(1)In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,(a)advocate means an advocate entered in any roll under the provisions of this Act;(b)appointed day, in relation to any provision of this Act, means the day on which that provision comes into force;[* * *] [Clause (c) Omitted by Section 2 of Central Act 107 of 1976.](d)Bar Council means a Bar Council constituted under this Act;(e)Bar Council of India means the Bar Council constituted under section 4 for the territories to which this Act extends;[* * *] [Clause (f) Omitted by Section 3 of Central Act 60 of 1973.](g)High Court, except in sub-section (1) and sub-section (1-A) of section 34 and in sections 42 and 43, does not include a Court of the Judicial Commissioner, and, in relation to a State Bar Council, means,(i)in the case of a Bar Council constituted for a State or for a State and one or more Union territories, the High Court for the State;(ii)in the case of the Bar Council constituted for Delhi, the High Court of Delhi;(h)law graduate means a person who has obtained a bachelors degree in law from any University established by law in India;(i)legal practitioner means an advocate, or vakil of any High Court, a pleader, mukhtar or revenue agent;(j)prescribed means prescribed by rules made under this Act;(k)roll means a roll of advocates prepared and maintained under this Act;(l)State does not include a Union territory;(m)State Bar Council means a Bar Council constituted under section 3;(n)State roll means a roll of advocates prepared and maintained by State Bar Council under section 17.
