THE KERALA ADVOCATES’ CLERKS WELFARE FUND ACT, 2003

THE KERALA ADVOCATES’ CLERKS WELFARE FUND ACT, 2003 

(ACT 27 OF 2003)

CONTENTS

Preamble

Sections

1. Short title and commencement.
2. Definitions.
3. Advocates' Clerks Welfare Fund.
4. Establishment of Welfare Fund Committee.
5. Disqualification and removal of nominated members of the Committee.
6. Resignation by nominated member of the Committee and filling up of

casual vacancies.
7. Meetings of the Committee.
8. Travelling and daily allowance to members of Committee.
9. Act of Committee not to be invalidated by defect etc.
10. Vesting and application of Fund.
11. Functions of the Committee.
12. Borrowing and investment of Funds.
13. Appointment, powers and duties of Secretary.
14. Kerala Advocates' Clerks Welfare Fund Stamp.
15. Recognition and Registration of Advocates’ Clerks Association.
16. Duties of Advocates’ Clerks Association.
17. Members of the Fund.
18. Payment from the Fund on cessation of employment.
19. Restriction on assignment, alienation etc., of interest of member in the

Fund.
20. Group Life Insurance for members and other benefits.
21. Review.
22. Protection of action taken in good faith.
23. Bar of Jurisdiction of Civil Courts.
24. Power to summon witnesses and take evidence.
25. Power to make rules.
26. Control and supervision of the existing Kerala Advocates' Clerks Welfare

Fund Scheme.
27. Amendment of Act 10 of 1960.



THE KERALA ADVOCATES’ CLERKS WELFARE FUND ACT, 2003*

(ACT 27 OF 2003)

An  Act  to  provide  for  the  Constitution  of  a  Welfare  Fund  for  the  Benefit  of
Advocates'  Clerks  in  the  State  of  Kerala  and  for  matters  connected
therewith or incidental thereto.

Preamble.—WHEREAS it  is  expedient to provide for the constitution of a
Welfare Fund for payment of retirement and other benefits to Advocates’ Clerks
in the State of Kerala and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto;

BE it enacted in the Fifty-fourth year of the Republic of India as follows:—

1.  Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Kerala
Advocates’ Clerks Welfare Fund Act, 2003.

(2)  It  shall  come into  force  on  such  date  as  the  Government  may, by
notification in the Gazette, appoint.

2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a) “Advocate” means a person whose name has been entered in the State
Roll of Advocates, prepared and maintained by the Bar Council of Kerala under
section 17 of the Advocates Act, 1961 (Central Act 25 of 1961) and practising as
an Advocate, whether he is a member of a Bar Association or not;

(b)  “Advocates’ Clerk”  means  a  Clerk  employed  by  an  Advocate  and
recognised as such by such Authority and in such manner as may be prescribed
and who is a member of an Advocates’ Clerks Association;

(c) “Advocates’ Clerks Association” means an association of Advocates’
Clerks recognised and registered under section 15;

(d) “Advocate Clerks Welfare Fund Scheme” means the Advocate Clerks
Welfare Fund Scheme, 1985 constituted by the Government as per G.O.(P) No.
3/1985/Fin. dated 1st January, 1985;

(e) “Bar Association” means an Association of Advocates recognised and
registered by the Bar Council under section 13 of the Kerala Advocates’ Welfare
Fund Act, 1980 (21 of 1980);

(f) “Bar Council” means the Bar Council of Kerala;

(g)  “Cessation  of  Employment”  means  removal  of  the  name  of  an
Advocate’s Clerk from the State roll maintained by the committee on account of
his retirement;

* Received the assent of the Governor on the 22nd day of August, 2003 and published in the Kerala Gazette 
Extraordinary No.1618 on 26th day of August, 2003.



