law: Advocates Act, 1961
  Chapter II
  BAR COUNCILS  
  3. State Bar Councils-  
  (1) There shall be a Bar Council- 
  a. For each of the States of Andhra
  
  Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat,  (Note:- Ins. by Act 60 of 1973, sec.4)  (Jammu
  
  and Kashmir), Madhya Pradesh,  (Note:- The word "Madras" omitted by
  
  Act 26 of 1968, sec.3 and Sch.) (Note: - The Word "Maharashtra"
  
  omitted by the Dadar and Nagar Haveli (Civil Courts and Miscellaneous
  
  Provisions) Regulations, 1963 (8 of 1963), sec.12) (Note: - Subs. by the Mysore
  
  state (Alteration of Name) (Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects) Order, 1974.)
  
   Karnataka, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, to be known as the Bar
  
  Council of that State.
  b. ( Note:- Subs. by Act 69 of 1986,
  
  sec.19, for clause (6) as earlier amended by Act 81 of 1971, sec.34 and Act 34
  
  of 1986, sec.16)  For the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur,
  
  Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura to be known as the Bar Council of
  
  Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh.
  
  
  c. For the State of Kerala and the Union
  
  territory of Lakshadweep, Minicoy and Amindivi islands to be known as the Bar
  
  Council of Kerala.
  (cc)  (Note: Ins. by Act 26 of 1968, sec.3
  
  and Sch.)  For the  (Note:- Subs. by the Madras State (Alteration of Name)
  
  (Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects) Order, 1970, for the words "State
  
  of Madras"  state of Tamil Nadu and the Union territory of Pondichery
  
  to be known as the Bar Council of Madras.
  ccc.  (Note: - Subs. by Act 18 of 1987,
  
  sec.21 for clause (ccc) as initially ins. by Regulation 8 of 1963, sec.12 and
  
  referred by Act 26 of 1968, sec.3 and Sch. And subsequently amended by Act 60
  
  of 1973, sec.4)  For the State of Maharashtra and Goa, and the Union
  
  territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, to be known as the Bar
  
  Council of Maharashtra and Goa.
  (d)  (Note: - Subs. by Act 53 of 1970,
  
  sec.24 for clause (d))  For the State of Punjab and Haryana, and the Union
  
  territory of Chandigarh to be known as the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana.
  dd.  For the State of Himachal Pradesh to
  
  be known as the Bar Council of Himachal Pradesh.
  (e) For the State of West Bengal and the  [(
  
  Note:- Subs. by Act 81 of 1971, sec.34, for "Union Territories of Tripura
  
  and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.")  union territory of Andaman and
  
  Nicobar islands] to be known as the Bar Council of West Bengal and
    (f) for
  
  the Union territory of Delhi to be known as the Bar Council of Delhi
  (2) A State Bar Council shall consist of the following members,
  
  namely:- 
  a. In the case of the State Bar
  
  Council of Delhi, the Additional Solicitor General of India, ex officio [ (Note:-
  
  Ins. by Act 60 of 1973, sec.4)  in the case of the State Bar Council of
  
  Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura, the Advocate-General of each
  
  of the State of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura, ex officio,
  
  inn the case of the State Bar Council Punjab and Haryana, ex officio] and in
  
  the case of any other State Bar Council, the Advocate- General of the State.
  b. (Note:- Subs. by Act 60 of
  
  1973, sec.4)  In the case of a State Bar Council with an electorate not exceeding
  
  five thousand, fifteen members, in the case of a State Bar Council, with an
  
  electorate exceeding five thousand but not exceeding ten thousand, twenty
  
  members, and in the case of a State Bar Council with an electorate exceeding
  
  ten thousand, twenty-five members, elected in accordance with the system of
  
  proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote from
  
  amongst advocates on the electoral roll of the State Bar Council.
   (Note:- Ins. by Act 21 of 1964, sec.2)   Provided that as nearly
  
  as possible one half of such elected members shall, subject to any rules that
  
  may be made in this behalf by the Bar Council of India, be persons who have for
  
  at least ten years been advocates on a State roll, and in computing the said
  
  period of ten years in relation to any such person, there shall be included any
  
  period during which the person has been an advocate enrolled under the Indian
  
  Bar Councils Act, 1926 (38 of 1926).
  (3)  (Note:- Subs. by Act 38 of 1977, sec.2, for clause (3) as
  
  ins. by Act 107 of 1976, sec.3)  There shall be a Chairman and a
  
  Vice-Chairman of each State Bar Council elected by the Council in such manner
  
  as may be prescribed.
  (3-A) Every person holding office as Chairman or as
  
  Vice-Chairman of any State Bar Council immediately before the commencement of
  
  the Advocates (Amendment) Act, 1977, shall, on such commencement , cease to
  
  hold office as Chairman or Vice-Chairman, as the case may be:
  Provided  that every such person shall continue to carry
  
  on the duties of his office until the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman, as the
  
  case may be, of each State Bar Council, elected after the commencement of the
  
  Advocates (Amendment) Act, 1977, assumes charge of the office.]
  (4)  (Note:- Ins. by Act 21 of 1964, sec.2)  An advocate
  
  shall be disqualified from voting at an election under sub-section (2) or being
  
  chosen as, and for being a member of a State Bar Council, unless he possesses
  
  such qualifications or satisfies such conditions as may be prescribed in this
  
  behalf by the Bar Council of India, and subject to any such rules that may be
  
  made, an electoral roll shall be prepared and revised from time to tome by each
  
  State Bar Council.
  5. Nothing in the proviso to sub-section (2) shall affect the
  
  term of office of any member elected before the commencement of the Advocates
  
  (Amendment) Act, 1964 but every election after such commencement shall be held
  
  in accordance with the provisions of the rules made by the Bar Council of India
  
  to give effect to the said proviso.]
  6.  (Note Sub-clause (6) ins. by Act 60 of 1973, sec.4)  Nothing
  
  in clause (b) of sub-section (2) shall affect the representation of elected
  
  members in any State Bar Council as constitute immediately before the
  
  commencement of the Advocates (Amendment) Act, 1973 (60 of 1973), until that
  
  State Bar Council is reconstituted in accordance with the provisions of this
  
  Act.]