section 17
Protection against attachment
The Kerala Fishermen's Welfare Fund Act 1985(1) The amount standing to the credit of any member in the fund shall not in any way be capable of being assigned or charged and shall not be liable to attachment under any decree or order of any court in respect of any debt or liability incurred by the member and no receiver appointed under the Insolvency Act, 1955 (2 of 1956), shall be entitled to, or have any claim on, any such amount. (2) Any amount standing to the credit of a member in the fund at the time of his death and payable to his nominee under the scheme shall, subject to any deduction authorised by the scheme, vest in the nominee and shall be free from any debt or lien liability incurred by the deceased or the nominee before the death of the member.
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