(1) Government may, by notification, amenc the Scheme framed under this Act, either prospectively or retrosp:ctively.
(2) Every notification under sub-section (1) shall be laid as soon as may be, after it is issued, before the Legislative Assembly while it is in sessior for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one seision or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid, or the session immediately following, the Legislative Assembly makes any modification in the notification or decides tlat the notification should not be issued, the notification shall thereafter lave effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may le, so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without srejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that notification, 58 9, Constitution of the Board.—(\1) The Government may, by notification, with effect from such date as specified therein, constitute a Board to be called the “Kerala Document Writers’, Scribes’ and Stamp Vendors’ Welfare Fund Board” for the administration and management of the Fund and to implement and supervise connected activities.
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate by the name Kerala Document Writers’, Scribes’ and Stamp Vendors’ Welfare Fund Board having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall by the said name, sue and be sued.
(3) The Board shall consist of seven official members representing the Government and five non-official members representing the beneficiaries of the Fund as may be nominated by the Government and as hereinafter provided, namely:—
(a) The Secretary to Government, Taxes Department—te shall be the Chairman of the Board;
(b) The Inspector Genera! of Registration—he shall be the Vice-Chairman of the Board; ;
(c) The Joint Inspector General of Registration—he siall be the Secretary of the Board;
(d) An officer of the Finance Department not below the nnk of Deputy Secretary nominated by the Government,
(e) An officer of the Labour Department not below the ank of Deputy Secretary nominated by the Government;
(f) An officer of the Taxes Department not below the ank of Deputy Secretary nominated by the Government,
(g) An officer of the Law Department not below the rank of Deputy Secretary nominated by the Government;
(h) Five non-official members representing the Documeit Writers, Scribes and Stamp Vendors nominated by the Government, 0 whom one person shall be a woman.
(4) The Board shall administer the Fund vested in it in such manner as specified in the Scheme.
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(5) The Board may, with the previous approval of the Government, delegate to the Chairman or to the Secretary such of its powers and functions under this Act or the Scheme as it may consider necessary, for the effective management of the Fund, subject to such restrictions and conditions, as it may deem fit.