(h)  “Committee”  means  the  Kerala  Advocates’  Clerks  Welfare  Fund
Committee constituted under section 4;

(i)  “Dependent”  means  wife,  husband,  father,  mother,  minor  sons  and
unmarried or widowed or divorced daughters;

(j) “Fund” means the Kerala Advocates’ Clerks Welfare Fund constituted
under section 3;

(k) “Government” means the Government of Kerala;

(l) “Member of the Fund” means an Advocate’s Clerk admitted to the fund
and continuing to be a member thereof by paying the subscriptions under the
provisions of this Act;

(m) “Notification” means a notification published in the Kerala Gazette
and the word “Notified”, shall be construed accordingly;

(n) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(o)  “retirement”  means  stoppage of  employment  as  Advocate  Clerk  for
reasons  other  than  for  joining  service  or  for  carrying  on  any  other  gainful
occupation communicated to and recorded in the manner prescribed;

(p) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the committee;

(q)  “stamp”  means  the  Kerala  Advocates’ Clerks  Welfare  Fund  Stamp
printed and distributed under section 14;

(r) “vakkalath” means a vakalathnama, memorandum of appearance or any
other document by which an advocate is empowered to appear and plead before
any court, tribunal or authority.

3.  Advocates' Clerks Welfare Fund.—(1) The Government shall, as soon as
may be after the commencement of this Act, by notification, constitute a fund to
be called the Kerala Advocates’ Clerks Welfare Fund.

(2) There shall be credited to the Fund,—

(a) all amounts collected by way of sale of stamps under section 14;

(b) any voluntary donation or contribution made to the Fund by the Bar
Association or by any other Association or Institution or any Advocate or any
other person;

(c) any sum borrowed under section 12;

(d) application fee, admission fee and annual subscription realised under
section 17;



(e) all sums that may be received from the Life Insurance Corporation of
India or any other recognised Insurance Companies on the death of a member or
beneficiary of the Fund under any Group Insurance policy;

(f) any profit or dividend that may be received from the Life Insurance
Corporation of India or any other Insurance Companies in respect of policies of
Group Insurance of the members of the Fund;

(g) any interest or dividend or other returns on any investment made of
any part of the Fund; and

(h) any amount transferred from the legal benefit fund under sub-section
(3) of section 76 of the Kerala Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1959;

(i) any grants, loans or advances granted by the Central Government or
the State Government or any institution or organisation.

4. 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, 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.

5. Disqualification and removal of nominated members of the Committee.—
(1) A member nominated under clause (e) of sub-section (3) of section 4 shall be
disqualified to be a member of the Committee and shall cease to be such member,
if he,—

(a) becomes of unsound mind; or

(b) is adjudged as insolvent; or

(c)  is  absent  without  leave  of  the  Committee  for  more  than  three
consecutive meetings of the Committee:

Provided that the member ceasing to hold office under this clause may be
restored  by  the  Committee,  if  such  member  makes  an  application  for  the
condonation  of  his  absence  and  the  Committee  is  satisfied  that  there  was
sufficient cause for such absence; or

(d) is a perpetual defaulter to the Fund (in case he is a member of the
Fund) or has committed breach of trust; or

(e)  is  convicted  by  a  criminal  court  for  an  offence  involving  moral
turpitude, unless such conviction has been set aside on appeal.

(2) The Government may remove any member who is or has become
disqualified under sub- section (1), from membership of the Committee:

Provided that  no order  removing any member shall  be passed unless the
member has been given an opportunity of being heard.

6.  Resignation by nominated member of  the Committee and filling up of
casual vacancies.—(1) Any member nominated under clause (e) of sub-section
(3)  of section 4 may resign his office by giving one month notice in writing to the
Chairman of the Committee and from the date of acceptance of resignation by the
Chairman, he shall be deemed to have vacated his office.

(2) Any casual vacancy in the office of a member referred to in sub-section
(1) shall be filled up, as soon as may be and a member so nominated to fill such
vacancy  shall  hold  office  only  for  the  remaining  portion  of  the  term  of  his
predecessor.

7. Meetings of the Committee.—(1) The Committee shall meet at least once
in three months or more often, if found necessary, to transact its business.

(2) Four members of the Committee shall form the quorum for a meeting
of the Committee.



(3) The Chairman or in his absence, a member elected by the Members
present at the meeting, shall preside over a meeting of the Committee.

