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1THE AZAD KASHMIR LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ACT, 1948 1THE AZAD KASHMIR LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ACT, 1948. (The Legal Practitioners Act, 1879) 2[ACT NO. XVIII OF 1879] [Dated October 29, 1879] AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE AND AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO LEGAL PRACTITIONERS CHAPTER‑II OF ADVOCATES, VAKILS AND ATTORNEYS 4. Advocates and Vakils.‑ Every person now or hereafter entered as an advocate or vakil on the roll of any High Court under the letters patent constituting such Court, or 5[under section 41 of this Act], 6[or enrolled as a pleader in the Chief Court of the Punjab at Lahore under section 8 of this Act], shall be entitled to practise in all the Courts subordinate to the Court on the roll of which he is entered, and in all revenue‑offices situate within the local limits of the appellate jurisdiction of such Court, subject, nevertheless, to the rules in force relating to the language in which the Court or office is to be addressed by pleaders or revenue‑agents; and any person so entered who ordinarily practises in the Court on the roll of which he is entered or some Court subordinate thereto shall, notwithstanding anything herein contained, be entitled, as such, to practise in any Court in British India other than a High Court on whose roll he is not entered, or, with the permission of the Court, 7[or in the case of a High Court in respect of which the Bar Councils Act, 1926, is in force, subject to rules made under that Act] in any High Court on whose roll he is not entered, and in any revenue‑office: Provided that no such vakil 6[or pleader] shall be entitled to practise under this section before a Judge of the High Court, Division Court, or High Court exercising original jurisdiction in a Presidency town.