Lawzonline.com 
 
Home|Discussion Forum|Communities|Professional Search|Law Dictionary|Bare Acts|Law Schools|State Bare Acts||Law quotes
Articles  |    Humor    |    Law Digest
 
 
Bare acts search

  
 
 
 
 
Bare acts > Advocates' Welfare Fund Act, 2001 > Section 2
 
    


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.

 

 

 

 

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

 

 

Quick Links     
      
Family LawsInsurance LawsEnvironmental lawTax LawFDI 
Company LawTelecommunication LawLabour LawsCentral RulesRBI 
Business & Commercial LawsConsumer lawsCorporate lawsCriminal lawsSEBI 
Intellectual Property lawMedia & Press lawsPharma & Medical lawsProperty lawFEMA 
Debt Recovery LawsAmendmentsProfessional lawBanking LawsLegal Links 
      
      
 
 
India No 1 Business Directory and Classified Portal

 
 
 
 

 
   
 

 

 

Privacy PolicyDisclaimer

Copyright @2010