(1) The Accountant of the Bar Council shall be the ex officio Treasurer-cum-Accountant of the Trust Committee. In the absence of the Accountant, the Assistant Accountant of the Bar Council shall act as the ex officio Treasurer-cum-Accountant of the Trust Committee.
(2) The Treasurer-cum-Accountant of the Trust Committee shall—
(a) maintain and keep proper books of accounts, and record a true and correct account of daily receipts and expenditure of the Trust Committee;
(b) prepare the final accounts of the Trust Committee;
(c) assist the chartered accountant in the audit of the accounts of the Trust Committee;
(d) sign all bills and vouchers jointly with the Secretary of the Trust Committee;
(e) attend the meetings of the Trust Committee (including the annual general meeting);
(f) disburse money as may be required to be paid out of the Fund;
(g) perform such other functions and discharge such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Chairman or the Secretary of the Trust Committee.
16. (I) No Bar Association shall be recognised as such by the Bar Council for the purposes of this Act unless it is registered in the manner hereinafter provided.
(2) Every Bar Association shall, if it intends to be recognised as such for the purposes of this Act, apply on or before such date or such extended date as the Bar Council may notify, to the Bar Council for registration in such form as may be prescribed.
Treasurercum- Accountant of Trust Committee and his duties.
Registration of Bar Association.
183 The West Bengal Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 1991.
[West Ben. Act (Sections 17, 18.)
Duties of Bar Association.
Membership of Fund.
(3) Every application for registration shall be accompanied by the rules and the bye-laws of the Association, the names and addresses of the office-bearers and the members of the executive committee of the Association and an up-to-date list of the members of the Association showing the name, address, age and date or year of enrolment of each such member and the place where he ordinarily practises.
(4) The Bar Council may, after such enquiry as it deems necessary, register the Bar Association and issue a certificate of registration in such form as may be prescribed and thereupon the Association shall be recognised as such by the Bar Council for the purposes of this Act.
(5) The decision of the Bar Council on any matter regarding registration and recognition of a Bar Association shall be final.