(1) There shall be a chief executive officer of the Council who shall be designated as the Director-General and shall be appointed by the Ministry of External Affairs.
(2) The Director-General shall act as the Secretary to the Council as well as to the Governing Body.
(3) The Director-General shall exercise such powers and discharge such functions as may be prescribed by regulations or as may be delegated to him by the Council or the - President or the Governing Body or the Chairperson.
(4) The Financial Advisor of the Ministry of External Affairs shall be the Financial Advisor of the Council.
(5) Subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf, the Council may appoint such number of other officers and employees as may be necessary for the exercise of its powers and efficient discharge of its functions and may determine the designations and grades of such other officers and employees.
(6) Subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf, the Director-General and other officers and employees of the Council shall be entitled to such salary and allowances and shall be governed by such conditions of service in respect of leave, pension, gratuity, provident fund and other matters, as may be prescribed by regulations made in this behalf.
16. The Council shall undertake various plans to promote, organise and implement various programmes for efficiently achieving the objects of the Council specified in section 13 and shall also perform such other functions as the Central Government may, by rules, prescribe.
17. The Central Government may, after due appropriation made by Parliament by law in this behalf, pay to the Council in each financial year such sums as may be considered necessary for the exercise of powers and efficient discharge of functions of the Council under this Ordinance.
18. (/) The Council shall maintain a Fund to which shall be credited—
(a) all moneys received from the Central Government;
(b) all moneys received by the Council by way of grants, gifts, donations, benefications, bequests or transfers; and
(c) all moneys received by the Council in any other manner or from any other source.
(2) All moneys credited to the Fund shall be deposited in such banks or invested in such manner as the Council may, subject to the approval of the Central Government, decide.
(5) The Fund shall be applied towards meeting the administrative and other expenses of the Council, including expenses incurred in the exercise of its powers and discharge of its functions under section 16 or in relation to any of the activities referred to therein or for anything relatable thereto.
Staff of Council.
Functions of Council Payment to Council.
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19. The Council shall prepare, in such form and at such time every year, as may be prescribed by rules, a budget in respect of the financial year next ensuing, showing the estimated receipts and expenditure of the Council and shall forward to the Central Government such number of copies thereof as may be prescribed by rules.
20. (/) The Council shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records and prepare an annual statement of accounts including the balance-sheet in such form as the Central Government may, by rules, prescribe and in accordance with such general direction as may be issued by that Government, in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor- General of India.
(2) The accounts of the Council shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor- General of India and any expenditure incurred by him in connection with such audit shall be payable by the Council to the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.
(3) The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India and any person appointed by him in connection with the audit of the accounts of the Council shall have the same rights, privileges and authority in connection with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor- General of India has in connection with the audit of the Government accounts and, in particular, shall have the right to demand the production of books, accounts, connected vouchers and other documents and papers and to inspect the office or offices of the Council.
(4) The accounts of the Council as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India or any other person appointed by him in this behalf, together with the audit report thereon, shall be forwarded annually to the Central Government and that Government shall cause the same to be laid before each House of Parliament.
21. The Council shall prepare every year, in such form and at such time as may be prescribed by rules, an annual report giving a true and full account of its activities during the previous year and copies thereof shall be forwarded to the Central Government and that Government shall cause the same to be laid before each House of Parliament.
22. All orders and decisions of the Council shall be authenticated by the signature of the President or the Vice-President and all other instruments issued by the Council shall be authenticated by the signature of the Director-General or any other officer of the Council authorised by the Council in this behalf.
23. No act or proceeding of the Council, Government Body or any standing or ad hoc committee under this Ordinance shall be invalid merely by reason of—
(a) any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the Council; or
(b) any defect in the appointment of a person acting as a member of the Council;
or
(c) any irregularity in the procedure of the Council not affecting the merits of the case. . •
24. The Council shall furnish to the Central Government such reports, returns and other information as that Government may require from time to time.
25. Any person who—
(a) having in his possession or custody or his control any property vested in the existing Council, wrongfully withholds such property from the Director General;
or
(b) fails to deliver any property or any other assets or removes or destroys it;
(c) wilfully withholds or fails to account for any books, papers or other documents which may be in his possession or custody or under his control to the Director General;
Budget of Council.
Accounts and audit.
Annual Report.
Authentication of orders and instruments of Council.
Vacancy, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of the Council, etc Reports, returns and information.
Penalties SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 7 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extended to two years, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both.