(1) The Committee shall maintain its office at such place as the Committee may determine for the transaction of its business.
(2) The Committee shall meet not less than two times during a calendar year and a period of more than six months shall not be allowed to elapse between two successive meetings.
(3) The Chairman and in his absence his nominee shall preside over the meeting and in the absence of both any member elected by the members present shall preside over such meeting.
(4) No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless at least 4 (four) members are present.
(5) Questions arising at a meeting of the Committee shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present there and the Chairman or the person presiding, as the case may be, shall have no right to vote at the first instance, but shall have and exercise casting vote in the case of equality of votes.
(6) The Member Secretary of the Committee shall be responsible for the due record and maintenance of the minutes of the proceedings duly countersigned by the Chairman or the person presiding, as the case may be, and shall submit a copy of the said minutes to the State Government for their information.
(7) The State Government may call upon the Committee to submit report on any matter concerning the business of the Committee and management of the Places of Pilgrimage and its affairs.
5 Non-compliance in this behalf will be treated as a default in performance of duty within the meaning of section 7.
Allowance to 10. (1) the members of the Committee Duties of the Committee It shall be within the power of the State GOVA'nment by order to direct from time to time the payment from out of the fund to the Chairman or the members of such allowance at such times and in such manner as the State Government may consider reasonable and proper.
(2) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section(1) no member of the Committee while acting as such shall receive or be paid from out of the fund any salary or other remuneration except such travelling or daily allowances, if any, as may be prescribed.
(3) Members nominated shall be paid such honorarium/allowances as may be notified.
11. Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made there under, it shall be the duty of the Committee to lay down plans or policies or programme for implementation by Executive Committee or Committees as may be constituted from time to time and shall also supervise periodically the implementation of the policies etc and may also endorse such other additional duties or functions to the executive committee as it may deem fit and proper;
(1) to arrange for the proper performance of the pujas, shaptens, duechens, ritis, nitis rites etc and of the day to day rituals, daily or periodical rites of the monuments;
(2) to provide facilities for the proper performance of worship by the pilgrims;
(3) to ensure the safe custody of the funds, valuable relics,securities,idol,thankas and jewelleries and for the preservation and management of the properties vested in the temple;
(4) to ensure maintenance of order and discipline and proper hygienic conditions in the temple of proper standard of cleanliness and purity in the offerings made therein;
(s) to ensure that funds of the specific and religious endowments are spent according to wishes, so far as may be known, of the donors;
(6) to make provision for the payment of suitable emoluments to its salaried staff;
(7) to prepare and implement, with the prior approval of the State Government, any remunerative scheme for establishment of retail shops for sale of commodities inside the complex wherein the monuments are located or any other commercial undertaking in order to augment the resources and income of the temple;
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(8) to take steps for resumption of any building or room situated within the premises of the Places of Pilgrimage from any person if he has ceased to render the service for the performance of which such building or room was allotted to him or if his service has become obsolete;
(9) to do all such things as may be incidental and conducive to the efficient management of the affairs of the Places of Pilgrimage and its endowments or to the convenience of the pilgrims.