Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973 — section 55

55. Power of Pakistan Bar Council to make rules..—The Pakistan Bar Council may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules to provide for

(a)the manner in which the election of members of a [ ...... ] Bar Council shall be held and the manner in which results of election shall be published;

(b)the manner in which the election of the Vice-Chairman of a Bar Council shall be held;

(c)the manner in which and the authority by which doubts and disputes as to the validity of an election to [a Bar Council] or to the office of the Vice-Chairman of a Bar Council shall be finally decided;

(d)the .powers and duties of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Bar Councils;

(e)the summoning and holding of meetings of the Pakistan Bar Council, the times and places where such meetings are to be held, the conduct of business thereat and the number of members necessary to constitute a quorum;

(f)the constitution and functions of any Committee of the Pakistan Bar Council and the term of office of the members of any such Committee;

(g)the summoning and holding of meetings of such Committee, the conduct of business thereat and the number of members necessary to constitute a quorum;

(h)the qualifications and terms and conditions of service of staff to be employed by the Pakistan Bar Council;

(i)matters pertaining to management, administration, utilization and investment of the fund of the Pakistan Bar Council;

(j)the constitution of separate funds for special purposes by the Pakistan Bar Council;

(k)the maintenance of books of accounts and other books by the Pakistan Bar Council;

(I)the appointment of auditors and the audit of the accounts of the Pakistan Bar Council; [(la) uniform conditions for being eligible to apply to a Bar Council for admission as an advocate;

(lb)the course of practical training in law and the examination to be passed after such training for admission as an advocate;] [(m) the form and manner in which applications for admission as an advocate of the Supreme Court are to be made and the manner in which such applications are to be disposed of;]

(n)the fees payable for enrolment as an advocate, advocate of High Court, advocate of Supreme Court, senior advocate of Supreme Court, annual renewal fee or in respect of any other matter under the Act and the installments, if any, in which such fee may be paid;"; and

(o)the forms in which a certificate of enrolment shall be given to a person enrolled as an advocate or an advocate of the High Court [or an advocate of the Supreme Court];

(p)the standards of professional conduct and etiquette to be observed by advocates;

(q)the standards of legal education to be observed by universities in Pakistan and the inspection of universities for that purpose;

(r)the circumstances in which and the conditions subject to which nationals of any foreign country may be admitted as advocates and foreign qualifications may be recognised for purposes of their admission; [(s) the procedure to be followed by Tribunals constituted by the Pakistan Bar Council in inquiries relating to the conduct of an advocate];

(t)the general principles for guidance of the Provincial Bar Councils [and Islamabad Bar Council]; [(u) the forming, recognition, derecognition and functioning of a Supreme Court Bar Association or any Bar Association at the national level]: Provided that no rules made with reference to clause (r) shall have effect unless they have been approved by the Federal Government: [Provided further that, for holding the first elections to the Bar Councils to be constituted under this Act, rules with reference to clauses (a), (b) and (c) shall be made by the Federal Government and notified in the official Gazette]. [(v) the manner in which and the conditions subject to which elections of Bar Associations at different tiers shall be held:]