[1]THE PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH BOARD ACT
1997
( XIV of 1997)
[28th
November, 1997]
An
Act
to provide for the
establishment of the Punjab Agricultural Research Board and matters ancillary
thereto.
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 Coordination 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)
everything 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 by the Punjab
Fair Representation of Women Act 2014 (IV of 2014)
[3]
Substituted by the Punjab Fair Representation of Women Act 2014 (IV of 2014)
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