Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Membership of Fund.– (1) Any Advocate who permanently resides in the State of Goa and practices before any Court or any Tribunal, or any other authority or person legally authorized to take evidence or to adjudicate or decide any disputes in the State and is a member of a Bar Association recognized under section 17, may apply in the prescribed form to the Board for admission as a member of the Fund. (2) Every application shall be accompanied with a sum of Rs. 300/- towards admission fees. (3) On receipt of an application under sub-section (2), the Board shall make such inquiries as it deems fit and either admit the application to the Fund or for reasons to be recorded in writing, reject the application: Provided that no order rejecting the application shall be passed unless the applicant has been given an opportunity of being heard. (4) In the event of rejection of an application the admission fee paid alongwith application shall be refunded to the applicant; (5) The applicant whose application is rejected under sub-section (3), may prefer an appeal to such authority as may be prescribed and the decision of such authority on the appeal shall be final. (6) The appeal shall be accompanied by the order appealed against. (7) The appeal shall be filed within thirty days from the date of receipt of order appealed against. (8) Every member shall pay an annual subscription to the Fund on or before the 30th June of every year at the following rates, namely:– Where the standing of the Advocate at the Bar is Two hundred rupees. 5 years or more but less than 15 years. Where the standing of the Advocate at the Bar is Five hundred rupees. 15 years or more. Where standing of senior Advocate at the Bar One thousand rupees. practising before High Court is 10 years or more.