(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 rules made thereunder, (a) collect, preserve, manage and utilise the Fund; (b) hold the amounts and assets belonging to the Fund in trust; (c) receive applications for admission or re-admission to 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 nominee, 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 (c) and (d); (f) pay to the applicant amounts at the rates specified in the Schedule; (g) send such periodical and annual reports, as may be prescribed, to the State Government and the Bar Council; (h) communicate to the applicant by registered post with acknowledgment due its decision on the applications for admission or re-admission to the Fund or claims to the benefit of the Fund; (i) appoint such officers and servants 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. 1[(3) xx x x] 1[(4)xxxx]
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (1) The Trustee Committee shall administer the Fund.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (2) In the administration of the Fund, the Trustee Committee shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder,<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (a) collect, preserve, manage and utilise the Fund;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (b) hold the amounts and assets belonging to the Fund in trust;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (c) receive applications for admission or re-admission 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> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (d) receive applications from the members of the Fund, their nominee, 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;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (e) record in the minutes book of the Trustee Committee its decision on the applications received under clauses (c) and (d);<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (f) pay to the applicant amounts at the rates specified in the Schedule;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (g) 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> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (h) communicate to the applicant by registered post with acknowledgment due its decision on the applications for admission or re-admission to the Fund or claims to the benefit of the Fund;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (i) appoint such officers and servants as it may think necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed; and<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (j) do such other acts as are, or may be, required to be done by it under this Act and the rules made thereunder.<br> <sup>1</sup>[(3) xx x x]<br> <sup>1</sup>[(4)xxxx] <br>