(1) The Commission shall on such date, as may be prescribed, prepaie and submit to the Government, in the prescribed form, the budget of the next financial year, showing the estimated receipts and expenditure.
(2) The Government may sanction the budget submitted to it with such modifications, if any, as it deems fit.
(3) When the budget is sanctioned by the Government, the Commission shall be competent to appropriate the amounts out of the funds for the purpose for which the provision is made in the budget.
19. All funds of the Commission shall be kept in a nationalized bank and shall be operated by an official as may be authorized by the Commission.
20. In order to enable the Commission to perform the functions under this Act, the Commission may call for information or report from any institution.
2 1 . (1) The Commission shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records and prepaie an annual statement of accounts in such form, as may be prescribed.
(2) The accounts of the Commission shall be audited by the Accountant General at such intervals as he may consider appropriate and any expenditure in connection with such audit, shall be payable by the Commission to the Accountant General.
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(3) The Accountant General or any person appointed by him in connection with the audit of accounts of Commission under this Act shall have the same rights and privileges and authority in connection with such audit as the Accountant General generally has in connection with the audit of Government account and in particular shall have the right to demand the production of books, accounts, connected vouchers and other documents and papers and to inspect any of the offices of the Commission.
22. The Commission shall prepare, in such form for each financial Annual Report.
year as maybe prescribed, its annual report, giving a full account of its activities during the previous financial year and forward a copy there of to the Government.
23 . Upon receipt of a report made under section 22, the Government Action on may take such action thereon, as it may consider appropriate. Commission s reports.
24. The Government may call for such reports, returns and statements Power of the from the Commission from time to time, as it may consider necessary. Government to call for reports.
returns etc.
25 . (1) In the discharge of its functions under thisAct, the Commission Directions of the shall be guided by such directions on the question of policy as may be given by Government.
the Government.
(2) If any dispute arises between the Government and the Commission as to whether a question is or is not a question of policy, the decision of the Government shall be final.
26 . All members and officers of the Commission shall be deemed, Members of the while acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any provision of this Act, to C o m m i s s i o n t 0 l , e . . . . . _ public servants.
be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Central Act No. 45 of 1860).
27 . No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any Protection of member or any officer or other employee of the Commission or any person action taken in acting under the direction either of the Government or of the Commission, in respect of anything, which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or, any rule or order made thereunder.
28. (J) The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, Power to make make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. ru les '
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the 158 PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), SEPTEMBER 23,2014 ( A S V N 1 , 1 9 3 6 S A K A ) foregoing power; such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-
(a) terms and conditions of service of officers or officials of the Commission;
(b) allowances which may be paid to the members of the Commission;
(p) the manner in which the institutions shall be registered;
(d) the manner in which and the authority which shall operate the funds of the Commission;
(e) the manner in which complaints shall be entertained by the Commission and mode of enquiry;
(/) the form and manner in which and the time within which the report are to be submitted by Commission; and
(g) any other matter not specifically covered under this section.
(3) Every rule made under this section, shall be laid, as soon as may be, after it is made, before the House of the State Legislature while it is in session for a total period often days, which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the successive sessions as aforesaid, the House agrees in making any modification in the rule or the House agrees that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, however any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done or omitted to be done under that rule.
H.P.S. MAHAL, Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Legal and legislative Affairs.
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PART 1 GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, PUNJAB NOTIFICATION The 13th May, 2016 No. 21-Leg./2016.-The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Punjab received tire assent of the Governor of Punjab on the 26th day of April, 2016, is hereby published for general information:- THE PUNJAB GAU-SEWA COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2016.
(Punjab Act No. 18 of 2016) AN Act further to amend the Punjab Gau-Sewa Commission Act, 2014.
Bi it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Sixty- Seventh Year of the Republic of India, as follows :-
1. (1) This Actjnay be called the Punjab Gau-Sewa Commission Short title and (Amendment) Act, 2016. commencement.
(2) It shall come into force on and with effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Punjab Gau-Sewa Commission Act, 2014 (hereinafter referred Amendment in to as the principal Act), in section 2,- ^ c U o" 2 °' 1 v ' Punjab Act 27 o!
(i) in clause (f), for the word "Chairperson", the words and sign 2014- "Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson" shall be substituted;
(it) in clause (7i), the word "and" shall be omitted; and (Hi) in clause (i), for the sign ".", the sign and word "; and"shall be substituted and thereafter the following clause shall be added, namely:- n(j) "Vice-Chairperson"means Vice-Chairperson of the Commission.".
PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), MAY 13, 2016 • 72 (VYSK23, 1938 SAKA) 3 . In the principal Act, in section 3, m sub-section (2),- Amendment in section 3 of
(i) in clause (a), in sub-clauses (i), (ii), (Hi) and (iv), the words "not Punjab Act 27 of 2014 below the rank of joint Secretary "and in sub-clause (vi), the words "not below the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police"shall be omitted; and
(ii) for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, nameiy:- "(b) Non-official member- There shall be ten non-official members, including the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson.".
4 . In the principal Act, in section 11,- Amendment in section ! I of
(i) in sub-section (2), for the words "the member present shall elect", Punjab Act 27 of the words and sign "the Vice-Chairperson shall preside over the 2014- meeting and in the absence of Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson, the members present shall elect" shall be substituted; and
(ii) for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:- "(3) Eight members comprising four ex-officio and four non-official members, shall form quorum of the meeting.".
5 . (I) The Punjab Gau-Sewa Commission (Amendment) Ordinance, Repeal and 2015 (Punjab Ordinance No. 3 of 2015) is hereby repealed. saving.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the Ordinance referred to in sub-section (I), shall be deemed to have been done or taken under this Act.
VIVEK PURI, Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Legal and Legislative Affairs.
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