Bare ActsThe Punjab Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 2002

Section 5

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No person shall be nominated and continue as a member of the Trustee Committee under clause (e) of sub-section (3) or sub-section (5) of section 4, if he: - (a) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent Court; or (b) is, or at any time has been, adjudicated insolvent; or (c) is or has been convicted by a criminal court for an offence involving moral turpitude, unless such conviction has been set aside; or (d) is a defaulter to the Fund; or (e) is debarred from practicing on the ground of professional or other misconduct; or 1 Substituted for words “a practicing Advocate of the State of Punjab to be co-opted by the other members of the Trustee Committee for a period of five years and his term shall be co-terminus with term of the Bar Council- members” by Punjab Act No. 24 of 2014, Section 2 2 Substituted by Punjab Act No. 24 of 2014, Section 2 Disqualification and removal of nominated members. (f) ceases to be an Advocate under the Advocates Act, 1961.

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