Membership in the Fund

Membership in the Fund. -

1. (1) Every Advocate practising in any Court, in the State and being a member of Bar Association, or a Society recognised by the Bar Council may apply to the Committee for admission as a member of the Fund in such form as may be prescribed.
2. (2) On receipt of an application under Sub-section (1), the Committee shall make such enquiry as it deems fit and either admit the applicant to the Fund or for reasons to be recorded in writing reject the application : Provided that no order rejecting an application shall be passed unless the applicant has been given an opportunity of being heard.
3. (3) Every applicant shall pay an application fee of [two hundred] rupees being payable along with the application to the Account of the Committee: Provided that Advocates having less than five years standing practice of the Bar will pay only rupees [one hundred].
4. (4) In the event of rejection of the application the fee paid along with the application shall be refunded to the applicant.
5. (5) Every member shall pay an annual subscription to the fund on or before the 30th June of every year at the following rates, namely :
   • (a) Where the standing of the Advocate at the Bar is five years ............................ [Fifty rupees]
   • (b) Where the standing of the Advocate at the Bar is more than five years but less than fifteen years ........................... [one hundred rupees]
   • (c) Where the standing of the Advocate at the Bar is fifteen years or more ........................... [two hundred rupees]
6. (6) A member may pay the subscription under Sub-section
7. (5) in two equal instalments at his option.
8. (7) Any member who fails to remit the annual subscription for any year before the 30th June of the year shall be liable to be removed from the membership of the Fund.
9. (8) A person removed from the membership of the Fund under Sub-section
10. (7) shall be re-admitted to the Fund on payment of the arrears with interest at twelve per cent per annum, within six months from the date of removal subject to payment of twenty-five per centum of the annual subscription as renewal fee.
11. (9) Every member shall, at the time of admission to the membership of the Fund make a nomination conferring on one or more persons the right to receive the amount which may be due to him from the Fund in the event of his death before the amount had been paid to him.
12. (10) If a member nominates more than one person under Sub-section
13. (9) he shall specify in the nomination the amount or share payable to each of the nominee in such manner as to cover the whole of the amount that may be due to him.
14. (11) A member may at any time cancel a nomination by sending a notice in writing to the Committee, provided that he shall alongwith such notice send a fresh nomination. No cancellation shall be effective unless fresh nominations are made by the member cancelling the earlier nomination.