Legal Practitioners Act,1879
Act No : 18
Section :
Advocates and vakils.
4. Advocates and vakils. Every person now or hereafter entered asan advocate or vakil on the roll of any High Court under the letterspatent constituting such Court, or 1*[under section 41 of this Act],2*[or enrolled as a pleader in the Chief Court of the Punjab undersection 8 of this Act], shall be entitled to practise in all theCourts subordinate to the Court on the roll of which he is entered,and in all revenue-offices situate within the local limits of theappellate jurisdiction of such Court, subject, nevertheless, to therules in force relating to the language in which the Court or officeis to be addressed by pleaders or revenue-agents; and any person soentered who ordinarily practises in the Court on the roll of which heis not entered or some Court subordinate thereto shall,notwithstanding anything herein contained, be entitled, as such, topractise in any Court in 3*[the territories to which this Act extends]other than a High Court on whose roll he is not entered, or, with thepermission of the Court, 4*[or, in the case of a High Court in respectof which the Indian Bar Councils Act, 1926 (38 of 1926.), is in force,subject to rules made under that Act] in any High Court on whose rollhe is not entered, and in any revenue-office: Provided that no such vakil 2*[or pleader] shall be entitled topractise under this section before a Judge of the High Court, DivisionCourt or High Court exercising original jurisdiction in a Presidency-town.---------------------------------------------------------------------1 Subs. by Act 9 of 1884, s. 2, for "as an advocate on the roll ofthe Chief Court of the Punjab".2 Ins. by Act 1 of 1908, s. 2.3 Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and Sch., for "Part A States andPart C States".4 Ins. by Act 38 of 1926, s. 19 and Sch.8
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