(4)  Any matter  coming up before a meeting of the Committee shall  be
decided by a majority of the members present and voting at the meeting and, in
the case of any equality of votes, the Chairman or the member presiding over the
meeting shall have and exercise a casting vote.

8.  Travelling  and  daily  allowance  to  members  of  Committee.—The
nominated  members  of  the Committee  shall  be  eligible  to  get  such travelling
allowance and daily allowance as may be prescribed.

9.  Act of Committee not to be invalidated by defect etc.—No act done or
proceedings taken under this Act or the rules made thereunder by the Committee
shall be invalidated merely by reason of,—

(a) any vacancy or defect in the constitution of the Committee; or

(b) any defect or irregularity in the election of any person as a member
thereof; or

(c) any defect or irregularity in such act or proceedings not affecting the
merits of the case.

10. Vesting and application of Fund.—The Fund shall vest in and be held by
the Committee in such manner as may be prescribed and, subject to the provisions
of this Act and the rules made thereunder, be utilised only for the purposes of
granting pension benefits and other benefits.

11.  Functions  of  the  Committee.—(1)  It  shall  be  the  function  of  the
Committee to administer the fund.

(2) In the administration of the Fund, the Committee shall, subject to the
provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder,—

(a) hold the amounts and asset belonging to the Fund;

(b) receive applications for admission or re-admission as a member of
the Fund and dispose of such applications, as far as possible, within sixty days
from the date of receipt thereof;

(c) receive applications from the members of the Fund, their nominees
or legal representatives, as the case may be, for payment out of the Fund, conduct
such enquiry as  it  deems necessary for  the disposal  of  such applications,  and
dispose such applications, as far as possible, within five months from the date of
receipt thereof;

(d) pay to the applicants amounts at the prescribed rates;



(e) maintain such accounts and registers and send such periodical and
annual reports to the Government as may be prescribed;

(f)  control  and  supervise  the  Kerala  Advocate  Clerks  Welfare  Fund
Scheme, 1985;

(g) do such other acts as are, or may be required to be done under this
Act and the rules made thereunder.

(3) The Committee may delegate any of its functions entrusted to it under
this Act to the Secretary or any other officer appointed by the Committee.

12. Borrowing and investment of Funds.—(1) The Committee, may with the
prior approval of the Government, borrow from time to time any sum required for
carrying out the purposes of this Act.

(2) The Committee shall deposit all moneys and receipts forming part of
the Fund in the Treasury Accounts or in any Scheduled Banks as defined in the
Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (Central Act 2 of 1934) or invest the same in
loans to any corporation owned or controlled by the Central Government or the
State  Government  or  in  loans  floated  by  the  Central  Government  or  State
Government, with the approval of the Government or in any other manner as may
be prescribed.

(3)  All  amounts  due  and  payable  under  this  Act  and  all  expenditure
relating to the management and administration of the Fund shall be paid out of the
Fund.

(4)  The  accounts  of  the  Committee  shall  be  audited  annually  by  a
Chartered Accountant appointed by the Committee, with the prior approval of the
Government.

(5) The accounts as certified by the auditor together with the audit report
thereon  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  Government  by  the  Committee  and  the
Government may issue such directions as it deems fit to the Committee in respect
thereof  and shall  place  such accounts  and the  audit  report  thereon before  the
Legislative Assembly.

(6)  The  Committee  shall  comply  with  the  directions  issued  by  the
Government under sub-section (5).

13. Appointment, powers and duties of Secretary.—(1) The Government may
appoint an officer of the Law Department not below the rank of Deputy Secretary,
on deputation basis, as Secretary of the Committee.

(2) The Secretary of the Committee shall,—

(a) be the Chief Executive authority of the Committee and he shall be
responsible for carrying out its decisions, represent the Committee in all suits and
proceedings by and against the Committee;



(b)  authenticate  by his signature all  decisions and instructions of  the
Committee;

(c) operate the bank accounts of the Committee;

(d)  convene meetings  of  the  Committee  and prepare  its  minutes  and
implement the decisions;

(e) attend the meetings of the Committee with all necessary records and
information;

(f)  maintain  such  forms,  registers  and  other  records,  as  may  be
prescribed from time to time and do all correspondence relating to the Committee;

(g)  prepare  an  annual  statement  of  business  transaction  by  the
Committee during each Financial Year; and 

(h) do such acts as may be directed by the Committee.

