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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‑VIII MISCELLANEOUS 40. Pleaders, etc., not to be suspended or dismissed without being heard.‑-- Notwithstanding anything herein before contained, no pleader, mukhtar or revenue‑agent shall be suspended or dismissed under this Act unless he has been allowed an opportunity of defending himself before the Authority suspending or dismissing him. 5[41. Power for certain High Courts to enrol advocates.‑ (1) A High Court not established by Royal Charter 7[in respect of which the Bar Councils Act, 1926 is not in force] may, from time to time, with the previous sanction of the 9[Provincial Government] make rules as to the qualifications and admission of proper persons to be advocates of the Court, and, subject to such rules, may enrol such and so many advocates as it thinks fit. (2) Every advocate so enrolled shall be entitled to appear for the suitors of the Court, and to plead or to act, for those suitors, according as the Court may by its rules determine, and subject to those rules. (3) The High Court may dismiss any advocate so enrolled or suspend him from practice: (4) Provided that an advocate shall not be dismissed or suspended under this section unless he has been allowed an opportunity of defending himself before the High Court which enrolled him, and 18[except in the case of the Chief Court of Oudh] unless the order of the High Court dismissing or suspending him has been confirmed by the 9[Provincial Government] 42. [Repeal of Chapter VI of Bom. Reg. II of 1827 and Acts I of 1846 and XX of 1853] Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1938 (I of 1938).