Pakistan Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Rules, 1976 — section 152

152. Inserted vide Notification of the Pakistan Bar Council dated 16-11-2015 154a. Added vide Notification of the Pakistan Bar Council dated 08-02-2025 Pakistan Legal Practitioners & Bar Councils Rules, 1976 95

(ii)All the undergraduate law students who attend the court premises and court proceedings in pursuance to their research work during law graduation shall follow the same dress code as prescribed in sub-rule (i) herein above.

(iii)An apprentice/pupil as well as an undergraduate law student shall not participate and/or campaign for any candidate in the election of Bar Councils and Bar Associations.

(iv)In case of a complaint for non-compliance of above sub-rules (i) and (iii) made to concerned Bar Council, its Executive Committee shall decide the complaint, after giving opportunity of hearing within 15 days and if the complaint is proved apprenticeship/pupilage shall be increased to twelve months.

(v)In case of a complaint for violation of sub-rules (ii) and (iii) made to Principal/Head of Department of concerned Institution, he/she shall decide the complaint after giving opportunity of hearing within15 days and if the complaint is proved apprenticeship/pupilage shall be increased to 18 months on receipt of decision from the Institution.

(vi)In case of failure of Institution/Head of Department to decide the complaint, the Executive Committee of the concerned Bar Council shall take Suo Moto notice thereof and decide the complaint with consequences as mentioned in sub-rules

(v)herein above.] 108-D. The Enrolment Committee may, before it passes an order granting the application or returning it to the Bar Council, make such summary enquiry as it thinks fit. 108-E. Where an Enrolment Committee or the Bar Council grants the application, a certificate for enrolment shall be issued to the applicant in Form "E" appended to these rules. 108-F. If the Bar Council rejects the application, the decision shall forthwith be communicated to the applicant. 108-G. The applicant whose application is rejected by the Bar Council shall be entitled to prefer an appeal within 30 days of the notice of rejection of his application to the Enrolment Committee of the Pakistan Bar Council provided that the Enrolment Committee may for sufficient cause extend the period for filing the appeal. 108-H. The Enrolment Committee of the Pakistan Bar Council may make or cause to be made such enquiry as it deems proper for the purpose of deciding the appeal. In case the appeal is accepted, the Provincial Bar Council 153[or the Islamabad Bar Council, as the case may be,] shall issue an Enrolment Certificate in Form 'E' appended to these rules. 108-I. The following persons shall be exempt from training and examination provided in Rule 108-C supra:

(1)applicant who have received an LLM. degree from any university in Pakistan or a university recognised under Section 26(1)(c)(iii) of the Act, or a degree or diploma which is declared by the Pakistan Bar Council to be equivalent to that degree;

(2)applicants who have for at least five years held a judicial office in Pakistan or who have for a like period held a post in the service of Pakistan the duties whereof entail interpretation or drafting of laws;