How to Read Bare Acts in Judiciary Exams?

Bare Act is the exact text of a particular enactment passed by the legislature. Reading bare acts is essential as it is asked in almost all the stages of the exam. This post takes you through detailed information on how to read Bare Acts for Judiciary Exams.

How to Master in Bare Acts for Judiciary Exams?

Bare acts are the primary source of almost all law questions asked in the state-level judiciary Exams. Every multiple-choice question, short answer question, long answer question have their roots from bare acts in the judiciary exam.

To help you better understand how to prepare for bare acts, our experts at Judiciary Gold (a pioneer in providing the best online guidance for judiciary exams) have shared some tips and strategies here.

• You can prefer choosing the diglot edition of the bare act as this includes sections or articles both in English and Hindi.
• Before starting the preparation, go through the index of the bare act.
• Try to make a chart and remember all the names of chapters and section numbers from each chapter.
• In the beginning, do not read more than 50 sections in a day. You can increase it if you have time.
• Make sure to read each bare act carefully and have a clear understanding of the law. 
• Read the content from each section and observe it. Try to write the definition of each act as a one-liner word.
• You must ensure to complete a chapter before moving to another chapter.
• For understanding the law deeply, you must understand the purpose of the bare act that has been passed.
• While reading, focus mainly on places where the use of "may" and "shall" makes the difference.
• Practice bare acts from the previous year Judiciary Exam Question Papers as this will help you get an idea about the important sections.
• Do not ignore exceptions given in the section and focus on the illustrations mentioned in the section.
• Know for which bare acts you should give less time.
• Also, you must make sure to study bare acts every day.

What are the Most Important Bare Acts?

As we all know there are many bare acts, but there are some portions of acts that are not asked frequently. The following are the most important and extremely useful bare acts for judiciary exams.

• Constitution of India
• Indian Penal Code
• Civil Procedure Code
• Criminal Procedure Code
• Indian Evidence Act
• Family Law
• Indian Contract Act
• Indian Partnership Act

How to Read Bare Acts for Upcoming Judiciary Exams?

Every bare act contains hundreds of sections. Memorizing all of them is a big challenge for many of you. Therefore, to help you know how to memorize Bare Acts for Judiciary Exams, our experts have provided some simple tips below.

• Go through the content or the index page of the Bare Act daily in the morning.
• Make sure you try to learn at least 10 sections a day.
• Also, make a habit of revising at least 15 sections each day.
• If you want, you can just learn 5 new sections a day, but make sure to increase the revision number to 20.
• Write the section and article names in a notebook. Practice it multiple times during your law course. 
• Read the sections repeatedly to remember.
• Prepare mnemonics of sections to remember them for the long term. Any word, phrase, or line can make you remember so many sections.

How to make notes for Bare Acts Asked in Judiciary Exams?

Each student's Preparation for Judicial Services Exam will vary. Here are few points to keep in mind while making notes for Bare Acts:

• Firstly, list out the topics to be covered in the subject. 
• You can mark important terms in the topics that you have to study with high priority.
• For prelims, it is possible to study each topic present in the index. Hence, note down important topics to be studied or to be focused on the index itself. 
• Use different colour pens for easy recognition of terminologies. 
• You can also use abbreviations while preparing any topic.
• Use sticky notes or bookmark for noting down any important definitions, meanings, or terminology. This will help in studying topics easily and concentrate more on the important concepts.