(1) The Board shall take all such steps as may be necessary for the purpose of effective exercise of the powers of management and control over the affairs and properties of Sarni ti.
(2) The Board may also perform such other duties as were the dut ies of the Samiti immediately before the commencement of this Act hi such manner as. may be prescribed.
(3) The Board may form such number of Commi tees or sub-committees to assign differ ent functions of the Board .- with such powers, function and number of memb,ers as m ay b~ determined by the Board.
( 4) The Board shall have all powers for the advancement of the objects of the Samiti.
Power of tie Board. 8. '(1) The Board shall have all the powers which the Committees and persons specified in Section 4 of this Act, h ad exercised immediately before the commencement of this Act and all such powers shall subject to the sub section (Z) below be exercised in the manner- prescribed.
(2) The powers which were exercisable by the Mantri and Pradhan Sachib immediately before the com ~ mencement of this Acj shall be exercisabl~ by the Secre tary of the Board. · · 1726 THE ASSAM GAZETTE. EXTRAORDINARY, DEC. '15: 1984 P«?wcr.to give 9. The Government may give to the Board such di ~~cBt~~~~ torections as may be deemed fit and necessary in perfor " • ming the duties and exercising the Powers of the Board under this Act and the Board shall carry out such directions. .
I Creation· of 10. The Board shall .create and maintain in the the Fund. manner prescribed a fund to be called Asom Rastrabhasa Prachar Board Fund into which shall · be paid all receipts and income of the Board and .out of which shall be met all expenses and disbursement of the Board :
(i) Provided that all the money in the fund of the Samiti shall stand transferred to the fund created under this section. and
(ii) The fund shall be subject to regular audit of the examiner of Local Ac.counts.
Budget ofthe 11. (1) The Board shall prepare budget within a Board. period of one month froni the date of first constitution of the Board for the remaining period of the current finan cial year and shall · submit the same to the Government for approv.al and the Government may approve the same with such modification as m~y be deemed fft oi:- without any modification. · .
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(2) . For succeedin.££ financial \ year the Board shall prepare the Budget vvithin 15th day of February imme diately preceding the commencement of the financial .
year for which the Budget is to be prepared and submit to the Government for approval.
(3) The Government shall approve the budget with or without modification.
(4) The budget shall have effect as approved by the · Government.