Provided that the Chairman shall be an Officer of the Government.

Every non-official member of the council shall hold office

3[“during the

pleasure of the Government”] and shall be paid such allowances from the funds of the Provedoria as may be fixed by the Government”.] E x p l a n a t i o n – In this Article (a)

4[ ] (b)“Official Gazette” means the Goa,

5[ ] Government Gazette. (Second Amendment Act, 1974 (Act No. 1 of 1975) (12.2.1975) ) Para 1 : In case there are equal number of votes regarding any matter, Provedor shall have the right of casting vote.

Article 17

The Provedor except the matters contained in the following article is competent to deal with the matters contained in article 3, 4 and 5 of this Diploma and shall have the authority to represent the Public Assistance Department and exercise disciplinary action over its staff. Articles 18 It shall be the duty of the Council of Provedoria to approve budgets and verify the accounts of Provedoria besides transacting matters referred to in alinea of article 3 alineas a, c and d of article 11 of this Diploma. Para 1 : All the deliberations of the Council of Provedoria shall be put into effect only after they are approved by the Government.

C H A P T E R IV

On Staff Article 19

6[“The Administrator shall fix the cadre of the staff of Provedoria de Assistencia Publica and Institutions under its control and prescribe the pay, allowances and other conditions of service. Provided that the Administrator may prescribe the pay, allowances and other conditions of service from a retrospective effect.”] Article 20 Provedor and all other staff of its Secretariat and Institutions dependents are Government Employees, enjoying the rights, duties and privileges inherent to this quality, including the right for pension. Para 1 : The service put by the present staff of Provedoria to official Department or corporation shall be consolidated for pension

purposes and charges derived therefrom will be distributed

proportionally. Article 21 The present staff shall pay their pension contributions including the past ones through deduction in their pay and the past arrears will be paid in 24 instilments. Article 22 Recruitment to the posts of Provedor and other staff of the Office and Institutions maintained by Provedoria shall be done according to the rules which shall be approved by the Order of the Government (Portaria).

C H A P T E R V

Transitory Clauses Article 23 Until rules are not framed in accordance with the principles defined in this Diploma, the Services of Provedoria and all the Institutions maintained by it will continue to be governed according to the rules presently in force. Article 24 (Transitory) without regard to age, qualifications and other formalities, the Provedor and all the employees presently working in Provedoria in its services, shall be incorporated in the cadre, according to the categories, situations and salaries attributed to them by the Diploma Legislative No. 1811 dated 3.7.1958 and Portarias No. 7231 dated 22-5-1958 and 7282 dated 24-7-1958 part applicable.

Article 25

Enactment nos. 1200 and 1209 respectively dated 7-8-1947 and 27-11-1947 are repealed. Sd/- By The Governor ( Vassalo e Silva ) Dated : 14-4-1960

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.Article 13 substituted by the Legislative Diploma No. 1984 dated 14-4-1960(Fourth Amendment) Act, 1995. 2.Substitution of new article to Article 16 by the Legislative Diploma No. 1984 dated 14-4-1960(Second Amendment) Act, 1974. 3.Article 16 the expression “for a period of three years” substituted by the Legislative Diploma No. 1984 dated 14-4-1960(Amendment) Act, 2001.