High Court of Himachal Pradesh Petition Writers

## Page 1 High Court of Himachal Pradesh Petition Writers (Grant of Licence and Conduct) Rules, 1989 ## Page 2 HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH,SHIMLA-171001 No. HHC/Admn.16/18/74-4449 Dated 22.03.1999 NOTIFICATION In exercise of the powers conferred by section 25 of the Himachal Pradesh Courts Act, 1976 (Act No. 23 of 1976) read with section 477 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act No. 2 of 1974), the Hon'ble High Court of Himachal Pradesh with the previous approval of the State Govt., is pleased to make the following rules, regarding the grant of licence and conduct of Petition Writers in Himachal Pradesh:- PART-I GENERAL (i) These rules shall be called the High 1 Short Title, extent Court of Himachal Pradesh Petition and Writers (Grant of Licence and Conduct) commencement Rules, 1989. (ii) These rules shall apply to the Petition writers practicing in all the Courts including the Gram Panchayats in Himachal Pradesh. (iii) They shall come into force on their publication in the official Gazette. In these rules, unless otherwise suggested by Definitions 2 the context, (a) 'Chief Justice' means the Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh. (b) 'Court' means any Civil, Criminal or Revenue court including a Gram Panchayat. (c) 'District Judge' means the District and Sessions Judge of a District as defined in section 2(a) of Himachal Pradesh Courts Act, 1976. (d) 'High Court' means the High Court of Himachal Pradesh. 1 ## Page 3 (e) 'Petition' means a document written for the purpose of being presented in a Court and includes pleading and memorandum of appeal. (f) 'Registrar' means the Registrar of the High Court and shall also include the Registrar (Vigilance). (g) The words Revenue Officer', Revenue Office' and Revenue Court' used in these rules shall have

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