(1) The Oflice of the Board shall be at Imphal.
V (2) Every meeting of the Board shall be presided over by the President, and in his absence, by the Vice-President, and in the absence of both, by a member to be chosen by the members present. '
(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Board shall be five, and if at any time during a meeting of the Board there ' is no quorum, it shall be the duty of the President or the person acting assuch, to adjourn the meeting. :
‘ Provided that if no quorum is present at a meeting at any time from the beginning to the end thereof, the presiding authority shall, after waiting for not more than thirty minutes, adjourn the meeting to such time of the following or some other future day as it may reasonably fix and shall notify, and the business which would have been disposed of at the original meeting, had there been a quorum thereat, shall be brought before the adjourned meeting and may be disposed of at such meeting or at any subsequent adjournment thereof Whether there be a quorum present or not.
(4) Meetings of the Board shall be held at least once in two months, and the place for such a meeting shall be at Imphal unless a majority of the members decide to meet at some other convenient place.
(5) All questions at any meeting of the Board shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present and voting, other than the President or the person acting as such. » The President,_ or theperson acting as such, shall not vote in the first instance, but shall have and * exercise a casting- vote in the case of an equality of votes.
(6) The Board shall have power to act notwithstanding any vacancy in the membership thereof, and any proceedings.
of a meeting of the Board shall- be valid notwithstanding that it is discovered subsequently that some person who was not entitled 'so to do, sat or voted 'or otherwise took part in the prowedings, 27 - 14.‘ The President, the ViceaPresid-ent and every other mber of the Board shall be entitled to receive from the mple fund such travelling and sitting allowances as may i$e prescribed. .
15. Subject to the provisions of this Act or Of the rules made thereunder, the functions of the Board shallbe—
(a) to make arrangement for the safe custody and preservation of the Temple fund and for maintenance of accounts thereof f
(b) to provide facilities for the proper performance of worship by worshippers and pilgrims ;
(c) to undertake for the benefit of the worshippers and pilgrims——-
(i) the construction of _ buildings for their accommodation,
(ii) the construction of sanitary works, and
(iii) the improvement ofmeans ofcommunication;
(d) to make suitable arrangement for imparting religious instruction ;
(e) to make provision for medical relief of worshippers and pilgrims ; ,
(f) to make provision for the payment of subitable emoluments to its salaried stafi' ;
(g) to raise funds and incur expenditure for the performance of any of the functions of the Board; and
(h) to do all such things as may be incidental and conducive to the efficient management, maintenance and administration of the Temple and the Temple fund and the convenience of the pilgrims.
1M» * 16. The President, the Vice-President and the other ' '°' members of the Board shall, jointly and severally, be liable for the loss, waste or misapplication of the Temple fund :
Provided that if .such loss, waste or misapplimtion is a direct consequence of the wilful act or omission of a person while he was the President, the Vice-President or a member, a. suit. for compensation may be instituted against such a person by-the Board or by the State Government.
38 ‘ 172(1) Notwithstandingthe provision of. sub-seetion (1) " of section 3-,- all matters connected with the seva and puja 5:3 and other, ceremonies and of festivals of the Temple according to the customs and usages of the Hindu religion shall be under the direct control of the President and under the supervision of the Board. ’
(2) The "expenditure to be incurred in such celebrations shall be provided for in the annual budget of the Temple.
18. Any specific endowment shall be administered by the Board for the performance of the particular, service or the particular charity according to the wishes of the donOr m of such endowment.
19'. The Board shall have no power to borrow or lend 14" money except With the pr’ev1ous sanction of the State Govern- m ment. ,
20. No part of the Temple ‘f‘und shall be transferred without the previous sanction of the State Government.