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Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 2001 Chapter III

Title: Establishment of Trustee Committee

State: Central

Year: 2001

.....of Fund The Fund shall vest in, and be held and applied by, the Trustee Committee subject to the provisions, and for the purposes, of this Act. Section 11 - Functions of Trustee Committee (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and any other law for the time being in force, the Trustee Committee shall administer the Fund. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions contained in sub-section (7), the Trustee Committee shall-- (a) hold the amounts and assets belonging to the Fund in trust; (b) receive applications for admission or re-admission as members to the Fund, and dispose of such applications within ninety days from the date of receipt thereof; (c) receive applications from the members of the Fund, their nominees or legal heirs, as the case may be, for payment out of the Fund, conduct such enquiry as it deems necessary and dispose of the applications within five months from the date of receipt thereof; (d) record in the minutes book of the Trustee Committee, its decisions on the applications; (e) pay to the members of the Fund or their nominees or legal heirs, as the case may be, the amounts at the rates specified in Schedule I; (f).....

Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 2001 Section 34

Title: Power of Appropriate Government to Supersede Trustee Committee

State: Central

Year: 2001

.....of the period of supersession specified in the notification issued under sub-section (1), the appropriate Government shall reconstitute the Trustee Committee by a fresh appointment of its Chairperson, Members and Secretary of such Committee and in such case a person who had vacated his office under clause (a) of subsection (2) shall not be deemed to be disqualified for reappointment. (4) The appropriate Government shall cause a copy of the notification issued under sub-section (1) and a full report of any action taken under this section and the circumstances leading to such action to be laid before each House of Parliament or before each House of the State legislature, where it consists of two Houses or where such Legislature consists of one House, before that House, as the case may be, at the earliest.

Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 2001 Section 8

Title: Meetings of Trustee Committee

State: Central

Year: 2001

(1) The Trustee Committee shall meet at least once in every three calendar months and at least four such meetings shall be held in every year to transact business under this Act and the rules made thereunder. (2) Three Members of the Trustee Committee shall form the quorum for a meeting of the Trustee Committee. (3) The Chairperson of the Trustee Committee or, if for any reason, he is unable to attend a meeting of the Trustee Committee, any other Member chosen by the Members of the Trustee Committee present from amongst themselves at the meeting shall preside at the meeting. (4) All questions which come up in a meeting of the Trustee Committee shall be decided by a majority vote of the Members of the Trustee Committee present and voting, and, in the event of an equality of votes, the Chairperson, or in his absence, the Member of the Trustee Committee presiding, shall have a second or casting vote.

Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 2001 Section 5

Title: Disqualifications and Removal of Chairperson or Member of Trustee Committee

State: Central

Year: 2001

(1) The appropriate Government shall remove from office the Chairperson or any Member of the Trustee Committee, who-- (a) is, or at any time has been, adjudged as an insolvent; or (b) has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as the Chairperson or a Member of the Trustee Committee; or (c) has been convicted of an offence which, in the opinion of the appropriate Government, involves moral turpitude; or (d) has acquired such financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially his functions as the Chairperson or a Member of the Trustee Committee; or (e) has so abused his position as to render his continuation in office detrimental to the public interest; or (f) is, or at any time has been, absent without leave of the Trustee Committee for more than three consecutive meetings of the Trustee Committee: Provided that the Trustee Committee may, on sufficient ground, condone the absence of such Chairperson or Member. (2) No such Chairperson or Member of the Trustee Committee shall be removed under clause (d) or clause (e) of sub-section (1) unless he has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.

Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 2001 Section 4

Title: Establishment of Trustee Committee

State: Central

Year: 2001

..... - Member, ex officio; (d) the Chairman of the State Bar Council - Member, ex officio; (e) the Government Pleader or the Public Prosecutor, as may be nominated by the appropriate Government - Member; (f) two advocates to be nominated by the State Bar Council - Members; (g) the Secretary of the State Bar Council - Secretary, ex officio. (4) The Chairperson nominated under the proviso to clause (a) of sub-section (5) shall hold office for a period not exceeding three years from the date on which he enters upon his office. (5) Every Member of the Trustee Committee nominated under clause (e) or clause (f) of sub-section (3) shall hold office for a period not exceeding three years from the date on which he enters upon his office.

Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 2001 Section 7

Title: Vacancies, Etc., Not to Invalidate Proceedings of Trustee Committee

State: Central

Year: 2001

No act or proceeding of the Trustee Committee shall be invalid merely by reason of-- (a) any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the Trustee Committee; or (b) any defect or irregularity in the nomination of a person acting as the Chairperson or a Member of the Trustee Committee; or (c) any irregularity in the procedure of the Trustee Committee not affecting the merits of the case.

Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 2001 Section 11

Title: Functions of Trustee Committee

State: Central

Year: 2001

.....Committee, its decisions on the applications; (e) pay to the members of the Fund or their nominees or legal heirs, as the case may be, the amounts at the rates specified in Schedule I; (f) send such periodical and annual reports as may be prescribed, to the appropriate Government and the State Bar Council; (g) communicate to the applicants, by registered post with acknowledgment due or through electronic mode, the decisions of the Trustee Committee in respect of applications for admission or re-admission as members to the Fund or claims to the benefit of the Fund; (h) do such other acts as are, or may be, required to be done under this Act and the rules made thereunder.

Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 2001 Section 9

Title: Travelling and Daily Allowances to Nominated Chairperson and Members of Trustee Committee

State: Central

Year: 2001

The Chairperson referred to in sub-section (4) of section 4 and Members of the Trustee Committee referred to in clauses (e) and (f) of sub-section (5) of that section shall be entitled to be paid such travelling and daily allowances as are admissible to the members of the State Bar Council.

Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 2001 Section 25

Title: Appeal Against Decision or Order of Trustee Committee

State: Central

Year: 2001

(1) An appeal against any decision or order of the Trustee Committee shall lie to the State Bar Council. (2) The appeal shall be in the prescribed form and shall be accompanied by-- (a) a copy of the decision or order appealed against; (b) a receipt evidencing payment of twenty-five rupees to the credit of the State Bar Council in any of the branches of a scheduled bank. (3) The appeal shall be filed within thirty days from the date of receipt of the decision or order appealed against. (4) The decision of the State Bar Council on such appeal shall be final.

Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 2001 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2001

.....The Trustee Committee shall meet at least once in every three calendar months and at least four such meetings shall be held in every year to transact business under this Act and the rules made thereunder. (2) Three Members of the Trustee Committee shall form the quorum for a meeting of the Trustee Committee. (3) The Chairperson of the Trustee Committee or, if for any reason, he is unable to attend a meeting of the Trustee Committee, any other Member chosen by the Members of the Trustee Committee present from amongst themselves at the meeting shall preside at the meeting. (4) All questions which come up in a meeting of the Trustee Committee shall be decided by a majority vote of the Members of the Trustee Committee present and voting, and, in the event of an equality of votes, the Chairperson, or in his absence, the Member of the Trustee Committee presiding, shall have a second or casting vote. SECTION 9 : Travelling and daily allowances to nominated Chairperson and Members of Trustee Committee: -The Chairperson referred to in sub-section (4) of (Section 4) and Members of the Trustee Committee referred to in clauses (e) and (f) of sub-section (3) of that.....