(3) The Committee may appoint such number of officers as are necessary
for the functioning of the Committee in such manner and in accordance with such
terms and conditions as may be prescribed or on deputation basis.

14.  Kerala  Advocates'  Clerks  Welfare  Fund  Stamp.—(1)  There  shall  be
printed at  the Government  Press  by the Committee in such form and in such
manner as may be prescribed stamps of the 1[value of twelve rupees] inscribed as
“the Kerala Advocates’ Clerks Welfare Fund Stamp”.

(2) Every Vakalath filed before any court,  authority or tribunal shall  be
affixed with a stamp as specified in sub-section (1), in addition to the court fee
stamps, if any, and the stamps to be affixed under any other Act and no Vakalath
shall be valid unless it is so stamped:

Provided that this sub-section shall not apply to any Vakalath filed on behalf
of the Central or State Government.

(3) Every stamp affixed in Vakalaths filed before any court,  tribunal or
other authority shall be cancelled in the manner provided in the Kerala Court Fees
and Suits Valuation Act, 1959 (10 of 1960).

(4) The custody of the stamps printed under this section shall be with the
Committee and, the supply and sale of stamps shall be in such manner as may be
prescribed.

15. Recognition and Registration of Advocates’ Clerks Association.—(1) All
association of Advocates’ Clerks functioning on the date of commencement of
this Act, in any court headquarters may, before a date to be notified by Committee
in this behalf apply to the Committee in such form and in such manner as may be
prescribed, for recognition and registration as an Advocates’ Clerk Association

1 Substituted by Act 10 of 2013 ( w.e.f.15th day of January, 2013 ).



under  this  Act  and  any  association  of  Advocates’ Clerks  constituted  after  the
commencement of this Act may apply for such registration within three months
from the date of its constitution.

(2) Every application for recognition and registration shall be accompanied
by the rules or bye laws of the association, name and address of the office bearers
of the association, and an up-to-date list of the members of the association with
name, address, age and the ordinary place of employment of such member.

(3) The Committee may, after such inquiry as it deems necessary recognise
the Association as  an Advocates’ Clerks Association and issue a  certificate  of
recognition and registration in such form as may be prescribed.

(4)  The  decision  of  the  Committee  regarding  the  recognition  and
registration of an Association shall be final.

16.  Duties of Advocates’ Clerks Association.—(1) Every Advocates' Clerks
Association  shall,  on  or  before  15th  April  of  every  year,  intimate  to  the
Committee a list of the members as on 31st March of that year.

(2) Every Advocates’ Clerks Association shall intimate in writing to the
Committee of,—

(a) any change of the office bearers of the Advocates’ Clerks Association
within fifteen days from such change ;

(b)  any  change  in  number  of  members  including  admission  and  re-
admission within thirty days of such changes ;

(c) the death or retirement of any of its members within thirty days from
the date of occurrence thereof; and

(d) such other matters as may be required by the Committee from time to
time.

(3)  Every  Advocates’  Clerks  Association  shall,  when  required  by  the
Committee, collect and remit to the Fund in such manner as may be prescribed
the subscription payable by its members to the Fund.

17.  Members of the Fund.—(1) Every Advocates’ Clerk in the State may
apply to the Committee in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed for
admission as a member of the Fund:

Provided that no person employed as an Advocates’ Clerk after retiring from
the service of the Central Government or the State Government or any Public
Sector Undertaking with any retirement benefit, shall be eligible for membership
to the Fund.



(2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the Committee shall
make such enquiry as it deems fit and either admit the applicant to the fund or for
reasons to be recorded in writing reject the application:

Provided that no order rejecting an application shall be passed unless the
applicant has been given an opportunity of being heard:

Provided  further  that  any  person  aggrieved  by  an  order  rejecting  his
application for membership may prefer an appeal to the Government.

