Function of trustee committee

(1) The trustee committee shall administer the Fund.

1. (2) In the administration of the Fund, the trustee committee shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder,-
   • (a) hold the amounts and assets belonging to the Fund in trust;

1[(b) x x x]

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

1. (c) receive applications from the members of the Fund, their nominees or legal representatives, as the case may be, for payments out of the Fund, conduct such enquiry as it deems necessary for the disposal of such applications and dispose of the applications within 1[three months] from the dat e of rec eipt thereof;
2. (d) record in the minutes book of the trustee committee, its decisions on the applications;

¹ Substituted by Act 18 of 2002 w.e.f. 15.04.2005.

1[(e) pay t o the members amounts

2[in accordance with this Act] ]

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

² Substituted by Act 28 of 2010 w.e.f.06.08.2010.

1. (f) send such periodical and annual reports as may be prescribed, to the Stat e Government and the Bar Council; 1[(g) communicate to the applicants by registered post with acknowledgment due, the decisions of the trustee committee in respect of claims to the benefits of the fund;]
2. (h) do such other acts as are, or may be, required to be done under this Act and the rules made thereunder.

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