Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973 — section 56

56. Power of Provincial Bar Council [and Islamabad Bar Council] to make rules..—[A] Provincial Bar Council [and Islamabad Bar Council] may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules to provide for

(a)the summoning and holding of meetings of the 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;

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

(c)the summoning and holding of meetings of the Committees of the Bar Council, the conduct of business thereat and the number of members necessary to constitute a quorum;

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

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

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

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

(h)the appointment of auditors and the audit of the accounts of the Bar Council;

(i)the course of practical training in law and the examination to be passed after such training for admission as an advocate;

(j)the form and manner in which applications for admission as an advocate or an advocate of the High Court are to be made and the manner in which such applications are to be disposed of;

(k)the conditions subject to which a person may be admitted as an advocate or an advocate or an advocate of the High Court;

(l)the procedure to be followed by a Tribunal constituted by the Bar Council in inquiries relating to the conduct of an advocate;

(m)the forming and regulation of firms of lawyers either throughout the Province or any specified part thereof; [(ma) the forming and regulation of firms of lawyers in Islamabad Capital Territory];

(n)the recognition, [derecognition] and functioning of Bar Associations. CHAPTER IX MISCELLANEOUS [57. Grants to Bar Councils and Bar Associations: - The Minister in charge of the Federal Government or a Provincial Government may make grant in aid to a Bar Council or a Bar Association in the manner and on conditions as may be determined by the Federal Government or the Provincial Government.]