Advocates’ Welfare Fund Act,2001
Act No : 45
Section :
Payment of amount on cessation of practice.
21. Payment of amount on cessation of practice.-(1) Every advocate who has been a member of the Fund for a period of not less than five years shall, on his cessation of practice, be paid an amount at the rate specified in Schedule I: Provided that where the Trustee Committee is satisfied that a member of the Fund ceases to practice within a period of five years from the date of his admission as a member of such Fund as a result of any permanent disability, the Trustee Committee may p y such member an amount at the rate specified in Schedule I. (2) Where a member of the Fund dies before receiving the amount payable under sub-section (1), his nominee or legal heir, as the case may be, shall be paid the amount payable to the deceased member of the Fund.
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dr g balakrishnan
wrote on 29 June 2015
advocacy is generated for social well being, when so is it the responsibility of the society to protect the integrity of the profession still lurking in such advocates who for one reason or other had to give up practice.
dr g balakrishnan
wrote on 29 June 2015
i do think for normal person as advocate on cessation of practice might be given some 2 persons ..husband and wife..to lead a simple life, for that what there can be a simple advocates welfare cooperative society ltd could be conceived, so that they need not be a disgrace to the society for they are misused by forces which want to attack good society by all kinds of means promotion 'actus reas' and 'mens rea' ..for such endeavour even governments could make some social fund allocation, besides some philanthropists might donate, is my view!