(1) The Society may constitute a working committee consisting of such number of its own members not exceeding five, as the Society thinks fit.
(2) A member of the working committee shall hold office for the Property of the Society.
Functions of the Society.
The Society fund.
Maintenance of accounts by the Sociey.
The working committee.
149 The Sri Aurobindo Memorial Act, 1972.
[West Ben. Act Validation.
(Sections 12-14.)
period for which he remains a member of the Society or until he resigns or is replaced by the Society, whichever is earlier.
(3) A casual vacancy in the working committee shall be filled by the Society by fresh nomination of another member of the Society.
(4) The Society may delegate, subject to such conditions and limitations as the Society may think fit to impose, all or any of its functions under this Act in favour of the working committee.
12. No act done or proceedings taken under this Act shall be invalid merely by reason of—
(a) the existence of any vacancy or any defect in the constitution of the Society or the working committee,
(b) any person having ceased to be a member of the Society or the working committee, or
(c) any omission, defect or irregularity not affecting the merits of the case.
Rules. 13. (1) The State Government may make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :—
(a) scheme for administration of the property, referred to in section 8,
(b) manner in which the accounts of the Society shall be kept, audited and published referred to in section 10, and
(c) any other matter which may or is required to be prescribed.
Regulations. 14. The Society may make regulations to provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :—
(a) meetings of the Society and of the working committee, the manner in which such meetings shall be convened, the quorum necessary for transaction of business and the procedure at such meetings,
(b) the powers and duties of the Secretary of the Society,
(c) the appointment, remuneration and all other conditions of service of the Secretary and other members of the staff employed by the Society,
(d) any other matter which the Society thinks necessary for the due discharge of its functions under this Act.
150 The Sri Aurobindo Memorial Act, 1972.
XXIV of 1972.]
FIRST SCHEDULE [See section 2 (b).]
(a) Premises No. 8, Shakespeare Sarani, being all that piece or parcel or plot of rent-free land measuring 0.61 hectare, more or less, situate in the town of Calcutta bounded in the following manner, that is to say, on the north by Shakespeare Sarani, on the south by 16 and 17, Lord Sinha Road, on the east by 10, Shakespeare Sarani, and on the west by 6, Shakespeare Sarani,
(b) together with all buildings, structures and erections standing or being on the said land, which said premises and buildings are commonly known as 8, Shakespeare Sarani, Calcutta, 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.
SECOND SCHEDULE (See sections 7 and 8.)
The property of the Society may, inter alio, be used for the following objects, that is to say:—
(1) for holding public meetings and lectures for propagating the teachings of Sri Aurobindo amongst the masses,
(2) for holding such lectures, seminars and discourses as may be beneficial to the mental and moral outlook of the people generally and as may help them to solver their cultural and spiritual problems in the light of the teachings of Sri Aurobindo,
(3) to provide a reading room which may offer to the public an opportunity to be acquainted with the thoughts of Sri Aurobindo,
(4) to provide a suitable place for preservation of the sacred relics of Sri Aurobindo where members of the public may pay homage to his memory,
(5) to provide opportunites for enabling research students to carry on research on the life and teachings of Sri Aurobindo, and
(6) to provide a permanent exhibition with models depicting the life and times of Sri Aurobindo as well as events of India leading up to the freedom struggle of Bangladesh.
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