2 and the First Schedule, ibid. (w.e.f. 31-3-1988). --- Section 11. Section 11.Transitional provisions. --- Every person holding office as-- (i) Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Bar Council of India; or (ii) Chairman or Vice-Chairman of any State Bar Council, immediately before the coming into force of section 4 or, as the case may be, section 3 of this Act shall cease to hold such office on such commencement.