18. Transfer of name from one State roll'to another
(1) Not with standing anything contained in section 17, any person whose name is entered as an advocate on the roll of
any State Bar Council may make an application in the prescribed form to the Bar Council of India for the transfer of
his name from the roll of that State Bar Council to the roll of any other State Bar Council and, on receipt of any
such application the Bar Council of India shall direct that the name of such person shall, without the payment of
any fee, be removed from the roll of the first mentioned State Bar Council and entered in the roll of the other State
Bar Council and the State Bar Councils concerned shall comply with such direction:
2[PROVIDED that where any such application for transfer is made by a person against whom any disciplinary proceeding is
pending or where for any other reason it appears to the Bar Council of India that the application for transfer has not
been made bona fide and that the transfer should not be made, the bar Council of India may, after giving the person making
the application an opportunity of making a representation in this behalf, reject the application].
(2) For the removal of doubts it is hereby declared that where on an application made by an advocate under sub-section (1), his
name is transferred from the roll of one State Bar Council to that of another, he shall retain the same seniority in the latter
roll to which he was entitled in the former roll.
19. State Bar Councils to send copies of rolls of advocates to the Bar Council of India
Every State Bar Council shall send to the Bar Council of India an authenticated copy of the roll of advocates
prepared by it for the first time under this Act and shall thereafter communicate to the Bar Council of India
all alterations in, the addition to, any such roll, as soon as the same have been made.
1[20. Special provision for enrolment of certain Supreme Court advocates
(1) Not with standing anything contained in this chapter, every advocate who is entitled as of right to practise in the
Supreme Court immediately before the appointed day and whose name is not entered in any State roll may, within the
prescribed time, express his intention in the prescribed form to the Bar Council of India for the entry of his name
in the roll of a State Bar Council and on receipt thereof the Bar Council of India shall direct that the name of such
advocate shall, without payment of any fee, be entered in the roll of that State Bar Council, and the State Bar Council
concerned shall comply with such direction.
(2) Any entry in the State roll made in compliance with the direction of the Bar Council of India under sub-section (1) shall be
made in the order of seniority determined in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 17.
(3) Where an advocate referred to in sub-section (1) omits or fails to express his intention within the prescribed time, his name
shall be entered in the roll of the State Bar Council of Delhi].
COMMENTS
A person whose name is entered on the roll of advocates is entitled to practise the profession of law in all
the courts including the Supreme Court.-AIR 1985 Gau 32.
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