(3)  Every applicant  shall  pay an application fee of  one hundred rupees
along with the application in such manner as may be prescribed.

(4) Every applicant shall pay to the Fund an admission fee of two hundred
and fifty rupees at the time of admission in such manner as may be prescribed.

1[(5)  Every  member  of  the  Fund  shall  pay  to  the  Fund  an  annual
subscription of one thousand two hundred rupees and if it is paid in lump sum,
shall be paid on or before 30th June of every year and, if not, shall be paid in
three  equal  instalments  on  or  before  30th  June,  30th  September  and  31st
December respectively:

Provided that the members who fail to remit the annual subscription in lump
sum or in instalments within the specified time limit as aforesaid, shall remit such
arrears with interest at twelve per cent on or before 31st December.

(5A)  Every  existing  member  shall  remit  the  arrears  of  the  annual
subscription due for the period from the 1st day of April, 2004 to the 26th day of
November, 2010, the date on which the Kerala Advocates’ Clerks Welfare Fund
(Amendment)  Ordinance,  2010 (57 of  2010),  was published in the gazette,  in
three equal instalments, before 31st December, 2010, 30th June, 2011 and 31st
December, 2011, respectively:

Provided that  those who fail  to remit  any instalment  on 31st  December,
2011 shall remit such arrears with twelve per cent interest in equal instalments not
exceeding six before 30th September, 2012.]

(6) Any member of the Fund who fails to remit the annual subscription for a
year 2[before 31st December] of that year shall be liable to be removed from the
membership of the Fund.

(7) A person removed from the membership of the Fund under Sub-section
(6) shall be re-admitted to the Fund on payment of the arrears with interest at
twelve per cent per annum within six months from the date of such removal.

1 Substituted by Act 10 of 2013 (w.e.f 1st day of April,2004).
2 Substituted by Act 10 of 2013(w.e.f 1st day of April,2004).



(8)  Every  member  of  the  Fund  shall,  at  the  time  of  admission,  make a
nomination conferring on one or more dependents the right to receive the amount
from the Fund in the event of his death.

(9) If more than one person is nominated, the amount or share payable to
each nominee shall be specified in the nomination.

(10) A member the Fund may at any time cancel a nomination by sending a
notice in writing to the Committee along with a fresh nomination.

(11)  Where  on  receipt  of  a  complaint  or  otherwise,  the  Committee  has
reason to believe that an Advocates’ Clerk secured admission as a member of the
Fund by misrepresentation, fraud or undue influence, it shall be competent for the
Committee to remove the name of such Advocates’ Clerk from the membership of
the Fund:

Provided  that  no  order  under  this  sub-section  shall  be  passed  unless  the
person likely to be adversely affected has been given an opportunity of being
heard.

18. Payment from the Fund on cessation of employment.—(1) A member of
the Fund shall, on cessation of employment, be entitled to receive from and out of
the Fund a consolidated amount and pension based on his number of years of
employment as an Advocates’ Clerk at such rates as may be prescribed.

(2) In the event of death of a member, a consolidated amount as may be
prescribed shall  be  paid  to  the  nominee or  where  there  is  no  nominee to  his
dependents.

(3) A member of the Fund may withdraw his membership at any time after
five years of his admission as a member of the Fund and on such withdrawal he
shall be entitled to receive from out of the Fund a consolidated amount, based on
his number of years of employment as an Advocates’ Clerk at such rates as may
be prescribed. Such persons shall be eligible for re-admission to the Fund as a
new member subject to such conditions as may be prescribed:

Provided  that  a  member  suffering  from  permanent  disablement  may
withdraw his membership within five years of his admission to the Fund.

(4) For calculating the period of completed years of employment for the
purpose of payment under this Act, every two years employment as an Advocates’
Clerk, if any, before the admission as a member to the Fund shall be computed as
one year of employment and added on to the number of years of employment
after such admission.

(5)  An  application  for  payment  from  the  Fund  shall  be  made  to  the
Committee in such form as may be prescribed.



