(6) The State Bar Council shall maintain separate account in respect of the Advocate Welfare
Fund which shall be audited annually along with other accounts of the State Bar Council and send
the same along with Auditors Report to the Bar Council of India:
PROVIDED that the Bar Council of India Advocates Welfare Fund Committee
for the State shall be competent to appoint its own staff in addition to the
staff of the Bar Council of the State entrusted with duty to maintain the
account of the Fund if their funds are adequate to make such appointment.
The salary and other conditions of the said staff be determined by the Bar Council of India Advocates Welfare Fund Committee for the State:
PROVIDED FURTHER that Chairman of the Bar Council of India Advocates Welfare Fund Committee for the State shall be competent to make temporary appointment for a period not exceeding six months in one transaction if the situation so requires subject to availability of fund in the said Committee for making such appointment.
44B. The Bar Council of India shall utilise the funds received under Rule 41(2) in
accordance with the schemes which may be framed from time to time.
FORM UNDER RULE 40
The Bar Council............................
Dear Sirs,
(1) I am enclosing here with a Postal Order /Bank Draft/Cash for................being
the payment under Rule 40, Chapter II, Part VI of the Rules of the Bar Council of India.
(2) I am enrolled as an Advocate on the Rolls of your State Bar Council.
(3) I am ordinarily practising at in the territory/State of ..........................
(4) lamamemberofthe Bar Association/not a memberof any Bar Association.
(5) My present address is ...............................
Dated
Place Signature
Name in block letters
Enrolment No. ..........
Received a sum of Rs. 30/- from towards payment under Rule 40,
Chapter II, Part VI of the Rules of the Bar Council of India by way of Postal Order /Bank
Draft/Cash on ,......
Dated:
Place:
Secretary
Bar Council of ..........
SECTION V -DUTY IN IMPARTING TRAINING
45. It is improper for an Advocate to demand or accept fees or any premium from any person as a consideration for imparting training in law under the rules prescribed by a State Bar Council to enable such person to qualify for enrolment under the Advocates Act, 1961.
SECTION VI-DUTY TO RENDER LEGAL AID
46. Every Advocate shall in the practice of the profession of law bear in mind that anyone genuinely in need of a lawyer is entitled to legal assistance even though he cannot pay forit fully or adequately and that within the limits of an Advocate's economic condition, free legal assistance to the indigent and oppressed is one of the highest obligations an Advocate owes to society.
SECTION VII-RESTRICTION ON THEIR EMPLOYMENTS
47. An Advocate shall not personally engage in any business; but he may be a
sleeping partner in a firm doing business provided that, in the opinion of the appropriate
