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(1) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, establish, with effect from such date as may be specified therein, a Committee to be called the Kerala Advocates' Welfare Fund Trustee Committee. (2) The Trustee Committee shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and common seal with power to acquire and hold property and shall, by the said name, sue and be sued. (3) The Trustee Committee shall consist of-- (a) the Advocate General of Kerala, who shall be the Chairman of the Trustee Committee, ex-officio; (b) the Law Secretary to Government, ex-officio; (c) a member nominated by the Government; (d) [three members] of the Bar Council, nominated by it; (e) the treasurer of the Bar Council, who shall be the treasurer of the Trustee Committee, ex-officio; (f) the Secretary of the Bar Council, who shall be the Secretary of the Trustee Committee, ex-officio; [(g) the President of the Kerala Bar Federation, ex-officio.] (4) A member nominated by the Government under clause (c) of sub-section (3) shall hold office for a term of four years. (5) A member nominated by the Bar Council under clause (d) of sub-section (3) shall hold office for a term of four years or for the duration of his membership in the Bar Council, whichever is less. Substituted by Act 21 of 1989, for "two members" (w.e.f. 06/05/1989). Inserted by Act 21 of 1989 (w.e.f. 06/05/1989).