The Advocates (Amendment) Act, 2023

On 8th December, 2023, the President granted assent to the Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2023.

  • It repeals the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879 and amended the Advocates Act, 1961.

Need

  • Keeping in line with the government’s policy of repealing all obsolete laws or pre-independence Acts that have lost their utility, and in consultation with the Bar Council of India, the government decided to repeal the Legal Practitioners Act and amend the Advocates Act.

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  • The Act provides that every High Court, district judge, sessions judge, district magistrate, and revenue officer (not below the rank of a district collector) may frame ....
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