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Establishment of Welfare Fund Committee.—(1) The Government shall, bynotification, establish with effect from such date as may be specified therein, a Committee to becalled the Himachal Pradesh Advocate's Clerks Welfare Fund Committee. (2) The Committee shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a commonseal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and shall, by the said name, sue or besued. (3) The Committee shall consists of the following, namely:— (a) the Chairman of the Himachal Pradesh -ex-officio- Chairman; Bar Council (b) the Secretary (Law)to the Government - ex-officio Member; (c) the Secretary (Home) to the Government -ex-officio Member; H. P. ADVOCATE’S CLERKS WELFARE FUND ACT, 2015 5 (d) the Secretary (Finance) to the -ex-officio Member; Government (e) the Registrar General of Himachal -ex-officio Member; Pradesh High Court (f) three members to be nominated from amongst the Advocate’s clerks by suchauthority and in such manner as may be prescribed, of whom one shall benominated by the Committee as the State Treasurer of the Fund; and (g) the Secretary to be appointed by the Chairman in accordance with suchregulations as may be made by the Committee in respect of the recruitment andconditions of service of the Secretary: Provided that the Secretary so appointed shall not have the right to vote at the meetings ofthe Committee. (4) In case the Secretary (Law), Secretary (Home) or Secretary (Finance) to theGovernment is unable to attend the meeting of the Committee for any reason, he may depute anyofficer of his Department not below the rank of Deputy Secretary to attend the meeting. (5) In case the Registrar General of Himachal Pradesh High Court is unable to attend themeeting of the Committee for any reason, he may depute any officer not below the rank of DeputyRegistrar to attend the meeting. (6) A member nominated under clause (f) of sub-section (3) shall hold office for a term ofthree years from the date of such nomination or until he ceases to be a member of the Advocate’sClerks Association, whichever is earlier. (7) The Secretary shall be paid such remuneration out of the Fund as may be prescribed.