(6)  The  Committee  shall  dispose  of  an  application  received  under  sub-
section (5) after such enquiry, as it deems necessary.

1[(7) A member whose membership has ceased and received pension and
other benefits shall not be eligible for re-admission in the Fund.]

19.  Restriction on assignment, alienation etc., of interest of member in the
Fund.—(1) The interest or the right of a member of the Fund or his nominee or
legal heirs to receive any amount from the Fund, shall not be assigned, alienated
or charged.

(2) No creditor shall be entitled to proceed against the Fund or the interest
therein of any member of the Fund or his nominee or legal heirs.

Explanation.—For the purpose of this section “creditor” includes the State,  or
official  assignee  or  official  receiver  appointed  under  the  law
relating to insolvency for the time being in force.

20. Group Life Insurance for members and other benefits.—The Committee
may for the Welfare of the members of the Fund,—

(a)  take  from  the  Life  Insurance  Corporation  of  India  or  any  other
recognised Insurance Company policies of Group Insurance in the name of the
members of the Fund, and

(b) provide for medical and educational facilities, and such other benefits
including pension as may be prescribed for the members of the Fund and their
dependents:

Provided  that  no  schemes  in  respect  of  pension  shall  be  made  by  the
committee, except with the prior approval of the Government.

21.  Review.—The  Committee  may,  suo-motu,  at  any  time  or  on  an
application from any interested person within ninety days of any order passed by
it, review any such order:

Provided that the Committee shall not pass any order adversely affecting any
person  unless  such  person  has  been  given  an  opportunity  for  making  his
representation.

22.  Protection of action taken in good faith.—(1) No suit, prosecution or
other legal proceedings shall lie against any person or anything which is in good
faith  done or  intended to be done in  pursuance of  this Act  or  any rule  made
thereunder.

(2) No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Committee for
any damage caused or likely to be caused by anything which is in good faith done
or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or any rule made thereunder.

1 Inserted by Act 10 of 2013 (w.e.f. 26th day of November,2010).



23.  Bar  of  Jurisdiction  of  Civil  Courts.—No  Civil  Court  shall  have
jurisdiction to settle, decide or deal with any question or determine any matter
which is by or under this Act required to be settled,  decided or dealt  with or
determined by the Committee.

24. Power to summon witnesses and take evidence.—The Committee shall,
for  the purposes of  any enquiry under this  Act,  have the same powers  as  are
vested in a Civil Court while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure,
1908 (Central Act V of 1908) in respect of the following matters, namely:—

(a) enforcing the attendance of any person or examining him on oath;

(b) requiring the discovery and production of documents;

(c) receiving evidence on affidavit; and

(d) issuing Commission for the examination of witnesses.

25.  Power to make rules.—(1) The Government may, by notification, make
rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

(2) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it
is made, before the Legislative Assembly while it is in session for a total period of
14 days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions and
if,  before  the  expiry  of  the  session in  which it  is  so laid or  the  next  session
immediately following, the Legislative Assembly makes any modification in the
rule or decides that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have
effect  only in such modified form or be of  no effect,  as the case may be,  so
however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to
the validity of anything previously done under that rule.

26. Control and supervision of the existing Kerala Advocates' Clerks Welfare
Fund Scheme.—1[(1)] On and from the date of commencement of this Act the
control and supervision of the existing Kerala Advocates’ Clerks Welfare Fund
Scheme shall be with the Committee.

2[(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Kerala Advocates' Clerks
Welfare Fund Scheme,1985, all kinds of assets and liabilities of the said scheme
shall be transferred to the Committee constituted under section 4 of this Act.]

27.  Amendment of Act 10 of 1960.—Notwithstanding anything contained in
section 76 of the Kerala Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1959 (10 of 1960),
an amount equal to 3[thirty per cent] of the legal benefit fund collected under the
said section shall be transferred every year to the Fund constituted under this Act.

1 Numbered by Act 10 of 2013.
2 Inserted by Act 10 of 2013 (w.e.f. 18th day of November,2011).
3 Substituted by Act 10 of 2013 (w.e.f. 1st day of April,2012).