1[58 AA. Special provisions in relation to the Union Territory of Pondicherry

(1) Not with standing anything contained in this Act, all persons who immediately before the date on which the provisions of Chapter IT are brought into force in the Union Territory of Pondicherry, were entitled to practise the profession of law (whether by way of pleading or acting or both) under any law in force in the said Union territory or who would have been so entitled had they not been in public service on the said date shall for the purposes of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 17, be deemed to be persons who were entered as advocates on the roll of a High Court under the Indian Bar Councils Act, 1926 (38 of 1926) and every such person may, on an application made in this behalf within such time as may be specified by the Bar Council of Madras, be admitted as an advocate on the State roll maintained in respect of the said Union Territory.

(2) Not with standing anything contained in this Act, every person who immediately before the date on which the provisions of Chapter IV are brought into force in the Union Territory of Pondicherry, was practising the profession of law (whether by way of pleading or acting or both or in any other way) by virtue of the provisions of any law in force in the said Union Territory, who does not elect to be or is not qualified to be, enrolled as an advocate under sub-section (I), shall, notwithstanding the repeal of the relevant provisions of such law by the Pondicherry (Extension of Laws) Act, 1968 (26 of 1968) continue to enjoy the same rights as respects in any court or revenue office or before any authority or person and be s~bject to the disciplinary jurisdiction of the same authority which he enjoyed, or as the case may be, to which he was subject, immediately before the said date and accordingly the relevant provisions of the law aforesaid shall have effect in relation to such persons as if they had not been repealed.]

2[58 AB. Special provisions with respect to certain persons enrolled by Mysore State Bar Council

Not with standing anything contained in this Act or any judgment, decree or order of any court or any resolution passed or direction given by the Bar Council of India, every person who was admitted as an advocate on the State roll by the State Bar Council of Mysore during the period beginning with the 28th day of February, 1963, and ending on the 31st day of March, 1964 on the basis of his having obtained a certificate of pleadership from the High Court of Kamataka, shall, save as otherwise provided, be deemed to have been validly admitted as an advocate on that State roll and accordingly entitled to practise the profession of law (whether by way of pleading or acting or both):

PROVIDED that where any such person has been elected to be enrolled as an advocate on the roll of any other State Bar Council, his name shall be deemed to have been struck off the roll of the State Bar Council, of Kamataka from the date he was enrolled by the other State Bar Council:

PROVIDED FURTHER that the seniority of such person, whether his name is borne on the State roll of the Stilte Bar Council of Kamataka, or on the State roll of any other Bar Council, shall, for the purposes of clause (d) of sub-section (3) of section 17, be determined by reckoning the 16th day of May, 1964, as the date of admission.]