(1) The institute shall cause proper accounts and other records in relation thereto be kept, including the proper System of internal check and prepare an annual statement of accounts including the income and expenditure account and the balance sheet in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations.
(2) The accounts of the Institute shall be audited by such persons as may be appointed by the Government and any expenditure incurred in connection with such audit shall be payable by the Institute to the Government.
(3) The persons so appointed and any other person so authorized by him in connection with such audit of accounts of the Institute shall have the same rights and privileges and Accounts and Audit.
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Authentication of the orders and instruments of the Institute.
Question of Invalidation on various grounds.
authority in connection with such audit as the comptroller and Auditor-General of India has in connection with the audit of 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 any of the offices of the Institute.
(4) The accounts of the Institute certified by the person so appointed or any other person authorized in this behalf together with the audit report thereon shall be forwarded annually to the Government and the Government may issue such instructions to the Institute in respect thereof as they deem fit, and the Institute shall comply with such instructions.
(5) Government may cause the accounts of the Institute together with audit report thereon forwarded to them to be said annually before the Legislative Assembly of the State.
20. The Director of the Institute shall prepare for every year a report of its activities during the that year and submit the report to the Governing Council in such form and on or before such date as may be prescribed and copies of the report shall be laid before the Legislative Assembly of the State within 1 month of its receipt.
21. All orders and decisions of the Institute shall be authenticated by the signature of the Executive Registrar, or any other member or officer authorized by the Institute in this behalf and all other instruments issued by the Institute shall be authenticated by the Director, or any other officer of every institute authorized in like manner in this behalf.
22. No Act or proceeding of the Governing Council, Executive Council or any authority of every Institute or any committee constituted under this Act, shall be questioned [Act No.9 Of 2024] 15 on the ground merely of the existence of any vacancy in, or defect in the constitution of, the Governing Council, Executive Council, authority, or such committee.
23. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of I956), the Dentists Act, 1948 (16 of 1948) and the Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947 (48 of 1947), the medical, dental, or nursing degrees or diplomas, as the case may be, granted by the Institute under this Act shall be recognized-
(1) medical qualifications for the purpose of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956) and shall be deemed to be included in the First Schedule to that Act;
(2) dental qualifications for the purpose of the Dentists Act, 1948 (16 of 1948) and shall be deemed to be included in the Schedule to that Act; and
(3) nursing qualifications for the purpose of the Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947 (48 of 1947) and shall be deemed to be included in the Schedule to that Act.
24. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, Institute shall have power to grant medical, dental, or nursing degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions and title under this Act.
25. Every Institute shall carry out such directions as may be issued to it from time to time by the State Government for the efficient administration of this Act.
26. Every Institute shall furnish to the State Government such reports, returns and other inform ation as that Government may require from time to time.
Recognition of Qualifications.
Grant of Degrees and Diplomas by Institute.
Control by the State Government.
Returns and Information.
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27. The Government after consultation with all the institutes may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules to carry out the purpose of this Act.
(1) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:
a. the manner of nomination of members under section 4;
b. the control and restrictions in relation to the constitution of ad-hoc committees;
c. the conditions of service of, the procedure to be followed by, and the manner of filling vacancies among, members of Governing Council;
d. the powers and functions to be exercised and discharged by the Director of the Institute;
e. the number of officers and employees that may be appointed by the Institute and the manner of such appointment;
f. the form in which and the time at which the budget and reports shall be prepared by the Institute and the number of copies thereof to be forwarded to the State Government;
g. the form and manner in which returns and information are to be furnished by the Institute to the State Government;
h. any other matter which has to be or may be prescribed by rules.
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(2) Every rule made under this section, shall immediately after it is made, be laid before the Legislative Assembly of the State, while it is in session, and if it is not in session, in the session immediately following for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiration of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, the Legislative Assembly agrees in making any modification in the rule or 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 under that rule.
28. Subject to the provisions of this Act, and the rule made there under, the Institute may, with the previous approval of the Governing Council make regulations to provide for any matter which is to be or may be provided for, by regulation and without prejudice to the generality of this power, such regulations may provide for,-
(1) The summoning and holding of meetings, other than first meeting, and the quorum and conduct of business at such meetings;
(2) Any matter in respect of the constitution of any Committee or other body to be constituted under this Act;
(3) The procedure to be followed by the Governing Council and any Committee or other body constituted under this Act in the conduct of their business, exercise of their powers an discharge of their functions;
(4) The tenure of office, salaries and allowances and other conditions of service of the officers, teachers and employees of the Institute;
Power to make regulations.
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(5) The powers and duties of the Director and other officers and employees of the Institute;
(6) The management of the properties of the Institute;
(7) The degrees, diplomas and the other academic distinctions and titles which may be granted by the Institute;
(8) The creation of posts of Professors, Heads of Departments, Associate Professor, Assistant Professors, Class-I Officers and post of other teachers, officers and employees of the Institute, and the appointment of persons to such posts including the qualifications requisite therefore;
(9) The fires and other charges which may be deemed and received by the Institute;
(10) The manner in which and the conditions subject to which, pension and provident funds, may be constituted for the benefit of officers, teachers, and other employees of the Institute;
(11) Any other matter for which provisions may be made undertheActby regulations:
(a) Any other matter in which provisions may be made under this Act by regulations.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub section (1), the first regulations under this Act, shall be made by the Government and any regulations under this act, shall be made by the Government and any regulations so made may be altered or rescinded by the Governing Council in exercise of its power under sub section (1) with the approving of the Government.