Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh is the statutory body empowered with following duties:
(a) to admit persons as advocates on its roll;
(b) to prepare and maintain such roll;
(c) to entertain and determine cases of misconduct against advocates on its roll;
(d) to safeguard the rights, privileges and interests of advocates on its roll;
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[(dd) to promote the growth of Bar Associations for the purposes of effective implementation of the
welfare schemes referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (2) of this section and clause (a) of sub-section (2)
of section 7;]
(e) to promote and support law reform;
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[(ee) to conduct seminars and organise talks on legal topics by eminent jurists and publish journals
and papers of legal interest;
(eee) to organise legal aid to the poor in the prescribed manner;]
(f) to manage and invest the funds of the Bar Council;
(g) to provide for the election of its members;
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[(gg) to visit and inspect Universities in accordance with the directions given under clause (i) of
sub-section (1) of section 7;]
(h) to perform all other functions conferred on it by or under this Act;
(i) to do all other things necessary for discharging the aforesaid functions.