Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973 — section 26

26. Persons qualified for admission as advocates..—[ ] Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, a person shall be qualified to be admitted as an advocate if he fulfils the following conditions, namely:

(a)he is a citizen of Pakistan or a person deriving his nationality from the State of Jammu and Kashmir: Provided that, subject to the other provisions of this Act, a national of any other country [who has resided in Pakistan for a period of not less than one year immediately preceding the day on which he applies for admission] may be admitted as an advocate if citizens of Pakistan duly qualified are permitted to practise law in that other country;

(b)he has completed the age of twenty-one years;

(c)he is a Barrister or is or was enrolled as an advocate of a High Court in any area which before the fourteenth day of August, 1947, was comprised within India as defined by the Government of India Act, 1935 (26 Geo. 5, c 2), or has obtained

(i)before the 7th day of February, 1966, a degree in law from any university in Pakistan; or

(ii)before the fourteenth day of August, 1947, a degree in law from any university in any area which was comprised before that date within India as defined by the Government of India Act, 1935 (26 Geo 5, c 2); or

(iii)a bachelor degree in law from a university or institute recognized by the Higher Education Commission and the Pakistan Bar Council; and] [(cc) he has passed an assessment test conducted by an organization appointed by the Federal Government;]

(d)he has undergone such course of training and passed such examination after the training as may be prescribed by the Pakistan Bar council: Provided that this clause shall not apply to any class of persons who, by reason of their legal training or experience, are declared by the Pakistan Bar Council to be exempt from the provisions of this clause; and

(e)he has paid such enrolment fee and fulfils such other conditions as may be prescribed by the Pakistan Bar Council. [(2) Omitted.

(3)Omitted]