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SOS MEINE EET, AUUUUINIAGIEL TT 12. Staff of Bar Council of India 13. Rules Relating to Finance 14. Accounts and Audit 1. Bar Council of India The Bar Council of India is the apex body which is created by law for professional 8o0vernance of lawyers in the country. It regulates the legal Pe eoasion in India. Tt is a body corporate having perpetual succession, and a@ common seal. It has the power to acquire and hold property, both mir need and immovable. It is competent to contract. It may sue and be sued. 2. Establishment _ . The Advocates Act, 1961 was enacted to amend and consolidate the law relating to legal practitioners and to provide for the constitution of the Bar Councils and an All-India Bar. It provides that a Bar Council shall be established for the territories to which this Act extends. It shall be known as Bar Council of India.’ Accordingly, the Bar Council of India is established with the object to regulate and represent the Indian Bar. 3. Composition _ The Bar Council of India consists of two kinds of members viz. Elected members and Ex officio members. The Attorney General of India and the Solicitor General of India are ex officio members. In addition, there shall be elected members of Bar Council of India who come from the State Bar Councils, one member from each. Every State Bar Council elects one person from amongst its members to be a member of Bar Council of India.* The person so elected may be an’ ex officio member or an elected member, but he must have been an advocate on the Roll of electing State Bar Cruncil for at least ten ae Prescribed in the Act. A person not fulfilling the criterion is not eligible for being elected as a member of Bar council of India.‘ 
