section 23
Further provisions as to execution of contracts.
The Trivandrum City Improvement Trust Act, 1960Civil1960160 sections7 chapters
Chapter II THE
Statutory text
- (1) Every contract made by the Chairman on behalf of the Board shall be entered into in ) such manner and form as would bind the Chairman if such contract were made on his own behalf, except that the common seal of the H Board shall be used where necessary; and every such contract may in | the like manner and form be varied or discharged. i
- (2) Every contract for the execution of any work, or the supply | of any materuals or goods, which involves an expenditure exceeding one [ ' thousand rupees, shall be in writing, and shall be sealed. i : (3) The common seal of the Board shall remain in the custody of | the Secretary to the Board, and shall not be affixed to any contract or other instrument except in the presence of a Trustee (other than the Chairman), who shall attach his signature to the contract or instrument in token that the same was sealed in his presence. | (4) The signature of the said Trustee shall be in addition to the | | signature of any witness to the execution of such contract or instru- ment.
- (5) A contract not executed as provided in this section shall not | : be binding on the Board. | . 24. Tenders.—(1) At least seven days before entering into any contract for the execution of any work or the supply of any materials or goods, which involves an expenditure exceeding five thousand rupees, : the Chairman shall give notice by advertisement in local newspapers, I~ inviting tenders for such contract.
- (2) In every such case the Chairman shall place before the Board | the specifications, conditions and estimates and all the tenders received ! specifying the particular tender, if any, which he proposes to accept. | : (3) In every case in which the acceptance of a tender would ' involve an expenditure exceeding fifty thousand rupees, the Board shall \ submit to the Government the specifications, conditions and estimates, and all the tenders received, specifying the particular tender, if any, the acceptance of which it proposes to sanction. | . (4) Neither the Board nor the Government shall be bound to ' sanction the acceptance of any tender which has been made; but the Board within the pecuniary limits of the powers as laid down in clause (¢) of sub-section (1) of section 22 and the Government in the cases referred to in clause (d) of the said sub-section, may sanction the acceptance of any of such tenders which appears to it or them, upon a consideration of all the circumstances, to be the most advantageous, or may direct the rejection of all the tenders received.
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