Article 165: Advocate General for the State

• Supreme law officer of the State

• Appointed by the Governor

• Qualification:
• qualified to be appointed as a Judge of a High Court .
• Term:
• hold office during the pleasure of the Governor
•  He gets dissolved with dissolving of Government.
•  Remuneration Not fixed by Constitution, but receives the Pay as per fixation by
Government.
 Powers and functions

• Duty of the advocate general to give advice to

the government of concerned state upon such
legal matters
• to perform such other duties of a legal character
as may from time to time be referred or assigned
to him by the governor.
•  He has the right of audience in any court in the
state.
•  Article 177 - He has the right to attend and
speak in the proceedings of either Houses of
the State Legislature but no right to vote.
 Article 194 - Rights, Privileges and
Immunities of Advocate General of India
which are available to State Legislature
Members.