(1) The Corporation shall have a Managing Director, a General Manager and a Chief Accounts Officer, who shall be appointed or deputed by the State Government.
(2) The Corporation may appoint such other officers and employees as it considers necessary for the efficient performance of its functions subject to the approval by the State Government.
(3) The conditions of appointment, and the scales of pay, of the officers and other employees of the Corporation shall,—
(a) as respects the Managing Director, the General Manager and the Chief Accounts Officer, be such as may be prescribed; and
(b) as respects the other officers and employees, be such as may, subject to the approval of the State Government, be determined by regulations made under this Act.
(4) The Managing Director shall be the executive head of the Corporation and all other officers and employees of the Corporation shall be subordinate to him.
9. No person who has, directly or indirectly by himself or by his partner or agent, any interest in any contract, by or on behalf of the Corporation or in any work undertaken by the Corporation, shall become or remain an officer or other employee of the Corporation.
10. The State Government shall for the purposes of this Act depute officers to the Corporation on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.
11. The Corporation shall establish construction in engineering wing for the purpose of the construction of housing and maintenance thereof as a part of welfare measure for the advocates coming under the purview of this Act:
Provided that the engineer from engineering cadre shall be deputed for the purpose of this Act from the Public Works Department of the State Government.
Officers and other employees of the Corporation not to have any interest in contract etc.
Power of State Government to Depute officers.
Establishment of Construction and Engineering Wing.
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(Sections 12-15.)
12. The Corporation may, subject to such conditions and limitations as it may specify, authorise the Managing Director to exercise such powers and perform such duties as it may deem necessary for the efficient administration of its business.
13. All orders and decisions of the Corporation shall be authenticated by the signature of the Chairperson or any other member authorised by the Corporation in this behalf and all other instruments issued by the Corporation shall be authenticated by the signature of the Managing Director or by any other officer of the Corporation authorised by the Managing Director in this behalf.
14. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the functions of Corporation shall be to undertake generally the task of such welfare of the advocates practising in the State of West Bengal, and on such terms and conditions, as may be prescribed.
15. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Corporation shall power—
(a) to acquire or hold such property, both movable and immovable, as the Corporation may deem nececessary for the purpose of any of its functions and to lease, sell or otherwise transfer any property held by it;
(b) to purchase by agreement or to take on lease or under any form of tenancy any land and to erect thereon such buildings as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying on its undertakings;
(c) to enter into, or to perform, such contracts as may be necessary for the discharge of its functions and the exercise of its powers under this Act;
(d) to provide facilities for the consignment, storage and delivery of goods;
(e) to provide such stipends to the newly enrolled advocates for a period of one year or more as the State Government may by order determine;
(f) to provide housing facilities both rental and ownership basis to the advocates as per demand;
(g) to provide insurance coverage to all practising advocates who are below 60 years of age;
(h) to provide any other beneficial scheme like medical insurance, higher study loans, marriage loans, car purchase loans, etc.;
(i) to do with the prior approval of the State Government, all other things to facilitate the proper carrying on of the business and the functions of the Corporation.
Conferment of powers on Managing Director.
Authentication.
Functions of the Corporation.
Power of the Corporation.
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(Sections 16-23.)
Acquisition of land.
16. The Corporation may take steps for acquisition of any land for discharging any of its functions under this Act in accordance with the provisions of the Land l of 1894.
Acquisition Act, 1894.
Expenditure from fund.
Budget.
Audit by Auditor appointed by State Government.
17. It shall be the general principle of the Corporation that in carrying on its undertakings it shall act on business principles.
18. The State Government may provide to the Corporation such capital as the State Government may consider necessary for the purpose of carrying out all or any of its functions under this Act, subject to such terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as the State Government may determine:
Provided that any sum received from the Advocates Welfare Funds under the West Bengal Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 1991, shall also form a part of the capital of the Corporation.
19. All receipts of the Corporation shall be carried into its general fund and all payments by the Corporation shall be made therefrom.