 statement of objects and reasonson the basis of various proposals made by the bar council of india and certain other bodies and the experience gained in, the administration of the advocates act, 1961, it is found necessary to amend the act with a view to enabling the bar council of india and the state bar councils to function more effectively for the betterment of the legal profession the bill proposes, inter alia, to—, (i) empower the state bar councils to promote the growth of bar associations for purposes of implementing the welfare schemes for advocates and, to visit and inspect' universities on the directions of the bar council of india, and to constitute funds for establishing law libraries; a (ii) provide for automatic cessation of membership of members of the state bar councils in the event of non-holding of elections within the stipulated period and for making consequential arrangements; (iii) enable the bar council of india ang the state bar councils to meet at places other than their respective headquarters; (iv) increase the enrolment fee from two hundred and fifty rupees to seven hundred and fifty rupees without disturbing the fee payable at present by persons belonging to the scheduled castes or the scheduled tribes; |  (v) empower the state bar councils not to admit a person as an advocate on a state roll if he has been dismissed or removed from any employment or office under the state on a charge involving moral turpitude; | | (vi) empower the supreme court of india to make rules for determining the persons who shall be entitled to plead before ae court: | as 2 the bill seeks to achieve the above objects new delhi; the 15th may, 1990, dinesh goswami  annexure extracts kromthe apyocates act, 1961ug (25 or 1961) |   a ®   ctions 6 (1) , the functions of a state: bar couneil shall be— sa 10 prec'? stton  , (2) a state bar council may constitute one or more funds in the prescribed manner for the purpose of— © : i ® tected :  id 7 (1) the functions of the, bar council of india, shall be— - % %   © ae (t) to recognise universities whose' degree in law shall 'be a qualification for enrolment as an advocate and for that purpose to ~ visit and inspect universities;  1 :   % (2) the bar council of india may constitute one or more funds in the prescribed manner for the purpose of— - vr x % x x 8 (1) the term of office of an elected member of a state bar council - other than an elected member thereof referred to in section 54)shall - be five years from the date of publication of the result of his election (2) an outgoing member shall continue in office until the publication of the result of the election of his successor     ye 3  10a (1) the bar council of india shall meet at new delhi   :  %  24 (1) subject to the provisions of this act, and the rules made thereunder, a person shall be qualified to be admitted as an advocate on a state roll, if he fulfils the following conditions, namely: -   om  + | 2           ||-------------|| (f)         || he          || has         || paid,       || in          || respect     || of          || the         || enrolment,  || stamp       || duty,       || if          || any,        || chargeable  || under       || the         || indian      || stamp       || act,        || 1899,       || and         || an          || enrolment   || fee         || payable     || to          || the         || state       || bar         || council     || of          || two         || hundred     || and         || fifty       || rupees:     || provided    || that        || where       || such        || person      || is          || a           || member      || of          || the         || scheduled   || castes      || or          || the         || scheduled   || tribes      || and         || produces    || a           || certificate || to          || that        || effect      || from        || such        || authority   || as          || may         || be          || prescribed, || the         || enrolment   || fee         || payable     || by          || him         || to          || the         || state       || bar         || council     || shall       || be          || one         || hundred     || and         || twenty-five || rupees     |explanation,—for the purposes of this sub-section, a person shall be deemed to have obtained a degree in law from a university in india on the date on which the results of the examination for that degree are published by the university on its notice board or otherwise declaring him to have passed that examination      24a (1) no person shall be admitted as an advocate on a state roj]— (a) if he is convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude; | 22             ||----------------|| (b)            || if             || he             || is             || convicted      || of             || an             || offence        || under          || the            || provisions     || of             || the            || untouchability || (offences)     || act,           || 1955:          || 1956          |provided that the disqualification for enrolment as aforesaid shall cease to have effect after a period of two years has elapsed since his release 46 every state bar council shall, for each financial year commencing on or after the ist day of april, 1976, pay to the bar council of india a sum equivalent to twenty per cent of the total of the enrolment fees realised by it under this act during that year, before the thirtieth day of april of the succeeding financial year 52 nothing in this act shall be deemed to affect the power of the supreme court to make rules under article 145 of the constitution—  (b) for determining the persons who shall be entitled to act in that court |  