6[(1)] In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,―
(a)“advocate” means an advocate entered in any roll under the provisions of this Act;
(b)“appointed day”, in relation to any provision of this Act, means the day on which that provision comes into force;
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(d)“Bar Council” means a Bar Council constituted under this Act;
(e)“Bar Council of India” means the Bar Council constituted under section 4 for the territories to which this Act extends;
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(g)“High Court”, except in sub-section (1) 3[and sub-section (1A)] of section 34 and in sections 42 and 43, does not include a court of the Judicial Commissioner, and, in relation to a State Bar Council, means,--
(i)in the case of a Bar Council constituted for a State or for a State and one or more Union territories, the High Court for the State;
(ii)in the case of the Bar Council constituted for Delhi, 4[the High Court of Delhi];
(h)“law graduate” means a person who has obtained a bachelor's degree in law from any University established by law in India;
(i)“legal practitioner” means an advocate 5[or vakil] of any High Court, a pleader, mukhtar or revenue agent;
(j)“prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(k)“roll” means a roll of advocates prepared and maintained under this Act;
(l)“State” does not include a Union territory;
(m)“State Bar Council” means a Bar Council constituted under section 3;
(n)“State roll” means a roll of advocates prepared and maintained by a State Bar Council under section 17.
3[(2) Any reference in this Act to a law which is not in force 6*** in the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, shall, in relation to 7*** that territory, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that State or that territory, as the case may be.]