Section 4 — Establishment of Trustee Committee.

(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.

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(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.

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(3) The Trustee Committee shall consist of the following members, namely:-

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(a) the Advocate General of Maharashtra, who shall be the Chairman of the Trustee Committee, ex officio;

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(b) the Secretary to Government, Law and Judiciary Department of the Government of Maharashtra, ex officio;

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(c) three members nominated by the State Government;

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(d) two members of the Bar Council nominated by the Bar Council;

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(e) the accountant of the Bar Council, who shall be the treasurer of the Trustee Committee, ex officio; and

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(f) the Secretary of the Bar Council, who shall be the secretary of the Trustee Committee, ex officio.

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(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.

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(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.