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' Association;
(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 territory, the Central Government;
(c) "cessation of practice" means removal of the name of an advocate from the State roll under section 26A of the Advocates Act, 1961 (25 of 1961);
(d) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Trustee Committee referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 4;
(e) "chartered accountant" 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) "dependents" means the spouse, parents or minor children 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 Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938);
(i) "member of the Fund" means an advocate admitted to the benefits of the Fund and who continues to be a member thereof under the provisions of this Act;
(j) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette of the appropriate Government and the expression "notified" shall be construed accordingly;
(k) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(l) "Schedule" means a Schedule to this Act;
(m) "scheduled bank" shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (e) of section 2 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934);
(n) "stamp" means the Advocates" Welfare Fund stamp printed and distributed under section 26;
(o) "State" means a State specified in the First Schedule to the Constitution and shall include a Union territory;
(p) "State Advocates' Association" means an association of advocates in a State recognized by the Bar Council of that State under section 16;
(q) "State Bar Association" means an association of advocates recognized by the Bar Council of that State under section 16;
(r) "State Bar Council" means a Bar Council referred to in section 3 of the Advocates Act, 1961 (25 of 1961);
(s) "suspension of practice" means voluntary suspension of practice as an advocate or suspension of an advocate by a State Bar Council for misconduct;
(t) "Trustee Committee" means the Advocates' Welfare Fund Trustee Committee established under sub-section (1) of section 4;
(u) "Vakalatnama" includes memorandum of appearance or any other document by which an advocate is empowered to appear or plead before any court, tribunal or other authority;
(v) words and expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Advocates Act, 1961 shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.
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