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05/12/23 07:24 AM IST

Parliament passes Advocates Amendment Bill

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  • The Parliament passed the Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2023 with Lok Sabha giving assent recently.
Major provisions
  • The Bill amends the Advocates Act, 1961. The legislation repeals certain sections related to touts under the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879.
  • It provides that every High Court, district judge, sessions judge, district magistrate, and revenue officer not below the rank of a district collector, can frame and publish lists of touts.
  • Tout refers to a person who either proposes to procure or procures the employment of a legal practitioner in a legal business in return for any payment.
  • Under the legislation, the Court or judge may exclude from the premises of the Court any person whose name is included in the list of touts.
  • The authorities empowered to frame and publish the list of touts may order subordinate courts to hold an inquiry into the conduct of persons alleged or suspected to be touts. Once such a person is proven to be a tout, his name may be included by the authority in the list of touts. No person will be included in such lists without getting an opportunity of showing cause against his inclusion.
  • Any person who acts as a tout while his name is included in the list of touts will be punished with imprisonment up to three months, a fine up to Rs 500, or both.
Source- Indian Express

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