Establishment of Welfare Fund Committee

Establishment of Welfare Fund Committee:

1. (1) The State Government may, by notification, establish a Committee to be called "The Andhra Pradesh Advocates' Welfare Fund Committee".
2. (2) The 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. (3) The Committee shall consist of:
   • (a) the Advocate-General of the State, who shall be the Chairman;
   • (b) the Secretary to Government in the Law Department, member;
   • (c) the Chairman of the Bar Council, member;
   • (d) three members to be nominated by the Bar Council from among its members, members;
   • (e) the Trustee Committee member if any appointed under the rules.
4. (4) The Committee shall administer the Fund.
5. (5) The State Government may appoint one of the members of the Committee as the Secretary of the Committee.
6. (6) The State Government shall provide the Committee with such clerical and other staff as may be necessary to enable the Committee to exercise its powers and perform its functions under this Act.