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GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS

THE PUNJAB ADVOCATES WELFARE FUND ACT, 2002

(PUNJAB ACT 4 OF 2002)

(As amended upto the 15th July, 2025)

2025

THE PUNJAB ADVOCATES WELFARE FUND ACT, 2002

CONTENTS

Preamble

Sections

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

1. Short title and commencement

2. Definitions

CHAPTER II

CONSTITUTION OF THE FUND AND ITS ADMINISTRATION

3. Constitution of Fund

CHAPTER III

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUSTEE COMMITTE

4. Establishment of the Trustee Committee

5. Disqualification and removal of nominated members

6. Resignation and casual vacancy

7. Acts of the Trustee Committee not to be invalidated by vacancy, defect or

irregularity

8. Functions of the Trustee Committee

9. Powers and duties of Secretary

10. Borrowing and investment

11. Accounts and Audit

12. Contribution by the Bar Council

CHAPTER IV

FRAMING OF SCHEMES

13. Framing of schemes

CHAPTER V

BAR ASSOCIATION, ITS REGISTRATION, DUTIES AND

FUNCTIONS

14. Recognition and Registration of Bar Association

15. Duties of Bar Associations

CHAPTER VI

MEMBERSHIP OF FUND AND PAYMENT THEREFROM

16. Membership of the Fund and payment there-from

17. Payment from the fund on cessation of practice

18. Restriction on alienation and attachment etc. of interest of member in the

Fund

CHAPTER VII

PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF STAMPS

19. Printing and distribution of stamps by theTrustee Committee

20. Affixation of Stamps

21. Cancellation of Fund Stamps

CHAPTER VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

22. Meeting of the Trustee Committee

23. Manner of holding Meeting

24. Bar of jurisdiction of Civil Courts

25. Power to summon witnesses and to take evidence

26. Appeal against decision of the Trustee Committee

27. Power to amend the Schedule

28. Power to make rules

29. Power to make regulations

30. Repeal and Savings

 Schedule

1THE PUNJAB ADVOCATES WELFARE FUND ACT, 2002

(PUNJAB ACT NO.4 OF 2002)

[Received the assent of the Governor of Punjab on the 15th January, 2002,

and was first published for general information in Punjab Government

Gazette (Extraordinary), Legislative Supplement, dated the 29th January,

2002.]

1 2 3 4

Year No. Short Title Whether repealed or otherwise

affected by the legislation

2002 4 The Punjab

Advocates Welfare

Fund Act, 2002

Amended by Punjab Act No.

11 of 2010

Amended by Punjab Act No.

18 of 2010

Amended by Punjab Act No.

24 of 2014

An Act to provide for the constitution of a Fund and utilisation thereof for

promotion of welfare of the Advocates belonging to the State of Punjab and

for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Fifty-second

Year of the Republic of India as follows: -

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Advocates Welfare Fund

Act, 2002.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

1 For statement of Objects and Reasons, see Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), dated the 31st

December, 2001, Page 1918.

Short title and

commencement.

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a) "Advocate" means a person whose name has

been entered in the roll of Advocates prepared and

maintained by the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana

under section 17 of the Advocates Act, 1961 and who

is practicing as an Advocate and is a member of Bar

Association;

(b) "Bar Association" means an association of Advocates,

recognised by the Bar Council under section 14;

Punjab, Haryana and Union Territory of Chandigarh

constituted under section 3 of the Advocates Act,

1961;

(d) "Cessation of practice" means removal of the name of

an Advocate from the roll of Advocates maintained by

the Bar Council on account of his retirement or death

or on account of physical disability or on ground of

professional misconduct;

(e) "court" means the High Court of a civil, revenue,

criminal, labour or any other Court or Tribunal or

authority, by whatever name called, acting in the

proceedings of judicial or quasi-judicial nature;

(f) "dependent" means wife, husband, father, mother and

unmarried minor children of a member of the Fund

and includes his widowed daughter and major

children, who suffer from physical disability or

Definitions.

insanity and who are maintained by him or such of

them who survive on his death;

(g) "Fund" means the Advocates Welfare Fund constituted

under section 3;

(h) "Member of the Fund" means an Advocate admitted to

the benefit of the Fund and continuing to be a member

thereof under the provisions of this Act;

(i) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under

this Act;

