(1) The Provincial Government may after previous publication 'make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2) 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 number, and the manner of selection and appointment, of trustees including ex-officio trustees, and the periods of time for which such trustees shall hold office,
(b) the circumstances in which and the authority by which a trustee appointed under section 4 may be removed, the manner in which and the authority by which a vacancy in the office of a trustee appointed under section 4 shall be filled,
(d) the minimum number of meetings of the Board during any year,
(e) the manner in which a majority decision of the trustees shall be obtained by circulation to the trustees of the matter requiring decision,
(f) the appointment of Committees and the delegation thereto of any powers exercisable by the Board under this Act,
(g) the erection, equipment, maintenance and management of the Mahajati Sadan,
(h) the purposes for which and the manner in which the Mahajati Sadan or any property or fund held for the .purposes of the Mahajati Sadan shall be used and applied,
(i) the form of accounts to be kept by the trustees, and the audit and publication of such accounts, and
(j) the appointment, remuneration and conditions of service of officers and servants employed by the Board.
(.3) All rules made under this section shall be published in the Official Gazette and on such publication shall have effect as if they were enacted in this Act.
18. Subject to such rules as may be made under section 17, the Board may, with the previous sanction of the Provincial Government, make regulations to provide for all or any of the following matters, namely : —
(a) the appointment of dates, times and places for meetings of the Board and of the Committees,
(0) The Mahajati Sada.n Act, 1949.
XVI of 1949.]
(The First and Second Schedules.)
the manner in which such meetings shall be convened, the quorum necessary for transaction of business and the procedure at such meetings,
(b) defining the powers and duties of the Secretary of the Board.
THE FIRST SCHEDULE.
(a) Premises No. 166, Chittaranj an. Avenue in Calcut, ' being all that piece or parcel or plot of rent-free laid measuring 1 bigha 19 cottalis 4 chittaks 34 square feet more or less situate on the east side of the Chittaranjan Avenue in the town of Calcutta bounded in the following manner, that is to say, on the North by Mitra Lane, on the South by Munshi Sadaruddin Lane, on the East by a passage between this plot and the plot of land now in the occupation of Burrabazar Yubak Sabha and their Gymnasium and on the IVest by Chittaranjan Avenue,
(b) together with all buildings, structures and erections standing or being on the said land, which said premises and buildings are commonly known as the Mahajati Sadan, and
(c) together with all rights, easements and appurtenances whatsoever belonging or attached or appurtenant to the said land, buildings, structures and erections or held or enjoyed therewith.
THE SECOND SCHEDULE. - The Mahajati Sadan may, inter alia, be used for the following purposes, that is to say :—
(1) A hall to be erected within the building, Mahajati Sadan, may be used for holding public meetings and lectures to educate and enlighten the members of the public, and particularly the citizens of Calcutta, in the present day civic, municipal or other cultural and political problems as also for holding such other lectures and discourses as may be beneficial to the mental and moral outlook of the citizens of Calcutta on reasonable terms and conditions and on payment of a reasonable fee or rent therefor to cover the cost of maintenance and depreciation charges.
(2) Accommodation may be provided in a part of the said building for a big library containing literature on all subjects of interest to the citizens of Calcutta and in as many languages as possible with books of reference for the free use of the literate citizens of the city of Calcutta.
Suitable portions of the said building may be—
(a) used to accommodate a club or association for the physical culture of such members of the public of Calcutta as may choose to join the same, with
(3) 8 The Mahajati Sadan Act, 1949.
[West Ben. Act XVI of 1949.]
(The Second Schedule.
permission to such club or association to use and utilise a portion of the grounds of the Mahajati Sadan remaining open and available for such use;
(b) allotted to the Working Committee of the Indian National Congress for accommodating such portion of the offices of the All-India Congress Committee as it may deem fit;
made over to the Bengal Provincial Congress Committee or the Provincial Congress Organisation of Bengal for their use subject to a right of re-entry in the event of the said Committee or Organisation— ceasing to have a lawful existence for the time being,
(ii) declining to continue or to be in occupation or charge of, or relinquishing possession or charge of, the portion so made over to it, or
(iii) failing to-observe and perform any of the terms or conditions for such use.
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