Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
( 1 ) The State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette , establish, with effect from such date as may be specified therein, a Committee to be called the Maharashtra Advocates Welfare Fund Trustee Committee. ( 2 ) The Trustee Committee shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract and shall by the said name sue and be sued. ( 3 ) The Trustee Committee shall consist of the following members, namely:- ( a ) the Advocate General of Maharashtra, who shall be the Chairman of the Trustee Committee, ex officio ; (b) the Secretary to Government, Law and Judiciary Department of the Government of Maharashtra, ex officio ; ( c ) three members nominated by the State Government; ( d ) two members of the Bar Council nominated by the Bar Council; ( e ) the accountant of the Bar Council, who shall be the treasurer of the Trustee Committee, ex officio ; and ( f ) the Secretary of the Bar Council, who shall be the secretary of the Trustee Committee, ex officio . ( 4 ) A member nominated by the State Government under clause ( c ) of sub-section ( 3 ) shall hold office for a term of four years, unless the State Government terminates his nomination earlier or he is removed under sub-section ( 2 ) of section 5 or he resigns his membership and his resignation is accepted by the State Government under sub-section ( 1 ) of section 6. ( 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, unless he is removed under sub-section ( 2 ) of section 5 or he resigns his membership and his resignation is accepted by the Bar Council under sub-section ( 1 ) of section 6.