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The Karnataka Advocates' Welfare Fund Act, 1983Act 2 of 1985Keyword(s):Advocate, Bar Association, Bar Council, Cessation of Practice, Dependents,Fund, Retirement, Registered Clerk, Stamp, Suspension of Practice, TrusteeCommittee, VakalathAmendments appended: 18 of 2002, 15 of 2005, 28 of 2010, 15 of 2015DISCLAIMER: This document is being furnished to you for your information by PRSLegislative Research (PRS). The contents of this document have been obtained from sourcesPRS believes to be reliable. These contents have not been independently verified, and PRSmakes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or correctness. Insome cases the Principal Act and/or Amendment Act may not be available. Principal Actsmay or may not include subsequent amendments. For authoritative text, please contact therelevant state department concerned or refer to the latest government publication or thegazette notification. Any person using this material should take their own professional andlegal advice before acting on any information contained in this document. PRS or any personsconnected with it do not accept any liability arising from the use of this document. PRS or anypersons connected with it shall not be in any way responsible for any loss, damage, or distressto any person on account of any action taken or not taken on the basis of this document.
1985: KAR. ACT 2]Advocates Welfare Fund1THE KARNATAKA ADVOCATES' WELFARE FUND ACT, 1983ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONSStatement of Objects and Reasons:Sections:1. Short title and commencement.2. Definitions.3. Advocates' welfare fund.4. Establishment of trustee committee.5. Disqualification and removal of nominated members of trusteecommittee.6. Resignation by nominated members of trustee committee and fillingup of casual vacancies.7. Act of trustee committee not to be invalidated by vacancy, defect,etc.8. Vesting and application of Fund.9. Function of trustee committee.10. Borrowing and investment.11. Powers and duties of Secretary.12. Omitted.13. Recognition and registration of bar associations.14. Duties of bar associations.15. Membership in the Fund.16. Payment from the Fund on cessation of practice.17. Restriction on alienation, attachment, etc., of interest in the Fund.18. Group Life Insurance for members and other benefits.19. Meetings of trustee committee.20. Traveling and daily allowance to members of trustee committee.21. Appeal against decisions of trustee committee.22. Printing and distribution of stamps by Bar Council.23. Vakalath to bear stamps.23A. Contribution by Senior Advocate24. Protection of action taken in good faith.25. Bar of jurisdiction of civil courts
226.26A.27.28.29.Advocates Welfare Fund[1985: KAR. ACT 2Power to summon witnesses and take evidence.The Advocates' Family Welfare Fund.Registered Clerks Welfare Fund.Power to make rules.Amendment of Act 16 of 1958.SCHEDULE. Omitted*****STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONSIAct 2 of 1985.- Although here and there a few men in the legalprofession have been flourishing in their profession , the economic conditionof a very large section of the members of the legal profession has been farfrom satisfactory. Representation have been received among others, fromthe Bar Council of India for constituting a Legal Benefit Fund. The twinobjects are providing efficient legal service to the people of the State andsocial security to the legal profession by providing for payment of alumpsum amount after the cessation of practice by the members and alsofor payment of certain amount to their dependents if they were to die whilestill in practice. It is therefore proposed to constitute an Advocates WelfareFund and a Legal Benefit Fund for the purpose. The Advocates' WelfareFund is proposed to be constituted out of among other emolument, fees andvoluntary contribution and grants from Government, the receipts fromWelfare Fund Stamps which the Bar Council is empowered to issue andwhich are compulsorily to be affixed to the Vakalathnamas.The Legal Benefit Fund is proposed to be constituted by levy of additionalcourt fee on appeals and revisions before Tribunals other than Civil Courtsat the rate not exceeding Rs. 100/- per appeal or revision.Hence the Bill.(Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary), Part IV 2-A, dated12th day of August 1983, No.718)IIAmending Act 21 of 1993.- It is considered necessary to make certainamendments to the Karnataka Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 1983, for thefollowing purposes.-
