section 4
Constitution of Board.
The Goa Advocates’ Welfare Fund Act, 1995Civil199534 sections5 chapters
Chapter II Constitution and management of Advocates Welfare Fund
Statutory text
- (1) There shall be a Board to be known as Goa Advocates‘ Welfare Fund Board consisting of the following members, namely:–
- (a) The Advocate-General, Goa State—Ex-Officio—Chairman.
- (b) The Law Secretary to the Government— Ex-Officio.
- (c) Finance Secretary to Government or his nominee— Ex-Officio.
- (d) One representative from each registered Bar Association to be recommended by the Executive Council or Managing Committee of the Association concerned.
- (e) One member to be elected from amongst the members of the Board, who shall be treasurer of the Board.
- (f) The Under Secretary (Law) to the Government — Ex-Officio Secretary.
- (2) The Board shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire and hold property and shall by the said name, sue and be sued. Synopsis The Government vide order No. 8-1-1-2001/LD-Estt/311 dated 14-2-2011 published in the official Gazette Series-II No. 48 dated 24-2-2011 constituted Board as follows :- Department of Law and Judiciary Law (Establishment) Division Order No. 8-1-1-2001/LD-Estt/311 Read: 1. Government Order No. 8-1-1-2001-LD dated 19-04-2002. 2. Government Order No. 8-1-1-2001-LD--Estt./1880 dated 09-11-2010. Government is pleased to constitute the Goa Advocates Welfare Fund Board under Section 4 of the Goa Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 1995 (Goa Act No. 2 of 1997) consisting of the following members, namely: 1 Advocate General of Goa State Ex-officio Chairman. 2 Law Secretary to the Government of Goa Ex-officio Member. 3 Finance Secretary to Government of Goa or his nominee Ex-officio Member. 4 Shri Vipinkumar L. Bendale Member of Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa Member. 5 Adv. Ehrlich A. De Sousa Representative of North Goa Advocates Association, Panaji Member. 6 Adv. Anacleto Viegas,Representative of South Goa Advocates Association, Margao Member. 7 The Under Secretary (Establishment) to the Government of Goa Ex-officio Secretary The Board shall elect one Member from among the members of the Board, who shall be Treasurer of the Board. A person elected or recommended as a Member of the Board shall hold office for a period of four years or for the duration of his membership in the Bar Association or Bar Council, whichever is less. This issues in supersession of earlier orders No. 8-1-1-2001/LD dated 19-04-2002 and No. 8-1-1-2001/LD-Estt/1880 dated 09-11-2010. Porvorim, 14th February, 2011. By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa. N. P. Singnapurker, Under Secretary, Law (Estt.).
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