Section 4
Establishment of Trustee Committee.
The Advocates' Welfare Fund Act, 2001
About this Act
An Act to provide for the constitution of a welfare fund for the benefit of advocates and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) With effect from such date as the appropriate
Government may, by notification, appoint in this behalf, there shall be established a Trustee Committee to
be called the "Advocates' Welfare Fund Trustee Committee".
(2) The Trustee Committee shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and shall, by the said name, sue and be sued.
(3) The Trustee Committee shall consist of—
(a) the Advocate-General of a State - Chairperson, ex officio:
Provided that where there is no Advocate-General of a State, the appropriate Government shall nominate a senior advocate to be a chairperson;
(b) the Secretary to the appropriate Government in its Law Department or Ministry - Member, ex officio;
(c) the Secretary to the appropriate Government in its Home Department or Ministry - 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 - Member;
(g) the Secretary of the State Bar Council - Secretary, ex officio.
(4) The Chairperson nominated under the proviso to clause (a) of sub-section (3) 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.
(2) The Trustee Committee shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and shall, by the said name, sue and be sued.
(3) The Trustee Committee shall consist of—
(a) the Advocate-General of a State - Chairperson, ex officio:
Provided that where there is no Advocate-General of a State, the appropriate Government shall nominate a senior advocate to be a chairperson;
(b) the Secretary to the appropriate Government in its Law Department or Ministry - Member, ex officio;
(c) the Secretary to the appropriate Government in its Home Department or Ministry - 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 - Member;
(g) the Secretary of the State Bar Council - Secretary, ex officio.
(4) The Chairperson nominated under the proviso to clause (a) of sub-section (3) 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.