Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The [Bar Council]1 shall cause to be printed Welfare Stamps for the purposes of this Act, in such design and such denomination as it thinks fit with the words "Welfare Stamp" printed thereon. (2) The State Government shall control the distribution and sale of Welfare Stamps through stamp vendors appointed by it for the sale of court fee stamps or through such other agency as it may deem fit. (3) The State Government shall, at the close of every financial year transfer the sale proceeds of the Welfare Stamps after deducting the costs incurred in [printing (shall be paid to the Bar Council)]2, sale and distribution of the stamps to the account of the Fund. ' (4) The State Government shall furnish to the Trustees Committee a Statement containing the number of welfare stamps [received from the Bar Council and sold, the details of costs deducted, the cost of printing paid to the Bar Council]3 and the amount transferred under this section to the account of the Fund, within three months of such transfer.]2 [(5) The State Government may provide the services of Government Press for printing of welfare stamps on realizing the printing charges.]4 [Provisions in case of non- availability of Welfare Stamps 10-A (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 10, in case of temporary shortage of Welfare Stamps, the value of Welfare Stamps may be paid in cash to such subordinate officer or clerk of the court, tribunal, authority or person as may be specified by such court, tribunal authority or person and such subordinate officer or clerk shall give a receipt for the same which shall be affixed on the Vakalatnama, and such affixation shall have the same effect as if the Welfare Stamp of that amount has been duly affixed in accordance with this Act. (2) The subordinate officer or the clerk receiving the cash under sub- section (1) shall deposit it in the Treasury under such Head as the State Government may by notified order specify in this behalf.]5 Membership of the scheme