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The Andhra Pradesh Advocates' Welfare Fund Act, 1987

The Andhra Pradesh Advocates' Welfare Fund Act, 1987

Civil198726 sections

The Andhra Pradesh Advocates' Welfare Fund Act, 1987 establishes a dedicated financial security and social assistance fund for legal practitioners across Andhra Pradesh. Administered by a specialized Welfare Fund Committee, the law applies to all practicing advocates in the state, requiring them to enroll as members, pay annual subscriptions, and affix designated welfare stamps on court documents. This legislation matters because it provides vital social safety nets, including retirement benefits, medical relief, and financial support during hardship or death, safeguarding the economic well-being and dignity of legal professionals and their dependents.

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  1. 1. Short title extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Advocates Welfare Fund
  4. 4. Establishment of Welfare Fund Committee
  5. 5. Disqualifications for being a member of the Committee
  6. 6. Term of office of members of the Committee
  7. 7. Meetings of the Committee
  8. 8. Travelling and daily allowance to members of Committee
  9. 9. Authentication of orders and other instruments of the Committee
  10. 9A. Act of Committee not to be invalidated by vacancy etc
  11. 10. No act or proceeding of the Committee shall be invalid by reason only of the existence of any vacancy amongst its members or any defect in the constitution thereof.
  12. 11. Powers and functions of the Committee
  13. 12. Membership of the Fund
  14. 13. Payment of subscription to the Fund
  15. 14. Provided that a member so removed may be re-admitted to the Fund on payment of the arrears with a penalty of rupees fifty.
  16. 15. Vakalatnama to bear stamp
  17. 16. Payment of amounts to members of the Fund
  18. 17. Restriction on alienation attachment etc of interest of member in the Fund
  19. 18. Group Insurance for members and other benefits
  20. 19. Accounts and Audit
  21. 20. Powers of Committee to borrow
  22. 21. Protection of action taken in good faith
  23. 22. Bar of jurisdiction of Civil Courts
  24. 23. Power to make rules
  25. 24. Power to remove difficulties
  26. 25. Repeal of Ordinance 5 of 1987

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