Act Number: 45

Act Name: The Advocates' Welfare Fund Act, 2001

Year: 2001

Enactment Date: 2001-09-14

Long Title: An Act to provide for the constitution of a welfare fund for the benefit of advocates and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Legal Affairs

Section 33: Power of appropriate Government to issue directions.
    (1) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Act, the Trustee Committee shall, in exercise of the powers or the performance of its functions under this Act, be bound by such directions on questions of policy, other than those relating to professional and administrative matters, as the appropriate Government may give in writing to it from time to time:
     Provided that the Trustee Committee shall, as far as practicable, be given an opportunity to express its views before any direction is given under this sub-section.
     (2) The decision of the appropriate Government, whether a question is one of policy or not, shall be final.
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