(1) Every Vakalatnama filed by any Advocate or member, shall be affixed with one stamp of the value of 1[rupees fifteen] in case of vakalatnama filed in the High Court or a Tribunal, the Punjab Board of Revenue or any other quasi-judicial authority in addition to the required Court Fee Stamp and no vakalatnama shall be filed before or received by any Court unless it is so stamped:
Provided that the provision of this sub-section shall not apply to any vakalatnama filed by or on behalf of the Central or the State Government.
2[(1-a) However one rupee from the value of the stamp so affixed on every ‘Vakalatnama’ shall go to the fund created under “The Punjab State Cancer and Drug Addiction Treatment Infrastructure Fund Act,
2013.]
(2) The value of the Stamp shall neither be the cost in the case nor be received or collected in any event from the client.
(3) Any contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) by any member of the Fund, shall disentitle him either in whole or in part to the benefits of the Fund and the Trustee Committee shall report such instances to the Bar Council for appropriate action.
1 Substituted for words “rupees eight” by Punjab Act No. 24 of 2014, Section 4 2 Inserted by Punjab Act No. 24 of 2014, Section 4 Affixation of Stamps.
21. Every Stamp affixed on vakalatnama under section 20 filed in any court, shall be cancelled in the manner provided under the section 30 of the Court Fees Act, 1870.
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22. The Trustee Committee shall meet, at least once in three calendar months or more often if found necessary, to transact business under this Act or the rules made thereunder.