law: The Advocates' Welfare Fund Act, 2001
  2. Definitions.-
  In this Act, unless
  
  the context otherwise requires,-
  a. 
  
   "advocate"
  
  means an advocate whose name has been entered in the State roll prepared and
  
  maintained by a State Bar Council under section 17 of the Advocates Act, 1961
  
  (25 of 1961) and who is a member of a State Bar Association or State Advocates'
  
  Association;
  b. 
  
   "appropriate
  
  Government" means,-
   
  
  i. 
  
   in
  
  the case of advocates admitted on the roll of a Bar Council of a State, the
  
  State Government;
   
  
  ii. 
  
   in
  
  the case of advocates admitted on the roll of a Bar Council of a Union
  
  territory, the Central Government;
  a. 
  
    
  b. 
  
  
  
    
  c. 
  
   "cessation
  
  of practice" means removal of the name of an advocate from the State roll
  
  under section 26A of the Advocates Act, 1961 (25 of 1961);
  d. 
  
   "Chairperson"
  
  means the Chairperson of the Trustee Committee referred to in clause (a) of
  
  sub-section (3) of section 4;
  e. 
  
  
  
   "chartered
  
  accountant" means a chartered accountant as defined in clause (b) of
  
  sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (38 of
  
  1949) and who has obtained a certificate of practice under sub-section (1) of
  
  section 6 of that Act;
  f. 
  
   "dependents"
  
  means the spouse, parents or minor children of a member of the Fund;
  g. 
  
   "Fund"
  
  means the Advocates' Welfare Fund constituted under sub-section (1) of section
  
  3;
  h. 
  
   "insurer"
  
  shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (9) of section 2 of the
  
  Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938);
  i. 
  
   "member
  
  of the Fund" means an advocate admitted to the benefits of the Fund and
  
  who continues to be a member thereof under the provisions of this Act;
  j. 
  
  
  
   "notification"
  
  means a notification published in the Official Gazette of the appropriate
  
  Government and the expression "notified" shall be construed
  
  accordingly;
  k. 
  
   "prescribed"
  
  means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
  l. 
  
  
  
   "Schedule"
  
  means a Schedule to this Act;
  m. 
  
   "scheduled
  
  bank" shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (e) of section 2 of
  
  the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934);
  n. 
  
   "stamp"
  
  means the Advocates" Welfare Fund stamp printed and distributed under
  
  section 26;
  o. 
  
   "State"
  
  means a State specified in the First Schedule to the Constitution and shall
  
  include a Union territory;
  p. 
  
   "State
  
  Advocates' Association" means an association of advocates in a State
  
  recognized by the Bar Council of that State under section 16;
  q. 
  
  
  
   "State
  
  Bar Association" means an association of advocates recognized by the Bar
  
  Council of that State under section 16;
  r. 
  
   "State
  
  Bar Council" means a Bar Council referred to in section 3 of the Advocates
  
  Act, 1961 (25 of 1961);
  s. 
  
   "suspension
  
  of practice" means voluntary suspension of practice as an advocate or
  
  suspension of an advocate by a State Bar Council for misconduct;
  t. 
  
   "Trustee
  
  Committee" means the Advocates' Welfare Fund Trustee Committee established
  
  under sub-section (1) of section 4;
  u. 
  
   "Vakalatnama"
  
  includes memorandum of appearance or any other document by which an advocate is
  
  empowered to appear or plead before any court, tribunal or other authority;
  v. 
  
  
  
   words
  
  and expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Advocates
  
  Act, 1961 shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.