(1) The Committee shall maintain a Fund to be called Supreme Court Legal Services Committee Fund lo which shall be credited,—
(a) such amounts as may be allocated and granted to it by the Central Authority;
(b) all such amounts received by the Committee by way of donations;
(c) all such amounts by way of costs, charges and expenses recovered from the persons to whom legal service is provided or the opposite party.
(2) All the amounts credited to the said Fund, shall be deposited in a nationalised bank.
Explanation.—In the sub-regulation "nationalised bank" means a corresponding new bank as defined in the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 and the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980.
(3) For the purpose of meeting incidental minor charges, such as court-fee, stamps and expenditure necessary for obtaining copies of documents etc., a permanent advance of Rupees two thousand five hundred shall be placed at the disposal of the Secretary of the Committee.
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(4) All expenditure on legal service, accommodation and staff of the Committee as also expenditure necessary for carrying out the various functions of the Committee shall be met oul of the Funds of the Committee and in accordance with the prior approval of the Chairman.
(5) The funds of the Committee may be utilised for meeting the expense incurred on or incidental to travels undertaken by the Chairman or other members of the Committee or the Secretary in connection with legal services activities. The travelling allowance and the dearness allowance payable to the Chairman, the ex-offlcio members and the Secretary shall be such as to which Ihey are entitled by virtue of their respective offices held.
(6) The secretary of the Committee and one member of the Committee designated bythe Chairman for this purpose shall jointly operate the bank accounts of the Committee in accordance withthe directions of the Chairman.
(7) The Committee shall cause to be kept and maintained true and correct accounts of all receipts and disbursements and furnish quarterly returns to the Central Authority.
(8) The accounts of the Committee shall be audited annually by a qualified Auditor and submitted to the Central Authority.
11. Application for legal services-—(1) Any person deserving legal service for bringing or defending any action in the Supreme Court may make an application in writing in that behalf. However, if the applicant is illiterate or is not in a position to write, the Secretary or an officer of the Committee shall record his verbal submissions an obtain his thumb impression/signature on the record and such record will be treated as his application.
{2) The Committee shallmainlain a register of applications wherein all applications for legal service shall be entered and registered date wise and the action taken on such applications shall be noted against the entry relating to such applications.