(1) The Trust Committee shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules and the regulations made thereunder, administer the Fund.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of subsection (1), the Trust Committee shall—
(a) hold the Fund in trust for the purposes of this Act;
180 The West Bengal Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 1991.
XIII of 1991.]
(Section 12)
(b) receive applications for admission or readmission to the Fund, and dispose of such applications within ninety days from the date of receipt thereof;
(c) receive applications from the members of the Fund or from the nominees or heirs or legal representatives of such members for payment out of the Fund, hold such enquiry as it deems necessary and dispose of the applications within five months from the date of receipt thereof;
(d) maintain a minute-book and record therein the decision of the Trust Committee on each of the applications referred to in clauses (b) and (c);
(e) pay to the members of the Fund or the nominees or heirs or legal representatives of such members the amount payable under section 23;
(f) sanction such officers and other employees as it may consider necessary for performing its functions under this Act;
(g) make regulations regulating the recruitment, and the conditions of service, of officers and other employees;
(h) send such periodical and annual reports to the State Government and the Bar Council as may be prescribed;
(i) inform under certificate of posting the applicants for admission or readmission to the Fund, and the members of the Fund or the nominees or heirs or legal representatives of such members claiming payment out of the Fund, of the decision of the Trust Committee on their applications;
(j) do such other thing as may be or is required to be done under this Act or the rules or the regulations made thereunder.