1985: KAR. ACT 2]Advocates Welfare Fund3(1) to make membership of the Fund compulsory;(2) instead of annual subscription to the fund an amount of rupees onehundred is to be collected, as one time admission fee;(3) provision regarding payment of twenty percent of enrolment fee tothe Welfare Fund is being omitted;(4) on account of voluntary retirement due to old age, an advocatewould be entitled to receive, from the fund at the rate of rupees onethousand for every year of practice subject to rupees fifty thousand and notin accordance with the Schedule which is being omitted and for permanentdisability, an advocate would receive a lumpsum of rupees fifty thousand,irrespective of number of years of practice;(5) certain categories of advocates are excluded from the scheme of thefund;(6) an Advocate's Family Welfare Fund is proposed to be constituted forpayment of rupees one lakh on the death of an advocate who is a memberof the Fund to his nominee or legal heir.Hence the Bill.(Obtained from L.A.Bill No.17 of 1993)IIIAmending Act 6 of 1996.- It is considered necessary to make thefollowing amendments to the karnataka Advocates' Welfare Fund Act, 1983for effective implementation of the provisions of the Act,1) Membership fee is being enhaced from rupees one hundered to onethousand.2) The benefit of payment of rupees fifty thousand to a member oncessation of practice due to permanent disability is proposed to be extendedto the nominee or legal heirs in the event of death of a member.3) Value of Welfare Fund stamps is being enhanced from rupees two torupees five and it is made mandatory on the part of every Advocate to affixsuch stamps on every vakalat filed by him.4) Every designated Senior Advocate will be required to contributerupees Two Thousand Five hundred per year to the Welfare Fund.5) It is also proposed to provide that any contributions made by theGovernment shall be credited to Family Welfare Fund. Hence the Bill.(Obtained from L.A. Bill No. 6 of 1996)
4Advocates Welfare Fund[1985: KAR. ACT 2IVAmending Act 18 of 2002.- It is considered necessary to amend theKarnataka Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 1983,(i) to make the Chairman of the Karnataka State Bar Council as theChairman of the Trustee Committee in place of the AdvocateGeneral and to continue the Advocate General as a member Exofficio:(ii) to make the Secretary, Department of Law, Government ofKarnataka to be a member Ex-officio.(iii) to make the Vice-Chairman of the Bar council to be the Treasurer ofthe Trustee Committee.(iv) to reduce the time limit from three months to one month in respect ofa notice required to be issued by a nominated member of trusteecommittee who intends to resign his office.(v) to reduce the time limit from the existing five months to three monthsfor disposal of application received by the Trustee Committee forpayment of amount out of the fund:(vi) to enable the Chairman of the of the Trustee Committee to act asTreasurer.(vii)to allow membership of the fund to all the Advocates by removingthe restriction placed on certain categories of Advocates practicesubject to a maximum of rupees one lakh fifty thousand.(viii)to require every advocate enrolled as such and has become amember after 1997 to make declaration in the fifth year and tenthyear of his becoming member.(ix) to allow an advocate to have on cessation of practice due topermanent disability an amount of rupees one lakh fifty thousandand to provide for rupees two thousand for every completed year ofpractice to an advocate who enrolls after the age of forty years.(x) To provide for printing of welfare fund stamps of the face value ofrupees five or ten council and to require every advocate to affix thewelfare fund stamp of the value of rupees ten on every vakalath.(xi) to enhance the contribution amount of every designated senioradvocate from the existing rupees two thousand five hundred torupees five thousand per annum and to enhance the late fee from
1985: KAR. ACT 2]Advocates Welfare Fund5rupees ten to rupees twenty per month or part of a month for failureto pay contribution by the designated senior advocates.Certain consequential amendment are also made.Hence the Bill.(L.C. Bill No. 3 of 2002)VAmending Act 15 of 2005.- The Karnataka Advocates Welfare fund(Amendment) Act, 2002 (Karnataka Act 18 of 2002) has been issued. Thesaid Act has not been brought into force till date. The Karnataka State BarCouncil has proposed certain amendments to the Karnataka AdvocatesWelfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2002. Accordingly, a draft of the KarnatakaAdvocates Welfare Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2004 has been prepared andscrutinized by the Department of Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation. TheBill provides for the following, namely:(i)definition of interim applications by inserting clause (ff) to section 2of the Act.(ii)by amending sub-section (1) of section 15, the admission fee ofrupees of one thousand has been enhanced to rupees twothousand for enrollments after the commencement of theAmendment Act and rupees one thousand for Advocates enrolledafter 2nd April, 1997;(iii)by insertion of sub-ssection (1A) to section 15 of the Act a late feeof rupees fifty per month or part of a month may be levied from thecommencement of the proposed Act;(iv)by insertion of sub-section (4) of section 15 of the Act, everymember has to file a declaration along with rupees five hundredafter completion of every five year from the date of his becomingmember;(v)by amending sub-section (1) of section 16 of the Act, rupees threethousand and rupees one lakh and fifty thousand has been reducedto rupees two thousand and rupees fifty thousand respectively.Certain consequential amendments have also been proposed.Hence the Bill.(LA Bill No.24 of 2004)
