Functions of Trustee Committee

Functions 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 there under,-
   • (a) hold the amounts and assets belonging to the Fund in Trust;
   • (b) receive application for admissions or readmissions to the Fund, and dispose of such applications within ninety days from the date of receipt thereof; [(bb) remove a member from the Fund for contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or the rules framed thereunder after giving the member concerned an opportunity of being heard ;] [8]
   • (c) receive applications from the members of the Fund, their nominees, legal representatives, as the case may be, for payment out of the Fund, conduct such enquiry as it deems necessary for the disposal of such applications and dispose of the applications within five months from the date of receipt thereof;
   • (d) record in the minutes book of the Trustee Committee its decisions on the applications;
   • (e) pay to the applicants amounts at the rate specified [in section 16] [9];
   • (f) send such periodical and annual reports as may be prescribed, to the Government and the Bar Council;
   • (g) communicate to the applicants by registered post with acknowledgment due the decisions of the Trustee Committee in respect of applications for admission or readmission to the Fund or claims to the benefit of the Fund;
   • (h) do such other acts as are, or may be, required to be done under this Act and the rules made there under.