(1) There shall be a Board to be known as Goa Advocates‘ Welfare Fund Board consisting of the following members, namely:–
(a) The Advocate-General, Goa State—Ex-Officio—Chairman.
(b) The Law Secretary to the Government— Ex-Officio.
(c) Finance Secretary to Government or his nominee— Ex-Officio.
(d) One representative from each registered Bar Association to be recommended by the Executive Council or Managing Committee of the Association concerned.
(e) One member to be elected from amongst the members of the Board, who shall be treasurer of the Board.
(f) The Under Secretary (Law) to the Government — Ex-Officio Secretary.
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire and hold property and shall by the said name, sue and be sued.
Synopsis The Government vide order No. 8-1-1-2001/LD-Estt/311 dated 14-2-2011 published in the official Gazette Series-II No. 48 dated 24-2-2011 constituted Board as follows :- Department of Law and Judiciary Law (Establishment) Division Order No. 8-1-1-2001/LD-Estt/311 Read: 1. Government Order No. 8-1-1-2001-LD dated 19-04-2002.
2. Government Order No. 8-1-1-2001-LD--Estt./1880 dated 09-11-2010.
Government is pleased to constitute the Goa Advocates Welfare Fund Board under Section 4 of the Goa Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 1995 (Goa Act No. 2 of 1997) consisting of the following members, namely:
1 Advocate General of Goa State Ex-officio Chairman.
2 Law Secretary to the Government of Goa Ex-officio Member.
3 Finance Secretary to Government of Goa or his nominee Ex-officio Member.
4 Shri Vipinkumar L. Bendale Member of Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa Member.
5 Adv. Ehrlich A. De Sousa Representative of North Goa Advocates Association, Panaji Member.
6 Adv. Anacleto Viegas,Representative of South Goa Advocates Association, Margao Member.
7 The Under Secretary (Establishment) to the Government of Goa Ex-officio Secretary The Board shall elect one Member from among the members of the Board, who shall be Treasurer of the Board. A person elected or recommended as a Member of the Board shall hold office for a period of four years or for the duration of his membership in the Bar Association or Bar Council, whichever is less.
This issues in supersession of earlier orders No. 8-1-1-2001/LD dated 19-04-2002 and No. 8-1-1-2001/LD-Estt/1880 dated 09-11-2010.
Porvorim, 14th February, 2011.
By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.
N. P. Singnapurker, Under Secretary, Law (Estt.).