(1) Every advocate who has been a member of the Fund shall, on his cessation of practice, be paid an amount at the rate specified in Schedule-1
Provided that where the Trustee Committee is satisfied that a member of the Fund ceases to practice within a period of five years from the date of his admission as a member of such Fund as a result of any permanent disability, the Trustee Committee may pay to such member an amount at the rate specified in Schedule 1
(2) For calculating the period of completed years of practice for the purpose of payment from the fund under this act, every four years of practice at the Bar, if any, before the admission of a member to the Fund shall be computed as one year of practice and added on to the number of years of practice after such admission.
(3) Where a member of the Fund dies before receiving the amount payable under sub-Section (1), his nominee or legal heir, as the Case may be, shall be paid the amount payable to the deceased member of the Fund.