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Membership of the Fund.- (1) Any advocate practicing in or before any court, tribunal or authority in the State and being a member of a Bar Association or an Advocates Association recognized by the Bar Council may apply to the Trustee Committee for admission as a member of the Fund in such form as may be prescribed. (2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the Trustee Committee shall make enquiry as it deems fit and either admit the applicant to the Fund or, for reasons to be recorded in writing, reject the application : Provided that no order rejecting an application shall be passed unless the applicant has been given an opportunity of being heard. (3) Every applicant shall, alongwith the application, pay, in the prescribed manner, an application fee- (i) in the case of an applicant who, on the date of application has practised for a period of less than ten years, rupees one hundred; and (ii) in the case of an applicant who, on the date of application has practised for a period of ten years or more, rupees two hundred : Provided that when an application is rejected under sub-section (2) the application fee paid by the applicant shall be refunded to him. 1[(4) Every member of the Fund shall pay an annual subscription to the Fund on or before the 30th June every year at the following rates, namely:- Where the standing of the Advocate Two hundred rupees. at the Bar is less than ten years. Where the standing of the Advocate Four hundred rupees: at the Bar is ten years or more 2[Provided that a Member of the Fund may at his option make one time payment of life subscription of five thousand rupees at the time of admission or, thereafter, may opt at any time for life membership by making payment of the balance amount so as to credit to his account total sum of five thousand rupees.]