(1)With effect from such date as the appropriate Government may, by notification, appoint in this behalf, there shall be established a Trustee Committee to be called the “Advocates’ Welfare Fund Trustee Committee”.
(2)The Trustee Committee shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and shall, by the said name, sue and be sued.
(3)The Trustee Committee shall consist of—
(a)the Advocate-General of a State - Chairperson, ex officio:
Provided that where there is no Advocate-General of a State, the appropriate Government shall nominate a senior advocate to be a chairperson;
(b) the Secretary to the appropriate Government in - Member, ex officio; its Law Department or Ministry
(c) the Secretary to the appropriate Government in - Member, ex officio; its Home Department or Ministry
(d) the Chairman of the State Bar Council - Member, ex officio;
(e) the Government Pleader or the Public - Member; Prosecutor, as may be nominated by the appropriate Government
(f) two advocates to be nominated by the State Bar - Member; Council
(g) the Secretary of the State Bar Council - Secretary, ex officio.
(4)The Chairperson nominated under the proviso to clause (a) of sub-section (3) shall hold office for a period not exceeding three years from the date on which he enters upon his office.
(5)Every Member of the Trustee Committee nominated under clause (e) or clause (f) of sub-section (3) shall hold office for a period not exceeding three years from the date on which he enters upon his office.