Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973 — section 6

6. Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Provincial Bar Council [and Islamabad Bar Council]..—(1) There shall be a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman of each Provincial Bar Council [and Islamabad Bar Council]. [(2) The Advocate-General for a Province [or Islamabad Capital Territory] shall be the Chairman of the Provincial Bar Council for that Province [or Islamabad Capital Territory, as the case may be]. (2A) If a member of a Provincial Bar Council [and Islamabad Bar Council] is appointed as the Attorney-General for Pakistan or as the Advocate-General for a Province, [or Islamabad Capital Territory] his seat in the Council shall become vacant].

(3)The Vice-Chairman of each Provincial Bar Council [and Islamabad Bar Council] shall be elected in the prescribed manner by the members of that Council from amongst themselves.

(4)Subject to the provisions of sub-section (8), the election of the Vice-Chairman shall be held as soon as may be after the commencement of every year and in any case not later than the thirty-first day of January.

(5)Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (6) and (7), the Vice-Chairman shall hold office [until his successor enters upon his office].

(6)A Vice-Chairman may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the Chairman.

(7)A Vice-Chairman shall cease to hold his office if he is appointed to an office of profit in the service of Pakistan or is suspended or removed from practice under the provisions of Chapter VII.

(8)Where the office of a Vice-Chairman becomes vacant, an election to the vacant office shall be held within thirty days of the office becoming vacant. .

(9)The Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall have such powers and functions as may be prescribed.