No: 18 Dated: Jun, 17 2021

THE HARYANA LAW OFFICERS (ENGAGEMENT) AMENDMENT ACT, 2020

AN ACT

further to amend the Haryana Law Officers (Engagement) Act, 2016. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Seventy-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. This Act may be called the Haryana Law Officers (Engagement) Amendment Act, 2020.

2. In the Haryana Law Officers (Engagement) Act, 2016 (hereinafter called the principal Act), for the words “appointed, appointing and appointment” wherever occurring, the words “engaged, engaging and engagement” shall respectively be substituted.

3. In the proviso to sub-section (3) of section 6 of the principal Act, for the word “five”, the word “ten” shall be substituted.

4. After section 9 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-

“9A. Re-designation of Law Officer.- The State Government may, on recommendation of the Advocate General, re-designate any Law Officer to any higher post of Law Officer provided he fulfill the conditions relating to experience and number of cases conducted prescribed for the higher post in the rules made under this Act”.

BIMLESH TANWAR,

Administrative Secretary to Government, Haryana,

Law and Legislative Department

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