6Advocates Welfare Fund[1985: KAR. ACT 2KARNATAKA ACT No. 2 OF 1985(First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary on the Tenth day ofJanuary, 1985)THE KARNATAKA ADVOCATES' WELFARE FUND ACT, 1983(Received the assent of the President on the Twenty-eighth day ofDecember 1984)(As Amended by Acts 21 of 1993, 6 of 1996, 18 of 2002 and 15 of 2005)An Act, to provide for the constitution of a welfare fund for the payment ofretirement benefits to advocates in the State of Karnataka and for mattersconnected therewith or incidental thereto.WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the constitution of a welfare fundfor the payment of retirement benefits to advocates in the State ofKarnataka and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto;BE it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Thirty-fourth yearof the Republic of India as follows:1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called theKarnataka Advocates' Welfare Fund Act, 1983.(2) It shall come into force on such 1[date]1 as the State Governmentmay, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint.1. Act came into force w.e.f. 01.11.1986 by notification. The text of the notification is at the end ofthe Act2. Definitions.- In this Act unless the context otherwise requires,(a) "advocate" means a person whose name has been entered in theState roll of Advocates prepared and maintained by the Bar Council ofKarnataka under section 17 of the Advocates' Act, 1961 (Central Act 25 of1961) and includes a legal practitioner whose rights are saved under section55 of the said Act and who ordinarily practices in the State of Karnataka;(b) "bar association" means an association of advocates recognised bythe Bar Council under section 13;(c) "Bar Council", means the Bar Council of Karnataka constituted undersection 3 of the Advocates' Act, 1961 (Central Act 25 of 1961);1[(d) "cessation of practice" means removal of the name of an advocatefrom the roll maintained by the Bar Council or non-renewal of PleadershipCertificate on the ground of,(i) death ; or(ii) permanent disability ; or
1985: KAR. ACT 2]Advocates Welfare Fund7(iii) voluntary retirement due to old age ;]111.Substituted by Act 21 of 1993 w.e.f. 02.04.1997. Text of notification is at the end of the Act.[(1) "Chairman" means the chairman of the Trustee Committe]11. Inserted by Act 18 of 2002 w.e.f. 15.04.2005.(e) "dependents" means wife, husband, father, mother and 1[minor]1hildren or such of them as are alive;1. substituted by Act 18 of 2002 w.e.f. 15.04.2005.(f) "Fund" means the Advocates Welfare Fund constituted undersection 3;1[(ff) interlocutory application includes all applications filed before anyCourt, Tribunal or Authority in respect of any pending or disposed of case orproceeding]11. Inserted by Act 15 of 2005 w.e.f. 1.6.2005 by notification.[(g) "member" means member of the fund;(ga) "permanent disability" means disability which renders an advocatetotally incapable from practising as such. A certificate to that effect by suchauthority, as may be prescribed, shall be produced;]111.Substituted by Act 21 of 1993 w.e.f. 2.4.1997(h) "prescribed" means prescribed by the Bar Council by rules madeunder this Act;(i) "retirement" means stoppage of practice as an advocatecommunicated to and recorded by the 1[Bar Council and the trusteecommittee;]11. Substituted by Act 21 of 1993 w.e.f. 02.04.1997 by notification.(j) "registered clerk" means a person who is registered as a recognizedclerk or gumasta of an advocate or a pleader in connection with any rulespassed by the High Court of Karnataka under Article 225 of the Constitutionof India and section 54 of the State Re-organization Act, 1956 or undersection 122 of the Code of Civil Procedure or any other law.(k) "stamp" means the stamp printed and distributed under section 22;(l) "State" means the State of Karnataka;(m) "suspension of practice" means voluntary suspension of practice asan advocate or suspension by the Bar Council for misconduct; 1[andincludes deemed voluntary suspension of practice referred to in 2[subsection (4) of section 15 or sub-section (3) of section 23A]2]11. Substituted by Act 18 of 2002 w.e.f. 15.04.2005.2. Substituted by Act 15 of 2005 w.e.f. 1.6.2005 by notification.(n) "trustee committee" means the committee established undersection 4;
8Advocates Welfare Fund[1985: KAR. ACT 2(o) "vakalath" means vakalathnama and includes memorandum ofappearance or any other document by which an advocate is empowered toappear or plead before any court, tribunal or other authority.3. Advocates' Welfare Fund.- (1) The State Government shallconstitute a fund called the Karnataka Advocates' Welfare Fund for thepayment of retirement 1[and other benefits to the advocates and theirdependents, in the State.]11. Substituted by Act 21 of 1993 w.e.f . 02.04.1997.(2) There shall be credited to the Fund,1[(a)xxx]1(b) any 1[xxx]1 contribution made by the Bar Council;1. Omitted by Act 21 of 1993 w.e.f. 02.04.1997.