Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973 — section 62

62. Benevolent Fund..—(1) A Bar Council may establish a fund to be called the Advocates Benevolent Fund.

(2)Where a Bar Council establishes a Benevolent Fund

(a)if it be the Pakistan Bar Council, every advocate of the Supreme Court [borne on its roll], and if it be a Provincial Bar Council, [or Islamabad Bar Council as the case may be,] every advocate borne on its rolls, shall pay to the Benevolent Fund, annually, monthly or at such other intervals as may be prescribed, such amount as his contribution to the Fund as may be determined by the Bar Council;

(b)the moneys credited into the Fund shall be kept in such bank as may be prescribed;

(c)the Fund shall be utilized, in such manner as may be prescribed by the Bar Council for

(i)the relief of advocates and their families;

(ii)giving financial relief to the families of deceased advocates;

(iii)making grants to advocates on special occasions; and

(iv)defraying expenditure in respect of the management of the Fund.

(3)The provisions of sub-section (4) of Section 34 shall apply to the contributions required to be made to the Benevolent Fund under clause (a) of sub-section (2) as if such contributions were an annual fee or installment of fee payable under that section. [(4) An advocate shall not exercise the rights and privileges under this Act without making payment of the dues to the Pakistan Bar Council or a Provincial Bar Council [and Islamabad Bar Council] as may be prescribed by the Rules or Bye-laws of such Bar Council.

(5)Every advocate shall be liable to pay contributions to the Benevolent Fund under this Section and the Rules made thereunder to the Provincial Bar Council concerned notwithstanding his enrolment as an advocate or advocate-on-record of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.]