Advocates Act, 1961
9. Disciplinary Committees. -
(1) A Bar Council shall constitute one or more disciplinary
committees, each of which shall consist of three persons of whom two shall be a
person co-opted by the Council from amongst its members and the other shall be
a person co-opted by the Council from amongst advocates who possess the
qualifications specified in the proviso to sub-section.
(2) of Section 3 and who are not members of the Council, and the
senior- most advocate amongst the members of a disciplinary committee shall be
the Chairman thereof.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), any
disciplinary committee constituted prior to the commencement of the Advocates
(Amendment ) Act, 1964, (21 of 1964) may dispose of the proceeding pending
before it as if this section had not been amended by the said Act.