Pakistan Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Rules, 1976 — section 20

20. Figure "3" was substituted by the figure vide Notification of PBC dated 17-10-2005. 64 Pakistan Legal Practitioners & Bar Councils Rules, 1976

(f)"member" means a member of a Provincial Bar Council 21[or Islamabad Bar Council,] 22[but shall not include its chairman].

(g)"original vote", in relation to any candidate, means a vote derived from a ballot paper on which a first preference is recorded for such candidate. 22a[(ga) “prospective candidate” means a person who canvasses with the intention to participate in any elections under this Chapter for a particular seat in a particular area and seeks support of voters in any manner”.]

(h)"published" with its grammatical variation includes exhibitions at a place accessible to the public. 23[(i) "Returning Officer" means

(i)in relation to election to a Provincial Bar Council and the Islamabad Bar Council, the Advocate-General of the Province concerned and ICT or in his absence the Additional Advocate General in order of seniority, and where there is no Additional Advocate-General an Assistant Advocate General in order of seniority;

(ii)in relation to election to the Pakistan Bar Council, the Attorney-General for Pakistan or in his absence an Additional Attorney-General in order of seniority and where there is no Additional Attorney-General a Deputy Attorney-General in order of seniority].

(j)"surplus" means a number by which the value of the votes original and transferred of any candidate exceed the quota;

(k)"transferred vote", in relation to any candidate, means a vote the value or the part of the value of which is credited to such candidate and which is derived from a ballot paper on which a second or a subsequent preference is recorded for such candidate;

(l)"un-exhausted ballot paper" means a ballot paper on which a further preference is recorded for a continuing candidate; and

(m)"voter” means 24[(i) in relation to a Provincial Bar Council, an Advocate whose name for the time being appears on the Roll of group of districts of the Provincial Bar Council and in relation to election to Islamabad Bar Council an Advocate whose name for the time being appears in the roll of Advocates of Islamabad Bar Council and to whom an identity card has been issued by