Advocates' Welfare Fund

(1) The State Government shall 2[ and other benefit s t o the advoc at es and their dependents, in the Stat e.]

1. (2) There shall be credit ed t o the Fund,- 1[(a) xxx]
   • (b) any 1[xxx] contribution made by the Bar Council;
   • (c) any voluntary donation or contribution made to the Fund by the Bar Council of India, any bar association, any other association or institution, any advoc at e or any other person;
   • (d) any grant made by the State Government to the Fund;
   • (e) the amounts set apart from the Legal Benefit Fund constituted under section 76A of the Karnataka Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1958 Advocates Welfare Fund [1985: KAR. ACT 2 (Karnataka Act 16 of 1958), for providing social security measures for the legal profession;
   • (f) any sum borrowed under section 10;
   • (g) all sums received from the Life Insurance Corporation of India on the death of an advocate under the group insurance policy;
   • (h) any profit or dividend received from the Life Insurance Corporation of India in respect of policies of Group Insurance of the members of the Fund;
     • (i) any interest or dividend or other return on any investment made of any part of the Fund;
   • (j) all sums collected by way of sale of welfare fund stamps under section 22; 2[(k) amounts c ollected under section 15 3[by way of admission fee and any other fee including late fee under section 23A and penalty or contribution if any.] ]
2. (3) The sums specified in sub-section (2), shall be paid t o, or c ollect ed by, such agencies, at such intervals and in such manner, and the accounts of the Fund shall be maintained and operated in such manner, as may be prescribed.

¹ Omitted by Act 21 of 1993 w.e.f . 02.04.1997.

² Substituted by Act 21 of 1993 w.e.f . 02.04.1997.

³ Substituted by Act 12 of 2017 w.e.f. 12.06.2017