Bar Council of Kerala Rules, 1979

(Approved by the Bar Council of India at its meeting held on 9.2.1980)

S.Rule I Short title & commencement.--

These rules shall be called the "Bar Council of Kerala Rules, 1979" and they will come into forces from the date of approval of the same by the Bar Council of India.

S.Rule II Interpretation:--

In these rules unless the context otherwise requires:--

(a) "Act" means the Advocates Act, 1961.

(b) "Advocate General" means the Advocate General for the State of Kerala

(c) "Bar Association" means a Bar Association or Association of Advocates recognized by the Bar Council of Kerala for the purpose of these rules.

(d) "Bar Council" means the Bar Council for the State of Kerala.

(e) "Casual Vacancy" means a vacancy that has been caused otherwise than by the expiry of the term of office of a member of the Bar Council, Committees or other offices of the Bar Council.

(f) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Bar Council of the State of Kerala.

(g) "Clear Days" means that time is to be reckoned exclusive of both the first and the last days provided however that where any act is to be done or taken on a certain day or within a prescribed period and if the office is

S.(Rules made by the Bar Council of Kerala under section 15(2)(a) and (d) of the Advocates Act)

S.FORMA

FORM A
(Under Rule 8)
NOMINATION PAPER
for election to the Bar Council of Kerala
To
	The Secretary,
	The Bar Council of Kerala.
	Ernakulam.
Sir,

S.FORMB

FORMB
SUBJECT TO NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS (Under Rule 12 (a)
LIST OF CANDIDATES
The following is the list of candidates for the election to the Bar Council to be held on .................................................. I. Candidates whose names have been on the State Roll for at least 10 years as required under the proviso to Section 3(2) (b) of the Act.
Name	Date of Enrolment

S.FORMC

FORMC
(Under Rule 14)
INSTRUCTION FOR THE GUIDANCE OF VOTERS
1.	The number of members to be elected is 25.
2.	The voting is by the single transferable preference vote.
3.	The mark should be so placed as to indicate clearly and beyond doubt to which candidate he is giving his vote. If the mark is so placed as to make it doubtful to which candidate the vo

S.TABLE

VOTING PAPER
THE BAR COUNCIL OF KERALA
ELECTION DATED:..............................................
.......................................... Members have to be elected.
SI. No.	Name as in Roll	Date of enrolment	Place and Address	Mark of Voter

S.FORMD

THE BAR COUNCIL OF KERALA
FORMD
(Under Rule 22)
Election to the Bar Council of Kerala
1.	Name of Polling booth
2.	Total number of ballot papers supplied.
3.	Total number of ballot papers used.

S.SCHEDULE

THE BAR COUNCIL OF KERALA

SCHEDULE

Illustration of the Procedure as to the counting of votes.

Assume that there are seven members to be elected, sixteen candidates, and one hundred and forty electors.

The valid ballot papers are arranged in seperate parcels according to the first preference recorded for each candidate, and the papers in each parcel counted.

Let it be assumed that the result is as follows:-
A