(j) "regulation" means regulations made by the Trustee

Committee with the approval of the Bar Council under

this Act;

(k) "retirement" means stoppage of practice as an

Advocate for reasons other than joining service or for

carrying on any other gainful occupation,

communicated to and recorded by the Bar Council;

(l) "section" means a section of this Act;

(m) "Stamp" means the Punjab Advocates Welfare Fund

Stamp printed and distributed under section 19;

(n) "State" means the State of Punjab;

(o) "suspension of practice" means voluntary suspension

of practices as an Advocate or suspension by the Bar

Council for profession or other misconduct;

(p) "Trustee Committee" means a Trustee Committee

established under section 4; and

(q) "Vakalatnama" means a power of attorney,

memorandum of appearance or any other document by

which an Advocate is empowered to appear or plead

any court.

CHAPTER II

CONSTITUTION OF THE FUND AND ITS ADMINISTRATION

3. (1) With effect from the date of establishment of the Trustee

Committee under sub-section (1) of section 4, there shall be constituted a

Fund to be called the Punjab Advocates Welfare Fund.

(2) There shall be credited to the Fund: -

(a) a grant of two lac rupees on one time basis to be made

available by the State Government;

(b) sixty per cent of the funds collected under the Punjab

and Haryana Advocates Welfare Rules by the Bar

council which are available on the date of

commencement of this Act;

(d) any contribution made by the Bar Council;

(e) any voluntary donation or contribution made to the

Fund by the Bar Council of India, any Bar

Association, any other association or institution, any

Advocate or any other person;

(f) grant, if any, made by the Central Government or the

State Government or other authority;

Constitution

of Fund.

(g) any sum borrowed under section 10;

(h) any profit or dividend received from the Life Insurance

Corporation of India or any other Company or

Corporation authorised by the Government of India in

respect of policies of group insurance of the members

of the Fund or any profit or dividend received from the

insurer;

(i) any interest or dividend other return or any investment

made of any part of the Fund; and

(j) all sums collected under section 16 by way of

application fees, membership fee or other

subscriptions and Interest thereon.

(3) The sums specified in sub-section (2), shall be paid to, or

collected by such agencies, at such intervals and in such manner, and the

accounts of the Fund shall be maintained in such manner, as may be

prescribed.

(4) The Fund shall vest in and administered by the Trustee

Committee subject to the provisions and for the purposes of this Act.

CHAPTER III

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUSTEE COMMITTEE

4. (1) The State Government may, by notification, establish with

effect from such date as may be specified therein, a Trustee Committee to

be called the Punjab Advocates Welfare Fund Trustee Committee.

Establishment

of the 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 shall by the said name, sue and be sued.

(3) The Trustee Committee shall consist of: -

(a) 1[The Advocate General will be the Chairman as ex-

officio member];

(b) 2[The Chairman Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana

ex-officio member];

Department of Home Affairs and Justice or his

nominee-Ex-Officio Member;

(d) the Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab,

Department of Finance or his nominee-Ex-Officio

member;

(e) three other members of the Bar Council belonging to

the State of Punjab, nominated by the State

Government in consultation with the Advocate

General, Punjab, from amongst its elected members;

(f) the Secretary of the Trustee Committee, who will be

nominated by the Chairman of the Trustee

Committee; and

1 Substituted for words “the Chairman of the Bar Council, if he belongs to the State of Punjab, otherwise, the

Advocate General, Punjab, will be the Chairman” by Punjab Act No. 24 of 2014, Section 2
2 Substituted for words “the Advocate-General of Punjab-Ex-Officio member” by Punjab Act No. 24 of 2014,

Section 2

(g) 1[three practising Advocates to be nominated by the

Advocate General, Punjab in consultation with the

State Government for a period of five years].

(4) A member nominated from the Bar Council under clause (e)

of sub-section (3), shall hold office for a term of five years or for the term

of his membership in the Bar Council, whichever is less.

2[(5) three members to be nominated by the State Government

from amongst the Advocates registered with the Bar Council of Punjab

and Haryana.]

5. 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

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.

6. (1) Any member nominated under clause (e) of sub-section (3)

or sub-section (5) of section 4 by the Bar Council or the State Government,

as the case may be, may resign his office by giving three months' notice in

writing to the Chairman of the Trustee Committee and on such resignation

being accepted by the Chairman, the said member shall be deemed to have

vacated his office.

(2) If any member nominated under clause (e) and co-opted

under clause (g) of subsection (3) and nominated under sub-section (5) of

section 4, -

(a) becomes subject to any of the disqualifications

mentioned in section 5; or

(b) is absent without leave from the Trustee Committee

for more than three consecutive meetings of Trustee

Committee, his seat shall thereupon become vacant.

(3) A casual vacancy of a nominated or co-opted member

arising under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), shall be filed in as soon

as possible in the same manner and for the same term as is mentioned in

Section 4.

7. No act done or proceedings taken under this Act or the rules made

there under, by the Trustee Committee, shall be invalid merely by reason

of, -

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

Trustee Committee; or

Resignation

and casual

vacancy.

Acts of the

Trustee

Committee

not to be

invalidated by

vacancy,

defect or

irregularity.

Central Act 25 of

1961.

(b) any defect or irregularity in the nomination of any

person as a member thereof; or

not affecting the merit of the case.

8. (1) In the administration of the Fund, the Trustee Committee

shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder,-

(a) collect, preserve, manage and utilise the fund;

(b) hold the amounts and assets belonging to the fund;

the Fund and dispose of such applications within

ninety days from the date of receipt thereof;

(d) receive applications from the members of the Fund,

their nominees, dependents or legal representatives,

as the case may be, for payment out of the Fund, and

conduct such enquiry as it deems necessary for the

disposal of such applications and shall dispose of the

applications within ninety days from the date of receipt

thereof;

(e) record in the minutes book of the Trustee Committee

its decision on the applications received under clauses

(f) pay to the applicant amount at the rate

specified in the Schedule;

(g) send such periodical and annual reports as may be

prescribed to the State Government and the Bar

Council;

Functions of

the Trustee

Committee.

(h) communicate to the applicant by registered post with

acknowledgement due its decision on the application for

admission or re- admission to the Fund or claims to the

benefit of the fund;

(i) appoint such officers and employees as it may

think necessary for carrying out the purposes of this

Act on such terms and conditions as may be

prescribed; and

(j) do such other acts as are, or may be, required to be done

by it under this Act and the rules made thereunder.

(2) The Bar Council or the Trustee Committee may give to the

Bar Association such directions as, in its opinion are necessary or

expedient for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

9. The Secretary of the Trustee Committee shall, -

(a) by the Chief Executive Authority of the Trustee

Committee and responsible for carrying out its

decision;

(b) represent the Trustee Committee in all suits and

proceedings for and against the Trustee Committee;

instructions of the Trustee committee;

(d) operate the bank accounts to the Trustee Committee

jointly with the Chairman of the Trustee Committee or

his nominee;

(e) convene meetings of the Trustee committee and

record its minutes;

(f) attend the meetings of the Trustee Committee with all

necessary records and information;

Powers and

duties of

Secretary.

(g) maintain such forms, registers and other records as

may be prescribed from time to time and do all

correspondence relating to the Trustee Committee;

(h) prepare an annual statement of business transacted by

the Trustee Committee during each financial year; and

(i) do such other acts as may be directed by the Trustee

Committee or its Chairman.

10. (1) The Trustee Committee may, with the prior approval of the

State Government and the Bar Council, borrow from time to time any

sum required for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

(2) The Trustee Committee shall deposit all moneys and receipts

forming part of the Fund in any Schedule Bank or invest the same in loan

to any corporation owned or controlled by the Central Government or the

State Government or in loan floated by the Central Government or the

State Government or in any other manner as the Trustee Committee may,

from time to time, decide with the approval of the Bar Council.

(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.

11. (1) The Trustee Committee shall keep and maintain books of

accounts and other books in such form and in such manner as may be

prescribed.

(2) The accounts of the Trustee Committee shall be audited

annually by a Chartered Accountant appointed by it.

(3) The Accounts of the Trustee Committee as audited by the

Chartered Accountant together with his audit report, shall be forwarded to

the Bar Council by the Trustee Committee and Bar Council may issue

such directions, as it deems fit, to the Trustee Committee in respect

thereof.

Borrowing and

investment.

Accounts and

Audit.

(4) The Trustee Committee shall comply with the directions

issued by the Bar Council under sub-section (3);

(5) The Trustee Committee shall pay from the Fund the charges

for the audit.

12. The Bar Council shall contribute to the Fund an amount at such

rate, of the enrolment fees realised by it as the Bar Council may from

time to time think fit.

CHAPTER IV

FRAMING OF SCHEMES

13. The Trustee Committee in consultation with the Bar Council, may

prepare schemes for, -

(a) the group insurance of the Advocates;

(b) granting gratuity and retirement benefits to the

Advocates enrolled as participating members;

of stipend or on nominal interest repayable in

easy instalments;

(d) incentive schemes to provide to those Advocates,

who actively participate in the process of legal aid to

the poor and weaker sections of the society;

(e) medical insurance of the Advocates;

(f) grant of financial aid to various bar associations

in the State for development of their libraries;

(g) granting of financial aid to Advocates on roll in case of

serious illness;

(h) granting of financial aid to indigent and disabled

lawyers;

(i) granting of financial aid to legal heirs of Advocates;

and

Contribution

by the Bar

Council.

Framing of

Schemes.

(j) such other welfare or benefits to the Advocates as it

may deem fit.

CHAPTER V

BAR ASSOCIATION, ITS REGISTRATION, DUTIES AND

FUNCTIONS

14. (1) All associations of Advocates known by any name,

functioning in the State of Punjab, shall before the date notified by the

Bar Council in this behalf, apply to the Bar Council in such form as may

be prescribed for recognition and registration.

(2) Every application shall be accompanied by the bye-laws of

the association, names and addresses of the office-bearers of the

association and upto date list of its members showing the name, address

and date of enrolment and the ordinary place of practice of each member

thereof.

(3) The Bar Council may, after such enquiry as it deems

necessary, recognise the association and issue a certificate of registration

in such form as may be prescribed.

(4) The decision of the Bar Council regarding the recognition

and registration of a Bar Association shall be final.

(5) The Bar Council may derecognise a Bar Association for

neglect of its duties under this Act or pass such order as it may deem fit:

Provided that no order shall be passed without affording an opportunity of

being heard to the concerned Bar Association.

15. (1) Every Bar Association shall, on or before the 15th day of

April of each year, furnish to the Bar Council and the Trustee Committee,

a list of the members as on the 31st March of that year.

(2) Every Bar Association shall intimate to the Bar Council and

the Trustee Committee about, -

Recognition

and

Registration

of Bar

Association.

Duties of Bar

Associations.

(a) any change of the office bearers of the Bar Association

within fifteen days from such change;

(b) any change in the membership including admissions

and re- admissions within thirty days of such change;

practice of any of its members within thirty days from

the date of such cessation or suspension of practice;

(d) The collection of annual subscription from every

member towards the Fund as may be specified by

regulations; and

(e) Such other matters as may be required by the Bar

Council or the Trustee Committee from time to time.

CHAPTER VI

MEMBERSHIP OF FUND AND PAYMENT THEREFROM

16. (1) Every Advocate belonging to the State of Punjab practicing

in a court may apply to the Trustee Committee for admission as member

of the Fund, in such form as may be prescribed.

(2) On receipt of any application under sub-section (1), the

Trustee 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.

(3) Every applicant shall pay an application fee of one hundred

rupees to the account of the Trustee Committee along with the

application.

(4) In the event of rejection of the application, the application

fee paid shall be refunded to the applicant.

Membership

of the Fund

and payment

therefrom.

(5) Where an Advocate is admitted as the member of the Fund,

he shall pay to the Fund an amount of rupees one thousand as

membership fee either in one instalment or two half-yearly instalments of

rupees five hundred each within one year from the date of admission and

on such payment, the membership of the Advocate concerned shall,

subject to the provisions of sub-section (7), be for his life. The

membership fee shall be non-refundable.

(6) Every member shall, at the time of admission to the

membership of the Fund, make a nomination conferring on one or more

dependents, the right to receive the amount which may be due to him

from the Fund in the event of his death before the amount has been paid

to him. If a member nominates more than one nominee, he shall specify

in the nomination the share payable to each of the nominees:

Provided that a member may at any time cancel a

nomination by sending a notice in writing to the Trustee Committee along

with a fresh nomination.

(7) Every member who voluntarily suspends practice or retires

shall, within three months of such suspension or retirement as the case

may be, intimate that fact to the Trustee Committee, and if any member

fails to do so without sufficient reasons, the Trustee committee, may

reduce, in accordance with such principles as may be prescribed, the

amount due to that member.

17. (1) In the event of death of a member, the amount as specified in

the schedule will be paid to the nominee or where there is no nominee, to

his dependents.

(2) In case of cessation of practice otherwise than death, the

member or his nominee, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive

such amount from the Fund, as may be determined by the Trustee

Committee.

Payment from

the fund on

cessation of

practice.

(3) An application for payment from the Fund shall be preferred

to the Trustee Committee in such form as may be prescribed.

(4) An application received under sub-section (3), shall be

disposed of by the Trustee Committee after such enquiry as it deems

necessary.

18. (1) The interest of any member in the Fund, or the right of a

member or his nominee or legal heirs to receive any amount from the

Fund, shall not be assigned, alienated or charged and shall not be liable to

attachment under any decree or order of any court.

(2) No creditor shall be entitled to proceed against the Fund or

the interest therein of any member or his nominee or legal heirs.

Explanation: - For the purpose of this section, "Creditor" includes

the Government or an official assignee or receiver appointed under the

Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 or any other law for the time being in

force.

CHAPTER VII

PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF STAMPS

19. (1) The Trustee Committee shall cause to be printed and

distributed the stamps of the value of the 1[rupees eight] and with the Bar

Council emblem and its value inscribed thereon.

2[(2) The Stamps shall be of the size 28mm x 39mm and shall be

sold by the Trustee Committee.]

(3) The custody of the Stamps shall be with the Trustee

Committee.

(4) The Trustee Committee shall control the distribution and

sale of the stamps through Bar Associations and Licensed Stamp Vendors

in such manner and procedure as may be provided by regulations.

1 Substituted for words “rupees six” by Punjab Act No. 18 of 2010, Section 2
2 Substituted by Punjab Act No. 11 of 2010, Section 2

Restriction on

alienation and

attachment

etc. of interest

of member in

the Fund.

Printing and

distribution

of stamps by

the Trustee

Committee.

Central Act 15 of

1920.

(5) The Trustee Committee shall keep proper accounts of the

Stamps in such form and in such manner as may be provided by

regulations.

(6) The Bar Associations and Licensed Stamp Vendors shall

purchase the Stamps from the Trustee Committee after paying the value

thereof less ten per cent of such value towards incidental expenses.

20. (1) Every Vakalatnama filed by any Advocate or member, shall

be affixed with one stamp of the value of 1[rupees fifteen] in case of

vakalatnama filed in the High Court or a Tribunal, the Punjab Board of

Revenue or any other quasi-judicial authority in addition to the required

Court Fee Stamp and no vakalatnama shall be filed before or received by

any Court unless it is so stamped:

Provided that the provision of this sub-section shall not

apply to any vakalatnama filed by or on behalf of the Central or the State

Government.

2[(1-a) However one rupee from the value of the stamp so affixed

on every ‘Vakalatnama’ shall go to the fund created under “The Punjab

State Cancer and Drug Addiction Treatment Infrastructure Fund Act,

2013.]

(2) The value of the Stamp shall neither be the cost in the case

nor be received or collected in any event from the client.

(3) Any contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) or

sub-section (2) by any member of the Fund, shall disentitle him either in

whole or in part to the benefits of the Fund and the Trustee Committee

shall report such instances to the Bar Council for appropriate action.

1 Substituted for words “rupees eight” by Punjab Act No. 24 of 2014, Section 4
2 Inserted by Punjab Act No. 24 of 2014, Section 4

Affixation of

Stamps.

21. Every Stamp affixed on vakalatnama under section 20 filed

in any court, shall be cancelled in the manner provided under the section

30 of the Court Fees Act, 1870.

CHAPTER VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

22. The Trustee Committee shall meet, at least once in three

calendar months or more often if found necessary, to transact business

under this Act or the rules made thereunder.

23. (1) On third members of the Trustee Committee shall form the

quorum of the meeting of the Trustee Committee.

(2) The Chairman or in his absence, a member chosen by the

members of the Trustee Committee present, shall preside over the

meeting of the Trustee Committee.

(3) The meetings of the Trustee Committee shall ordinarily be

held at the office of the Bar Council.

(4) Any matter coming up before the meeting of the Trustee

Committee, shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members

present and voting at the meeting and in the case of equality of votes, the

Chairman or the member presiding over the meeting, shall have a casting

vote.

