Section 10A. Transaction of business by Bar Councils and committees thereof

2[ 10A. Transaction of business by Bar Councils and committees thereof .―3[(1) The Bar Council of India shall meet at New Delhi or at such other place as it may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, determine. (2) A State Bar Council shall meet at its headquarters or at such other place as it may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, determine.] (3) The committees other than disciplinary committees constituted by the Bar Councils shall meet at the headquarters of the respective Bar Councils. (4) Every Bar Council and every committee thereof except the disciplinary committees shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at their meetings as may be prescribed. (5) The disciplinary committees constituted under section 9 shall meet at such times and places and shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at their meetings as may be prescribed.] 4 [ 5 [10B.] Disqualification of members of Bar Council .―An elected member of a Bar Council shall be deemed to have vacated his office if he is declared by the Bar Council of which he is a member to have been absent without sufficient excuse from three consecutive meetings of such Council, or if his name is, for any cause, removed from the roll of advocates or if he is otherwise disqualified under any rule made by the Bar Council of India.] 1. Ins. by Act 60 of 1973, s. 9 (w.e.f. 31-1-1974). 2. Ins. by s. 10, ibid . (w.e.f. 31-1-1974). 3. Subs. by Act 70 of 1993, s. 5, for sub-sections (1) and (2) (w.e.f. 26-12-1993). 4. Ins. by Act 21 of 1964, s. 6 (w.e.f. 16-5-1964). 5. Section 10A re-numbered as section 10B of the Act by Act 60 of 1973, s. 10 (w.e.f. 31-1-1974).