Part IV · Provinces · The Provincial Governments
Advocate-General for a Province
Article 140
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The Governor of each Province shall appoint a person, being a person qualified to be appointed a Judge of the High Court, to be the Advocate-General for the Province.
It shall be the duty of the Advocate-General to give advice to the Provincial Government upon such legal matters, and to perform such other duties of a legal character, as may be referred or assigned to him by the Provincial Government.
The Advocate-General shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor 1[and shall not engage in private practice so long as he holds the office of the Advocate-General].
The Advocate-General may, by writing under his hand addressed to the Governor, resign his office.
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