(1) The Trustee Committee shall administer the Fund. (2) In the administration of the Fund, the Trustee Committee shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations made thereunder,- (a) hold the amounts and assets belonging to the Fund in trust ; (b) receive applications for admission or readmission to the Fund, and dispose of such applications within ninety 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 of the applications within five months from the date of receipt thereof ; (d) record in the minute book of the Trustee Committee, its decisions on the applications ; (e) pay to the applicants amounts at the rates specified in the Schedule ; (f) sanction employment of such officers and servants as it may think necessary for performance of its duties and functions under this Act and determine their conditions of service ; (g) send such periodical and annual reports as may be prescribed to the State Government and the Bar Council ; (h) communicate to the applicants by registered post with acknowledgement due the decisions of the Trustee Committee in respect of applications for admission or readmission to the Fund or claims to the benefit of the Fund ; (i) do such other acts as are, or may be, required to be done by it under this Act and the regulations made thereunder.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>1</i>) The Trustee Committee shall administer the Fund.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>2</i>) In the administration of the Fund, the Trustee Committee shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations made thereunder,-<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>a</i>) hold the amounts and assets belonging to the Fund in trust ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><i>(b)</i> receive applications for admission or readmission to the Fund, and dispose of such applications within ninety days from the date of receipt thereof;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>c</i>) 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 of the applications within five months from the date of receipt thereof ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>d</i>) record in the minute book of the Trustee Committee, its decisions on the applications ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>e</i>) pay to the applicants amounts at the rates specified in the Schedule ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>f</i>) sanction employment of such officers and servants as it may think necessary for performance of its duties and functions under this Act and determine their conditions of service ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>g</i>) send such periodical and annual reports as may be prescribed to the State Government and the Bar Council ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>h</i>) communicate to the applicants by registered post with acknowledgement due the decisions of the Trustee Committee in respect of applications for admission or readmission to the Fund or claims to the benefit of the Fund ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>i</i>) do such other acts as are, or may be, required to be done by it under this Act and the regulations made thereunder. <br>