Gujarat Advocates' Welfare Fund Act, 1991
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Administrative Committee" means the Administrative Committee constituted under section 5; (b) "advocate" means a person whose name has been enrolled on the roll of advocates prepared and maintained by the Bar Council under section 17 of the Advocates Act; (c) "Advocates Act" means the Advocates Act, 1961; (d) "Advocates Welfare Fund" or "Fund" means the fund Constituted under section 3 and maintained under the provisions of this Act; (e) "Bar Association" means an association of advocates attached to any court or any tribunal or such other authority or person as is legally authorised to take evidence or to adjudicate or to decide any dispute in the State of Gujarat and recognised by the Bar Council under section 14; (f) "Bar Council" means the Bar Council of Gujarat constituted under section 3 of the Advocates Act; (g) "cessation of practice" in relation to an advocate means discontinuance of practice by the advocate by taking up any employment, trade, calling or other similar engagement or discontinuance of practice on account of death ; (h) "dependents" means wife, husband, father, mother, unmarried daughter and minor child or such of them as exist; (i) "member of the Fund" means an advocate who is admitted to the benefits of the Fund and who continues to be a member thereof under the provisions of this Act; (j) "nominee" means a person nominated in the prescribed manner by a member of the Fund to receive the amount, which may be due to the member, from the Fund in the event of his death before the amount is paid to him ; (k) "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations ;