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28/03/2024
Laws of Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Legal Practitioner's and Bar Council Order, 1972 (President's Order)

( PRESIDENT'S ORDER NO. 46 OF 1972 )

 
 

1[8. (1) Elections to the Bar Council shall be held so as to conclude on or before the thirty first day of May in the year in which the term of the Bar Council expires.

(2) If the elections to the Bar Council cannot be held within the time specified in clause (1) due to pandemic, epidemic, act of God or for any other unavoidable circumstances as may be determined by the Government from time to time, the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, constitute an Ad-hoc Bar Council consisting of fifteen members for a term not exceeding one year and this term shall not be further extended.

The Attorney-General for Bangladesh shall be one of the members of the Ad-hoc Bar Council and shall also be its Chairman.

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision of this Order, the Ad-hoc Bar Council shall exercise such powers and functions of the Bar Council as specified in this Order and the rules made thereunder.]


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