Section 8(1)(a) in The West Bengal Law Clerks Act, 1997
(a)any person who on the appointed day, has been working, or had previously worked for at least five consecutive years, as an advocates clerk or licensed clerk under, and in accordance with, a licence or registration certificate granted by or under any rule, or order of a presiding officer, of a court or tribunal, and has been attached to any advocate or pleader: