(1) This Act may be called the Advocates Act, 1961.

¹[(2) It extends to the whole of India.]

(3) It ²[shall, in relation to the territories other than those referred to in sub-section (4), come into force] on such date³ as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates³ may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.

⁴[(4) This Act shall, in relation to the State of Jammu and Kashmir*⁵ and the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.]

1. Subs. by Act 60 of 1973, s. 2, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 31-1-1974).
2. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for "shall come into force " (w.e.f. 31-1-1974).
3. The provisions of the Act have been brought into force as under:—
16th August, 1961, vide notification No. S.O. 1870, dated 7th September, 1961, in respect of Chapter I , II and VII, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
1st December, 1961, vide notification No. S.O. 2790, dated 24th November, 1961, in respect of Chapter III and s. 50(2), see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
15th December, 1961,vide notification No. S.O. 2919, dated 13th December, 1961, in respect of s. 50(1), see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
24th January, 1962,vide notification No. S.O. 297, dated 24th January 1962, in respect of ss. 51 and 52, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
29th March, 1962, vide notification No. S.O. 958, dated 29th March 1962, in respect of s. 46, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. (ii).
4th January, 1963, vide notification No. S.O. 50, dated 4th January 1963, in respect of s. 32 and Chapter VI except s. 46, sub-sections (1) and (2) of s. 50, ss. 51 and 52, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
1st September, 1963, vide notification No. S.O. 2509, dated 31st August, 1963, in respect of Chapter V, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
10th June, 1968, vide notification No. S.O. 63, dated 7th June 1968, in respect of Chapters I, II, III, section 32 of Chapter IV and Chapters V, VI, VII and VIII in the Union territory of Pondicherry, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
1st June, 1969, vide notification No. S.O. 1500, dated 5th April, 1969, in respect of ss. 29, 31, 33 and 34 of Chapter IV, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
1st June, 1979, vide notification No. G.S.R. 84(E), dated 21st February 1979, except section 30 in respect of the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i).
15th June, 2011, vide notification No. S.O. 1349(E), dated 9th June, 2011, in respect of section 30, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i).
4. Ins. by Act 60 of 1973, s. 2 (w.e.f. 31-1-1974).
5. 1st August 1986, vide notification No. G.S.R. 946 (E), dated 15th July 1986, except section 30, in respect of the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
*. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.