State Act

Punjab Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 2002

4. (1) The State Government may, by notification, establish with effect from such date as may be specified therein, a Trustee Committee to be called the Punjab 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) 1[The Advocate General will be the Chairman as ex-officio member]; (b) 2[The Chairman Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana ex-officio member]; (c) the Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Home Affairs and Justice or his nominee-Ex-Officio Member; (d) the Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Finance or his nominee-Ex-Officio member; (e) three other members of the Bar Council belonging to the State of Punjab, nominated by the State Government in consultation with the Advocate General, Punjab, from amongst its elected members; (f) the Secretary of the Trustee Committee, who will be nominated by the Chairman of the Trustee Committee; and (g) 1[three practising Advocates to be nominated by the Advocate General, Punjab in consultation with the State Government for a period of five years]. (4) A member nominated from the Bar Council under clause (e) of sub-section (3), shall hold office for a term of five years or for the term of his membership in the Bar Council, whichever is less. 2[(5) three members to be nominated by the State Government from amongst the Advocates registered with the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana.]