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Establishment of Welfare Fund Committee.—(1) The Government may, by notification, establish with effect from such date as may be specified therein, a Committee to be called "the Kerala Advocates' Clerks Welfare Fund Committee". (2) The Committee shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire hold and dispose of property and shall by the said name, sue and be sued. (3) The Committee shall consist of the following members, namely:— (a) the Secretary to Government, Law Department—ex-officio who shall be the Chairman of the Committee; (b) an officer from the Finance Department not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary to be nominated by the Government—Member; (c) an Advocate nominated by the State Bar Council—Member; (d) an officer of the Law Department not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to be nominated by the Government—Member; (e) three members to be nominated by the Government from among the Advocates' Clerks; (f) the Secretary of the Committee to be appointed by the Government under section 13: Provided that the Secretary shall not have the right to vote at the meetings of the Committee. (4) A member nominated under clause (e) of sub-section (3) shall hold office for a term of three years or until he ceases to be a member of the Advocates' Clerks Association 5 whichever is earlier; (5) A member nominated under clauses (b) and (d) and appointed under clause (f) of sub-section (3) shall hold office during the pleasure of the Government;