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The Assam Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 1998 Complete Act

State: Assam

Year: 1998

THE ASSAM ADVOCATES WELFARE FUND ACT, 1998 THE ASSAM ADVOCATES WELFARE FUND ACT, 1998 [Act NO. XVIII of 1999] Published in Assam Gazette Extraordinary, dated 5th June, 1999. PP-561-580 [01st June, 1999] PREAMBLE An Act t o provide for constitution of a Welfare Fund for the benefit of Advocates in the State of Assam and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. It is hereby enacted in the Forty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows-- Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Assam Advocates' Welfare fund Act, 1998. (2) It extends to the whole of Assam. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint ((with effect from 1.4.2001), vide Notification No. LGL. 40/98/166, dated 14th March, 2001, Published in the Assam Gazette Extraordinary (No. 45), dated 29th March, 2001). Section 2 - Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.-- (a) "Advocate" means a person whose name has been entered in the State roll of advocates prepared and maintained by the Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya,.....