(c) any voluntary donation or contribution made to the Fund by the BarCouncil of India, any bar association, any other association or institution,any advocate or any other person;(d) any grant made by the State Government to the Fund;(e) the amounts set apart from the Legal Benefit Fund constituted undersection 76A of the Karnataka Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1958(Karnataka Act 16 of 1958), for providing social security measures for thelegal profession;(f) any sum borrowed under section 10;(g) all sums received from the Life Insurance Corporation of India on thedeath of an advocate under the group insurance policy;(h) any profit or dividend received from the Life Insurance Corporation ofIndia in respect of policies of Group Insurance of the members of the Fund;(i) any interest or dividend or other return on any investment made ofany part of the Fund;(j) all sums collected by way of sale of welfare fund stamps undersection 22;1[(k) amounts collected under section 15 by way of admission fee.]11. Substituted by Act 21 of 1993 w.e.f . 02.04.1997.(3) The sums specified in sub-section (2), shall be paid to, or collectedby, such agencies, at such intervals and in such manner, and the accountsof the Fund shall be maintained and operated in such manner, as may beprescribed.4. Establishment of trustee committee.- (1) The State Governmentmay, by notification, establish with effect from such date as may be
1985: KAR. ACT 2]Advocates Welfare Fund9specified therein a committee to be called the Karnataka Advocates' WelfareFund Trustee Committee.(2) The trustee committee shall be a body corporate having perpetualsuccession and a common seal with power to acquire and hold property andshall, by the said name, sue and be sued.(3) The trustee committee shall consists of,1[(a) The Chairman of the Bar Council who shall be the chairman of theTrustee Committee, ex-officio;(aa) The Advocate General of Karnataka who shall be a member- Exofficio.(b) The Secretary, Department of Law, Government of Karnataka1who shall be a Member Ex-officio.]1. Substituted by at 18 of 2002 w.e.f. 15.04.2005.(c) two members nominated by the State Government;(d) 1[three]1 members of the Bar Council nominated by it;1. Substituted by Act 21 of 1993 w.e.f . 02.04.1997.1[(e) the Vice-Chairman of the Bar Council, who shall be the Treasurerof the trustee committee, ex-officio;]1and1. Substituted by Act 18 of 2002 w.e.f. 15.04.2005.(f) the Secretary of the Bar Council, who shall be the Secretary ofthe trustee committee, ex-officio;(4) A member nominated by the State Government under clause (c) ofsub-section (3), shall hold office for a term of four years.(5) A member nominated by the Bar Council under clause (d) of subsection (3), shall hold office for a term of four years or for the duration of hismembership in the Bar Council, whichever is less.5. Disqualification and removal of nominated members of trusteecommittee.- (1) A member nominated under clause (c) or clause (d) of subsection (3) of section 4, shall be disqualified to be a member of the trusteecommittee, if he,(a) becomes of unsound mind; or(b) is adjudged an insolvent; or(c) is absent without leave of the trustee committee, for more thanthree consecutive meetings thereof; or1[(d) has committed breach of trust; or]11. Substituted by Act 21 of 1993 w.e.f . 02.04.1997.
10Advocates Welfare Fund[1985: KAR. ACT 2(e) is convicted by a criminal court for an offence involving moralturpitude, unless such conviction has been set aside by a competent court.(2) The State Government may remove any member who is or hasbecome disqualified under sub-section (1) from membership of the trusteecommittee:Provided that no order removing any member shall be passed unless thatmember and the Bar Council, in the case of a member nominated by it, havebeen given an opportunity of being heard.6. Resignation by nominated members of trustee committee andfilling up of casual vacancies .- (1) Any member nominated under clause(c) or clause (d) of sub-section (3) of section 4, may resign his office bygiving 1[one month]1 notice in writing to the State Government or the BarCouncil, as the case may be, and on such resignation being accepted by theState Government or the Bar Council, shall be deemed to have vacated hisoffice:1. Substituted by Act 18 of 2002 w.e.f. 15.04.2005.Provided that the Bar Council shall consult the State Government beforeaccepting the resignation.(2) A casual vacancy in the office of a member referred to in sub-section(1), may be filled as soon as may be, by the State Government or the BarCouncil, as the case may be, and a member so nominated to fill suchvacancy shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of office of themember whose place he fills.7. Act of trustee committee not to be invalidated by vacancy,defect, etc.- No act done or proceeding taken under this Act or the rulesmade thereunder by the trustee committee shall be invalidated merely byreason of,(a) any vacancy or defect in the constitution of the committee ; or(b) any defect or irregularity in the nomination of any person as amember thereof ; or(c) any defect or irregularity in such act or proceeding not affecting themerits of the case.8. Vesting and application of Fund.- The Fund shall vest in , and beheld and applied by, trustee committee subject to the provisions and for thepurposes of this Act.
