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The Rajasthan Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 1987

The Rajasthan Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 1987

Civil198732 sections7 chapters

The Rajasthan Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 1987, establishes a dedicated social security and welfare fund for legal practitioners working in Rajasthan. It regulates the collection of fees, subscriptions, and stamp sales to finance this fund, which is managed by a trustee committee. The law applies to practicing advocates in the state who register as members, alongside their local bar associations. This legislation matters because it provides vital financial security, retirement benefits, and death payouts to lawyers or their surviving dependents, ensuring a reliable safety net for those in the legal profession when they retire or must face unexpected life challenges.

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Preliminary →

  1. 1Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2Definitions

Constitution of Advocates Welfare Fund →

  1. 3Constitution of Advocates Welfare Fund

Establishment of Trustee Committee →

  1. 4Establishment of the Trustee committee
  2. 5Disqualification and removal of nominated member of trustee committee.
  3. 6Resignatlon and casual vacancy of Nominated Member
  4. 7Act of trustee committee not to be lnvalidated by vacany, defect or irregularity.
  5. 8vesting and application of Fund
  6. 9Functions of trustee commlttee
  7. 10Funds, borrowlng and investment
  8. 11Accounts and Audit
  9. 12Powers and duties of secretary
  10. 13Transfer of Certatn Money to the Fund

Recognition and Registration of Bar Associations →

  1. 14Recognition and Registration of Bar Associations
  2. 15Duties of Bar Associations

Membership in the Fund and Payment therefrom →

  1. 16Membershlp ln the Fund
  2. 17Payments from the Fund on cessation of Practice
  3. 18Restriction on benefits from the Fund

Printing and Distribution of Stamps →

  1. 19Printing and distribution of stamps by Trustee committee/Bar Council
  2. 20Vakalatnama to bear stamp
  3. 21Cancellation of Stamps

MISCELLANEOUS →

  1. 22Meeting of the Trustee Committee
  2. 23Manner of holding meeting
  3. 24Travelling and daily allowances to the members of the Trustee Commlttee
  4. 25Ex-gratia grant to a member of the Fund
  5. 26Group life insurance for members and other beneflts
  6. 27Restriction on alienation, attachment, etc. of lnterest of member, in the Fund
  7. 28Protection of action taken ln good faith
  8. 29Bar of Jurisdiction of civil courts
  9. 30Power to summon witnesses and to take evldence
  10. 31Appeal against decision of the Trustee Committee
  11. 32Power to make rules

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