[1]THE
PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH BOARD ACT 1997
(Act XIV of 1997)
[28 November 1997 ]
An Act to provide for the
establishment of the Punjab
Preamble.– Whereas it is expedient to make
provisions for the establishment of the Punjab Agricultural Research Board;
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
1. Short
title, extent and commencement.– (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Agricultural Research
Board Act 1997.
(2) It
extends to the whole of the Province of the Punjab .
(3) It
shall come into force at once.
2. Incorporation.– (1) The Government may establish a
Board to be called the Punjab Agricultural Research Board.
(2) The
Board shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal
with powers to acquire, hold and dispose of property and shall by the said name
sue and be sued.
3. Functions
and powers of the Board.–
The Board shall take all such measures as it deems necessary for the promotion,
development and conduct of agricultural research in the Punjab .
Explanation.–
In this Act “agricultural research” means research in respect of all subjects
and activities related to crops, plants, livestock & dairy development,
poultry, fisheries, forestry, wildlife, ecology, range management, agricultural
engineering, water management, irrigation and such other activities and
subjects as the Government may declare as “agricultural research.”
4. Composition
of the Board.–
(1) The Government shall appoint a Board, which shall consist of not more than [2][sixteen] members including the
chairman.
(2) The
Minister incharge of the Department shall be the chairman of the Board.
[3][(3) Not
less than three members of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
including at least one female member and three representatives of the farmers
including at least one female representative shall be the members of the
Board.]
(4) The
members of the Board, other than ex-officio members, shall hold office for a
period of three years and shall be eligible for re-nomination:
Provided that a member of the
Assembly, nominated on the Board, shall hold office during his membership of
the Assembly.
(5) A
member of the Board, other than ex-officio members, may, by writing under his
hand addressed to the chairman, resign his office.
5. Supervision
of the Government.–
The affairs of the Board shall be conducted subject to the supervision and
control of the Government.
6. Business
of the Board.–
(1) The meetings or the business of the Board shall be conducted in such manner
and in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed and until these
matters are prescribed as may be determined by the Board.
(2) No
act or proceeding of the Board shall be invalid by reason of any vacancy or
defect in the constitution of the Board.
7. Chief
Executive.–
(1) The Government shall appoint a Chief Executive of the Board, and the terms
and conditions of his service shall be such as may be determined by the
Government.
(2) The
Chief Executive shall be the chief executive of the Board and shall perform
such functions as may be prescribed or as may be assigned to him by the Board.
8. Committees.– The Board may constitute such
committees as may be deemed necessary for carrying out the purposes of this
Act.
9. Appointments.– (1) The Board,
on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed, may appoint such persons in
its service as may be necessary.
(2) All
direct appointments shall be made on merit determined through open competition,
from amongst duly qualified persons.
10. Board Fund.– (1) There shall be a fund to be
known as the Punjab Agricultural Board Fund which shall vest in the Board and
to which shall be credited all sums received by the Board.
(2) The
Fund shall be kept in such custody and utilized and regulated in such manner as
may be prescribed.
11. Budget, audit and accounts.– The budget of the Board shall be
approved and its accounts shall be maintained and audited in such manner as may
be prescribed.
12. Rules.– The Government may make rules for
carrying out the purposes of this Act.
13. Regulations.– The Board may, by notification,
make regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and the rules
made thereunder for the administration and management of the affairs of the
Board.
14. Removal of difficulties.– If any difficulty arises in giving
effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may make such order as is
not inconsistent with the Act, to remove the difficulty.
15. Savings.– Upon the commencement of this Act–
(a) all funds, properties, rights and interests of
whatsoever kind issued, used, enjoyed, possessed, owned or vested in the Punjab
Agricultural Research Co-ordination Board as constituted through the Government
of the Punjab, Agriculture Department’s Notification No.SO(R&E)-8(1)/78 dated
6th January 1979 and all liabilities subsisting against the said Board shall
stand transferred to the Board established under this Act; and
(b) every thing done, action taken, obligations
and liabilities incurred, rights and assets acquired, persons appointed or
authorized, jurisdictions or powers conferred, endowments, bequests, funds or
trusts created, donations or grants made, orders issued and rules or
regulations made by or in relation to the Board immediately before the
commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been respectively done, taken,
incurred, acquired, appointed, conferred, created, made or issued under this
Act.
16. Repeal.– The Punjab Agricultural Research
Board Ordinance, 1997 (XXX of 1997) is hereby repealed.
[1]This Act was
passed by the Punjab Assembly on 24th October, 1997; assented to by the
Governor of the Punjab on 28th October, 1997; and, was published in the Punjab
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 28th November, 1997, pages 2065 to 2067.
[2]Substituted for the word “fifteen” by the Punjab Fair
Representation of Women Act 2014 (IV of 2014).
[3]Substituted for sub-section (3) by the Punjab Fair
Representation of Women Act 2014 (IV of 2014) which reads as under:-
“(3) Not less than five
members of the Board shall be from amongst the members of the Assembly and the
representatives of the farmers.”
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