Advocates Act : Stay of order. Indian Bare Acts :

Advocates Act,1961

Act No : 25

Section : Stay of order.

40. Stay of order.- 4*[(1)] An appeal, made under section 37 or section 38, shall not operate as a stay of the order appealed against, but the disciplinary committee of the Bar Council of India, or the Supreme Court, as the case may be, may, for sufficient cause, direct the stay of such order on such terms and conditions as it may deem fit. 5*[(2) Where an application is made for stay of the order before the expiration of the time allowed for appealing therefrom under section 37 or --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ins. by Act 60 of 1973, s. 27 (w.e.f. 31-1-1974). 2. Ins. by s. 28, ibid. (w.e.f. 31-1-1974). 3. Subs. by s. 29, ibid. (w.e.f. 31-1-1974). 4. S. 40 was re-numbered as sub-section (1) of that section by s. 30, ibid. (w.e.f. 31-1-1974). 5. Ins. by s. 30, ibid. (w.e.f. 31-1-1974). 74 section 38, the disciplinary committee of the State Bar Council, or the disciplinary committee of the Bar Council of India, as the case may be, may, for sufficient cause, direct the stay of such order on such terms and conditions as it may deem fit.]