Chapter V MISCELLANEOUS.

(1) The Board shall, as soon as may be after the end of each financial year, prepare and submit to the State Government before such date and in such form as the State Government may direct, a report giving as account of its activities during the previous financial year. (2) Every report submitted to the State Government under sub-section (1) shall be laid before the State Legislature.

The State Government may, by order in writing, give to the Board such directions as in its opinion are necessary or expedient for carrying out the purposes of this Act and the Board shall comply with such directions.

(1) All local authorities shall render such help and assistance and furnish such information to the Board and shall make available for the inspection and examination of (and if necessary, preparation of copies from) such records, and other documents as the Board may require to discharge and perform its duties and functions under this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), every local authority shall on demand make available to the Board, certified copies of or extracts from assessment lists and other relevant documents in connection with assessment of annual letting value of premises and levy of taxes, fees and charges. (3) Without prejudice to other provisions of this Act and notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force under which any local authority is constituted, the State Government may give to any local authority such directions as in its opinion are necessary or expedient for enabling the Board to discharge its duties and perform its functions under this Act and thereupon it shall be the duty of the local authority to comply with such directions.

(1) If, in the opinion of the State Government, the Board is not competent to perform, or is not properly performing, or deliberately makes default in performing the duties imposed on it by or under this Act or the rules made thereunder or otherwise by law or exceeds or abuses its powers, or is acting or has acted contrary to the provisions of this Act or the regulations made thereunder, or fails to obey any direction given to it under section 23, the State Government may, after giving the Board an opportunity to render an explanation, by an order published, with the reasons there for, in the Official Gazette, dissolve the Board or supersede it for such period not exceeding one year as may be specified in the order; and such period may extend beyond the term for which the members of the Board would have held office if the Board had not been superseded under this Section. (2) When the Board is dissolved or superseded, the following consequences shall ensue :— (a) all members of the Board shall, in the case of supersession, as from the date of the order of supersession, and in the case of dissolution as from the date specified in the order of dissolution vacate their office as such members; (b) all powers, duties and functions of the Board shall, during the period of dissolution or supersession be exercised and performed by such person or persons as the State Government may, from time to time, appoint in that behalf; (c) all property vested in the Board shall during the period of dissolution or supersession vest in the State Government. (3) After the dissolution of the Board, the Board shall be re-established and reconstituted in the manner provided in this Act. Where the Board is superseded, it shall be re-established and reconstituted in the manner provided in this Act on the expiration of the period of supersession.

No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the State Government, the Board or the members or any officers or servants of the State Government or of the Board for anything which is in good faith done or purported or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act, rules or regulations.

All members, officers and servants of the Board shall be deemed, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act, to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.

(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, and subject to the condition of 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 be made for all or any of the following purposes, namely:— (a) the honorarium, sitting fees and allowances of the Chairman and sitting fees and allowances including compensatory allowance of the members under sub-section (3) of section 6. (b) the recruitment and conditions of service of the secretary to the Board, under clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 13. (c) the other books to be maintained and the time at and the manner in which the annual statement of accounts, shall be prepared by the Board under sub-section (1) of section 21; (d) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed under this Act. (3) All rules made under this section shall be laid for not less than thirty days before the State Legislature as soon as may be after they are made and shall be subject to rescission by the State Legislature or to such modifications as the State Legislature may make during the session in which they are so laid or the session immediately following. (4) Any rescission or modification so made by the State Legislature shall be published in the Official Gazette, and shall thereupon take effect.

Each of the enactments mentioned in column 1 of the Schedule shall be amended in the manner, and to the extent, specified against it in column 2 thereof.