The ADVOCATES’ WELFARE FUND ACT, 2001

Act No. 45

14-Sep-2001

Section 1 — Short t itle, extent and commencement

1. Short t itle, extent and commencement .

(1)This Act may be called the Adv ocates’ Welfare Fund Act, 2001.

(2)It extends to the whole of India.

(3)It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provision s of this Act and for different States, and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed in relation to any State as a reference to the coming into force o f that provision in that State.

Section 2 — Definitions

2. Definitions .-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a)“advocate” means an advocate whose name has been entered in the State roll prepared and maintained by a State Bar Council under section 17 of the Advocates Act, 1961 (25 of 1961) and who is a member of a State Bar Association or State Advocates’ Asso ciation;

(b)“appropriate Government” means, -

(i)in the case of advocates admitted on the roll of a Bar Council of a State, the State Government;

(ii)in the case of advocates admitted on the roll of a Bar Council of a Union ter ritory, the Central Government;

(c)“cessation of practice” means removal of the name of an advocate from the State roll under

Section 26A — of the Ad vocates Act, 1961 (25 of 19 61)

section 26A of the Ad vocates Act, 1961 (25 of 19 61);

(d)“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Trustee Committee referred to in clause ( a) of sub-section ( 3) of section 4;

(e)“chartered accoun tant” means a chartered accountant as defined in clause ( b) of sub-section ( 1) of section 2 of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (38 of 1949) and who has obtained a certificate of practice under sub -section ( 1) of section 6 of that Act;

(f)“dependants” means the spouse, parents or minor ch ildren of a member of the Fund;

(g)“Fund” means the Advocates’ Welfare Fund constituted under sub -section ( 1) of section 3;

(h)“insurer” shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause ( 9) of section 2 of the I nsurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938);