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The Telangana Advocates' Clerks Welfare Fund Act, 1992

The Telangana Advocates' Clerks Welfare Fund Act, 1992

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The Telangana Advocates Clerks Welfare Fund Act, 1992, creates and regulates a dedicated welfare fund and managing committee for legal clerks in the state of Telangana. It applies to recognized clerks employed by practicing advocates who join the fund before the age of forty-five years. Funded mainly by mandatory welfare stamps affixed to filed court documents, the law provides vital financial retirement benefits, pension payouts, disablement coverage, and group life insurance for members or their families. This act matters because it provides a crucial social safety net and financial security to these essential, working-class legal support staff and their dependents.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Advocates' Clerks Welfare Fund.
  4. 4. Establishment of Welfare Fund Committee.
  5. 5. Disqualification and removal of nominated members of the Welfare Fund Committee.
  6. 6. Resignation by elected member of the Committee and filling up of casual vacancies.
  7. 7. Act of Committee not to be invalidated by defect etc.
  8. 8. Vesting and application of Fund.
  9. 9. Functions of the Committee.
  10. 10. Borrowing and investment of Funds.
  11. 11. Powers and duties of Secretary.
  12. 12. Printing, Custody and Distribution of the Andhra Pradesh Advocates and their Clerks Welfare Fund Stamp.
  13. 12-A. Apportionment of sale proceeds and the cost of printing of stamps.
  14. 13. Recognition and Registration of Advocates' Clerks Association.
  15. 14. Duties of Advocates' Clerks Associations.
  16. 15. Membership of the Fund.
  17. 15-A. Retired person is not eligible for membership.
  18. 16. Payment from the Fund on cessation of employment.
  19. 17. Group Life Insurance for members and other benefits.
  20. 17-A. Restriction on alienation, attachment etc; of interest of member in Fund.
  21. 18. Meetings of the Committee.
  22. 19. Travelling and Daily Allowances to Members of Committee.
  23. 20. Review.
  24. 21. Protection of action taken in good faith.
  25. 22. Bar of jurisdiction of Civil Courts.
  26. 23. Power to summon witnesses and take evidence.
  27. 24. Power to make rules.

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