Sec 6 of Advocates Act 1961 deals with the Powers and Functions of State Bar Council:
(a) to admit persons as advocates on its rolls;
(b) to prepare and maintain such rolls;
(c) to entertain and determine cases of misconduct against advocates on its roll;
(d) to safeguard therights, privileges and interests of advocates on its roll;
(e) to promote and support law reform;
(ee) to conduct seminars and organize talks on legal topics by eminentjurists and publish journals and papers of legal interest;
(eee) to organize legal aid to the poor n the prescribed manner;
(f) to manage and invest the funds of the Bar Council;
(g) to provide for the election of its members;
(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.