(5) The Secretary of the Trustee Committee shall not have a

voting right in the meeting.

24. No Civil Court shall have jurisdiction to settle, decide or deal with

any question or to determine any matter which is by or under this Act

require to be settled, decided or dispensed with or to be determined by the

Trustee Committee or the Bar Council.

Cancellation of

Fund Stamps.

Meeting of

the Trustee

Committee.

Manner of

holding

Meeting.

Bar of

jurisdiction

of Civil

Courts.

Central Act 7 of

1870.

25. The Trustee Committee and the Bar Council shall, for the purpose

of any enquiry under this Act, have the same powers as are vested in the

Civil Court while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 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;

(d) issuing commission for the examination of witnesses.

26. (1) An appeal against any decision or order of the Trustee

Committee shall lie to the Bar council. The appeal shall be in the

prescribed form and shall be accompanied with the copy of the decision

appealed against. The appeal shall be filed within thirty days from the

date of the receipt of the order appealed against.

(2) Any appeal preferred under sub-section (1), shall be heard

and disposed of in such manner and procedure as may be prescribed.

(3) The decision of the Bar Council on appeal shall be final.

27 (1) The State Government may, by notification, on the

recommendation of the Trustee Committee and having due regard to the

availability of the amount in the Fund, amend the rates specified in the

Schedule.

(2) Before making recommendation, the Trustee Committee

shall consult the Bar Council.

(3) Every notification issued under this section shall, as soon as

possible after it is issued, be placed on the Table of the Legislative

Assembly and if before the expiry of the session in which it is so placed

or the next session, the Assembly makes any modification in any such

notification or the Assembly decides that the notification should not be

Power to

summon

witnesses and

to take

evidence.

Appeal

against

decision of

the Trustee

Committee.

Power to

amend the

Schedule.

Central Act 5 of

1908.

issued, the notification 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 notification.

28. (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official

Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

(2) Every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as

may be, after it is made, before the house of the State Legislature while it

is in session for a total period of ten days, which may be comprised in one

session or in two or more successive sessions and if, before the expiry of

the session in which it is so laid or the successive sessions as aforesaid,

the House agrees in making any modification in the rule or the House

agrees 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 or omitted to be

done under that rule.

29. The Trustee Committee with the approval of the Bar Council, may,

make regulations for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

30. (1) The Punjab Advocate Welfare Fund Ordinance, 2001

(Punjab Ordinance No. 6 of 2001), is hereby repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action

taken under the Ordinance referred to in sub-section (1), shall be deemed

to have been done or taken under this Act.

Power to

make

rules.

Power to

make

regulations.

Repeal and

Savings.

SCHEDULE

(See section 17)

1[1. Upto 5 year standing 1 lakh

2. 6 years standing 1,10,000

3. 7 years standing 1,20,000

4. 8 years standing 1,30,000

5. 9 years standing 1,40,000

6. 10 years standing 1,50,000

7. 11 years standing 1,60,000

8. 12 years standing 1,70,000

9. 13 years standing 1,80,000

10. 14 years standing 1,90,000

11. 15 years standing 2,00,000

12. 16 years standing 2,10,000

13. 17 years standing 2,20,000

14. 18 years standing 2,30,000

15. 19 years standing 2,40,000

16. 20 years standing 2,50,000

17. 21 years standing 2,60,000

18. 22 years standing 2.70,000

19. 23 years standing 2,80,000

20. 24 years standing 2,90,000

21. 25 years standing 3,00,000

22. 26 years standing 3,10,000

23. 27 years standing 3,20,000

24. 28 years standing 3,30,000

25. 29 years standing 3,40,000

1 Substituted by Punjab Act No. 24 of 2014, Section 3

26. 30 years standing 3,50,000

27. 31 years standing 3,60,000

28. 32 years standing 3,70,000

29. 33 years standing 3,80,000

30. 34 years standing 3,90,000

31. 35 years standing 4,00,000

32. 36 years standing 4,10,000

33. 37 years standing 4,20,000

34. 38 years standing 4,30,000

35. 39 years standing 4,40,000

36. 40 years & above standing 4,50,000]

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About this act

Jurisdiction: Punjab
Enactment date: 2002-01-29
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India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 10 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.