Section-4. Establishment of Trustee Committee

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Chapter III Establishment of Trustee Committee

Section-4. Establishment of Trustee Committee.-

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 the Chairperson;

b.    the Secretary to the appropriate Government-Member, ex officio; in its Law Department or Ministry

c.     the Secretary to the appropriate Government-Member, ex officio; in its Home Department or Ministry

d.    the Chairman of the State Bar Council -Member, ex officio;

e.     the Government Pleader or the Public -Member; Prosecutor as may be nominated by the appropriate Government

f.     two advocates to be nominated -Members; by the State Bar Council

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) 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.

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