Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973 — section 2

2. Definitions..—ln this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, [(a) "Advocate" means an advocate entered in any roll under the provisions of this Act;]

(b)"Bar Council" means a Bar Council constituted under this Act;

(c)"Common roll" means the common roll of advocates of the High Court or, as the case may be, the common roll of other advocates prepared and maintained by the Pakistan Bar Council under this Act; [(cc) Omitted];

(d)"High Court", in relation to a Provincial Bar Council [and Islamabad Bar Council], means the High Court of the Province [or Islamabad Capital Territory], as the case may be, for which that Council is constituted; [(da) "Islamabad Bar Council” means Islamabad Bar Council for Islamabad Capital Territory constituted under this Act;";] [(e) "legal practitioner" means an Advocate;] [(ee) "member" in relation to a Bar Council, does not include the Chairman thereof;]

(f)"Pakistan Bar Council" means the Bar Council, constituted for Pakistan, under Section 11;

(g)"prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; [(h) "Provincial Bar Council" means a Provincial Bar Council of a Province and includes the Islamabad Bar Council;]

(i)"Provincial roll" [and “Islamabad Bar Council roll]" means a roll of advocates of the High Court or, as the case may be, a roll of advocates prepared and maintained by a Provincial Bar Council [and Islamabad Bar Council] under this Act;

(j)"revenue office" includes all Courts (other than Civil Courts) trying suits under any law for the time being in force relating to land-holders and their tenants or agents;

(k)"roll" means the roll of advocates maintained by a Bar Council;

(kk)"roll of group of districts" means a roll of advocates of a High Court and a roll of the Advocates practicing in the districts of the group, as mentioned in the Schedule, prepared and maintained by a Provincial Bar Council [and Islamabad Bar Council];

(l)"subordinate Court" means a Court subordinate to the High Court;

(m)"tout” means a person

(i)who procures, in consideration of any remuneration moving from any legal practitioner, the employment of the legal practitioner in any legal business; or who proposes to any legal practitioner or to any person interested in any legal business to procure, in consideration of any remuneration moving from either of them, the employment of the legal practitioner in such business; or

(ii)who, for the purposes of such procurement, frequents the precincts of Courts or of revenue offices, or railway stations, landing stages, lodging places or other places of public resort;

(n)"Tribunal", in relation to a Bar Council, means a Tribunal constituted by it under this Act; [and] [(o) "voter” means:

(i)in relation to election to a Provincial Bar Council [and Islamabad Bar Council], an advocate whose name for the time being appears on the roll of group of districts and to whom an identity card has been issued by a Provincial Bar Council [and Islamabad Bar Council] and who is not in arrears of dues of the Provincial Bar Council [and Islamabad Bar Council] for a period exceeding six months; and

(ii)in relation to election to the Pakistan Bar Council, a member of the concerned Provincial Bar Council [and Islamabad Bar Council]. CHAPTER II CONSTITUTION AND INCORPORATION OF BAR COUNCILS