Company : Sol Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Website : www.courtkutchehry.com Andhra Pradesh Advocates Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2011 23 of 2011 [29 December 2011] CONTENTS 1. Short title and Commencement 2. Substitution of Section 12 (Act 33 of 1987) 3. Substitution of Section 12-A 4. Amendment of Section 13 5. Repeal of Ordinance 2 of 2011 Andhra Pradesh Advocates Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2011 23 of 2011 [29 December 2011] PREAMBLE An Act further to Amend the Andhra Pradesh Advocates' Welfare Fund Act, 1987. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the Sixty-second year of the Republic of India as follows.-- 1. Short title and Commencement :- (1) This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh Advocates Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2011. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect on and from the 23rd June, 2011. 2. Substitution of Section 12 (Act 33 of 1987) :- In the Andhra Pradesh Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 1987 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for Section 12 along with the marginal heading thereto, the following new Section shall be substituted, namely,- 12. "Printing, Custody and Distribution of the Andhra Pradesh Advocates and their Clerks Welfare Fund Stamp.-- (1) There shall be printed or cause to be printed by the Commissioner and Inspector General of Registration and Stamps, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, in such manner as may be prescribed a combined stamp superscribed in Telugu language as "Nyayavadula mariyu vari Gumasthala Samkshema Nidhi" each of the value of fifty rupees through Government Security Printing Press, on an indent placed by the Andhra Pradesh Advocates Welfare Fund Committee in such form as may be prescribed. (2) Every Vakalat/Memo of Appearance filed before any Court, Authority, Tribunal, Forum or Commission including every Vakalat/Memo of Appearance filed by all the Law Officers appearing for the State and Central Governments and their instrumentalities shall be affixed with the Stamp worth of rupees fifty and no such Vakalat/Memo of Appearance shall be valid or accepted without such Stamp. (3) The person or authority receiving a Vakalat with such stamp shall forthwith, effect cancellation of the stamp by punching out the same. (4) The custody and distribution of stamps shall be with the Andhra Pradesh Advocates Welfare Fund Committee and sale of the stamps shall be through recognized Bar Associations. 3. Substitution of Section 12-A :- In the principal Act, for Section 12-A, the following new section shall be substituted, namely,- 12A. "Apportionment of sale proceeds and the cost of Printing of Stamps.-- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 12, out of the sale proceeds of the stamps worth of Rs. 50/-, a sum of Rs. 43/- shall be credited to the Andhra Pradesh Advocates Welfare Fund and Rs. 71- shall be credited to the Andhra Pradesh Advocates Clerks Welfare Fund and where such a stamp is affixed to Vakalat/Memo of Appearance, the provisions of sub-section (2) of Section 12 shall be deemed to have been complied with. (2) The cost of the printing of the stamps under sub-section (1) of Section 12 shall be apportioned between the Andhra Pradesh Advocates Welfare Fund constituted under Section 3 of the Andhra Pradesh Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 1987 and the Andhra Pradesh Advocates Clerks Welfare Fund constituted under Section 3 of the Andhra Pradesh Advocates Clerks Welfare Fund Act, 1992 in such manner as may be prescribed." 4. Amendment of Section 13 :- In the principal Act, in Section 13, for subsection (2), the following shall be substituted, namely,- "(2) Every application for recognition and registration shall be accompanied by the common bye-laws, framed by the Bar Council from time to time, together with the list containing the names of office bearers as well as members of the Association with their enrollment number, address and age, shall be furnished.". 5. Repeal of Ordinance 2 of 2011 :- The Andhra Pradesh Advocates Welfare Fund (Amendment) Ordinance 2011 is hereby repealed.