Section 55 - Advocate-general for Province in Government of India Act, 1935 [Repealed]
Advocate-general for Province.
(1) The Governor of each Province shall appoint a person, being a person qualified to be appointed a judge of a High Court, to be Advocate-General for the Province.
(2) It shall be the duty, of the Advocate-General to give advice to theProvincial Government upon such legal matters, and to perform such otherduties of a legal character, as may from time to time be referred or assignedto him by the Governor.
(3) The Advocate-General shall hold office during the pleasure of theGovernor, and shall receive such remuneration as the Governor may determine.
1(4) In exercising his powers with respect to the appointment and dismissal of the Advocate-General and with respect to the determination of his remuneration, the Governor shall exercise his individual judgment.
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1. Omitted, by Government of India (Commencement and Transitory Provisions) Order, 1936, para. 3.