1985: KAR. ACT 2]Advocates Welfare Fund119. Function of trustee committee.- (1) The trustee committee shalladminister the Fund.(2) In the administration of the Fund, the trustee committee shall, subjectto the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder,(a) hold the amounts and assets belonging to the Fund in trust;1[(b) x x x]11. Omitted by Act 21 of 1993 w.e.f . 02.04.1997.(c) receive applications from the members of the Fund, theirnominees or legal representatives, as the case may be, for payments out ofthe Fund, conduct such enquiry as it deems necessary for the disposal ofsuch applications and dispose of the applications within 1[three months]1from the date of receipt thereof;1. Substituted by Act 18 of 2002 w.e.f. 15.04.2005.(d) record in the minutes book of the trustee committee, itsdecisions on the applications;1[(e) pay to the members amounts in accordance with section 16]11. Substituted by Act 21 of 1993 w.e.f . 02.04.1997.(f) send such periodical and annual reports as may be prescribed,to the State Government and the Bar Council;1[(g) communicate to the applicants by registered post withacknowledgment due, the decisions of the trustee committee in respect ofclaims to the benefits of the fund;]11. Substituted by Act 21 of 1993 w.e.f . 02.04.1997.(h) do such other acts as are, or may be, required to be done underthis Act and the rules made thereunder.10. Borrowing and investment.- (1) The trustee committee may, withthe prior approval of the State Government and the Bar Council, borrowfrom time to time any sum required for carrying out the purposes of this Act.(2) The trustee committee shall deposit all moneys and receipts formingpart of the Fund in any scheduled bank or invest the same in loans to anycorporation owned or controlled by the Central Government or the StateGovernment or in loans floated by the Central Government or the StateGovernment or in any other manner as the Bar Council may, from time totime direct with the prior approval of the State Government.
12Advocates Welfare Fund[1985: KAR. ACT 2(3) All amounts due and payable under this Act and all expenditurerelating to the management and administration of the Fund 1[and allexpenditure relating to supply of Welfare Fund stamps]1 shall be paid out ofthe Fund.1. Inserted by Act 21 of 1993 w.e.f. 02.04.1997(4) The accounts of the trustee committee shall be audited annually by achartered accountant appointed by the Bar Council.(5) The accounts of the trustee committee, as certified by the auditor,together with the audit reports thereon, shall be forwarded to the BarCouncil by the trustee committee and the Bar Council may issue suchdirections as it deems fit to the trustee committee in respect thereof.(6) The trustee committee shall comply with the directions issued by theBar Council under sub-section (5).11. Powers and duties of Secretary.- The Secretary of the trusteecommittee shall,(a) be the chief executive authority of the trustee committee and beresponsible for carrying out its decisions;(b) represent the trustee committee in all suits and proceedings for andagainst it;(c) authenticate by his signature all decisions and instructions of thetrustee committee;(d) operate the bank accounts of the trustee committee jointly with the1[Chairman]11. Substituted by Act 18 of 2002 w.e.f. 15.04.2005.(e) convene meetings of the trustee committee and prepare its minutes;(f) attend the meetings of the trustee committee with all the necessaryrecords and information;(g) maintain such forms, registers and other records as may beprescribed from time to time and do all correspondence relating to thetrustee committee;(h) inspect and verify periodically the accounts and registers of the BarAssociations regarding stamps;(i) prepare an annual statement of business transacted by the trusteecommittee during each financial year; and(j) do such other acts as may be directed by the trustee committee.
