What is the procedure for Transfer of name from one State roll to another? Section 18 of Advocates Act, 1961
(1) Notwithstanding 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 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.
(Note:- Added by Act 21 of 1964, sec.10) Provided
that where any such application for transfer is made
by a person, against whom any disciplinary
proceedings is pending or where for any other reason
if 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.
Section 16 : Senior and other advocates
Section 17 : State Bar Councils to maintain roll of advocates
Section 18 : Transfer of name from one State roll to another
Section 19 : State Bar Councils to send copies of rolls of advocates to the Bar Council of India
Section 20 : Special provision for enrolment of certain Supreme Court advocates
Section 21 : Disputes regarding seniority
Section 22 : Certificate of enrolment
Section 23 : Right of pre-audience
Section 24 : Persons who may be admitted as advocates on a State roll
Section 24A : Disqualification for enrolment
Section 25 : Authority to whom applications for enrolment may be made
Section 26 : Disposal of an application for admission as an advocate
Section 26A : Power to remove names from roll
Section 28 : Power to make rules
CHAPTER IV RIGHT TO PRACTICE
Section 29 : Advocates to be the only recognized class of persons entitled to practice law
Section 30 : Right of advocates to practice
Section 31 - Special Power of Attorney (Repealed)
Section 32 : Power of court to permit appearances in particular cases
Section 33 : Advocates alone entitled to practice
Section 34 : Power of High Courts to make rules
CHAPTER V CONDUCT OF ADVOCATES