1985: KAR. ACT 2]1Advocates Welfare Fund13[12. x x x]11. Omitted by Act 21 of 1993 w.e.f. 02.04.1997.13. Recognition and registration of bar associations.- (1) Allassociations of advocates known by any name functioning in any courtcentre may, before a date to be notified by the Bar Council in this behalf,apply to the Bar Council in such form as may be prescribed for recognitionand registration.(2) Every application for recognition and registration shall beaccompanied by the rules or bye-laws of the association, names andaddresses of the office bearers of the association and with an uptodate listof the members of the association showing the name, address, age, date ofenrolment and the ordinary place of practice of each member.(3) The Bar Council may, after such enquiry as it deems necessary,recognize the bar association and issue a certificate of registration in suchform as may be prescribed.(4) The decision of the Bar Council regarding the recognition andregistration of the bar association shall be final.(5) Subject to such rules and conditions as may be prescribed by theGovernment every registered bar association may be paid grants by theGovernment every year.14. Duties of bar associations.- (1) Every bar association shall, on orbefore the 30th April of every year, intimate to the Bar Council a list of itsmembers as on the 31st March of that year.(2) Every bar association shall intimate to the Bar Council,(a) any change of the office bearers of the association within fifteendays from such change;(b) any change in the membership including admission or readmission within thirty days of such change;(c) the death, retirement or voluntary suspension of practice of anyof its members within thirty days from the date of occurrence thereof ; and(d) such other matter as may be required by the Bar Council or theGovernment from time to time.1[15. Membership of the Fund.- 1[(1) Every Advocate on the roll of theKarnataka State Bar Council practicing in the State of Karnataka shall be amember of the Fund and shall file a declaration in such form as may beprescribed along with an admission fee of rupees two thousand within onemonth,-
Advocates Welfare Fund14[1985: KAR. ACT 2(i) in case of an Advocate who is enrolled on or after thecommencement of the Karnataka Advocates Welfare (Amendment)Act, 2004 (hereinafter referred to as Amendment Act 2004); or(ii) within one month from the date of commencement of AmendmentAct, 2004 in the case of Advocates already enrolled:Provided that this provisions shall not apply to Advocates who arealready members of the fund]11. Substituted by Act 15 of 2005 w.e.f. 1.6.2005 by notification.Provided that the advocates other than those who have already becomeMembers, shall file such declarations as may be prescribed and pay1[rupees one thousand]1 within six months from the date of coming into forceof the Karnataka Advocates Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 1993.1. Substituted by Act 6 of 1996 w.e.f 02.04.1997 by notification. Text of the notification is at the endof the Act.[Provided further that the Advocates who have already becomemembers, shall pay the balance amount of rupees eight hundred towardsadmission fee within six months from the date of coming into force of theKarnataka Advocates Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 1996.]111. Inserted by Act 6 of 1996 w.e.f. 02.04.1997.1[(1A) If any Advocate who has failed to pay the balance of the admissionfee referred to in the second proviso to sub-section (1) or fails to pay theadmission fee within the time specified in sub-section (1) of section 15, maypay such balance admission fee or as the case may be, the admission feewith a late fee of rupees fifty per month or part of a month from the Secondday of April 1997 or next after the expiry of one month from the date ofcommencement of the Amendment Act, 2004 or one month from the date1of enrollment, as the case may be.]1. Substituted by Act 15 of 2005 w.e.f. 1.6.2005 by notification.(2) Every member shall furnish the particulars of place of practice withsuch other details as may be prescribed.(3) Every member who voluntarily suspends practice or retires shallwithin fifteen days of such suspension or retirement intimate that fact to thetrustee committee and if any member fails to do so without sufficient reasonthe trustee committee may reduce the amount due to that member in suchmanner as may be prescribed.]11. Section 15 with sub-sections (1) (2) and (3) substituted by Act 21 of 1993 w.e.f. 02.04.1997.
1985: KAR. ACT 2]Advocates Welfare Fund151[(4) Every member shall pay a fee of rupees five hundred within onemonth next after the completion of every five years from the date of hisbecoming member of the fund failing which he shall be deemed to havevoluntarily suspended his practice for the purpose of this Act:Provided that a member may pay such fee within three months fromthe expiry of the period specified above along with a penalty of fifty rupeesper month and if he files such declaration along with the penalty it shall notbe construed as deemed suspension:Provided further that a member who on the date of commencementof the Amendment Act, 2004 has completed five years of practice afterbecoming a member shall pay such fee within six months from the date ofsuch commencement.(5) If a member fails to pay the fee within the time allowed under subsection (4) the period of each year till he pays the fee including the year inwhich he pays
of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Advocates' Welfare Fund Act, 1983. (2) It shall come into force on such 1[date]1 as the State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint. 1. Act came into force w.e.f. 01.11.1986 by notification.
