The Madhya Pradesh Housing Board (Amendment) Act, 1966

(1) This Act may be called the Madhya Pradesh Housing Board (Amendment) Act, 1966. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

After section 9 of the Madhya Pradesh Housing Board Act, 1950 (hereinafter referred to as the "principal Act"), the following section shall be inserted, namely :— "9A. (1) The State Government shall establish a provident fund for the Secretary, Housing Commissioner and other officers and servants of the Board and such provident fund (hereinafter called "the said fund") shall, notwithstanding anything contained in section 8 of the Provident Funds Act, 1925, be deemed to be a Government Provident Fund for the purposes of the said Act; and such fund may be administered by such officers of the State Government, or of the Board, as the State Government may specify in that behalf. (2) The Board shall, in respect of each of its employees who is a subscriber to the said fund, pay into the said fund such portion of the contribution in such manner as the State Government may, from time to time, determine.".

In section 28 of the principal Act, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely :— "(2) The Board shall cause its accounts to be audited annually by such person as the State Government may direct. The person so directed shall have the right to demand the production of books, accounts, and connected vouchers, documents and papers, and to inspect any of the offices of the Board ".

In section 31-B of the Madhya Pradesh Housing Board Act, 1950 (hereinafter referred to as "the Madhya Pradesh Housing Board Act")— (a) in sub-section (1),— (i) for the words "to the State Government:" the words "to an appellate officer appointed for the purpose :" shall be substituted ; (ii) in the proviso,— (a) for the words "the State Government may" the words "the appellate officer may" shall be substituted; (b) for the words "if it is" the words "if he is" shall be substituted; (b) in sub-section (2),— (i) for the words "the State Government" at both places where they occur, the words "the appellate officer" shall be substituted; (ii) for the words "as it thinks" the words "as he thinks" shall be substituted; (c) in sub-section (3),— (i) for the words, "the State Government" the words "the appellate officer" shall be substituted; (ii) for the words "as it thinks" the words "as he thinks" shall be substituted; (d) after sub-section (3), the following sub-sections shall be added, namely :— "(4) For the purpose of this section, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint one or more appellate officers for the whole of that part of the State in which this Act is in force, or for such area therein, as may be specified in the notification. An appellate officer shall be a person who is not below the rank of Deputy Secretary to Government and who had judicial experience or experience in the Legal Department of the State, or who has held judicial office not below the rank of District Judge. (5) All appeals pending before the State Government immediately before the commencement of the Bombay Housing Board and Madhya Pradesh Housing Board (Amendment) Ordinance, 1973, shall be transferred by it to the appellate officer concerned and shall be heard and disposed of by him as if they had been originally filed before him. The appellate officer may proceed to hear and dispose of any such appeal from the stage it reached before its transfer to him, or may commence the inquiry de novo by himself."

In section 39-A of the Madhya Pradesh Housing Board Act, after the words "the Revenue Officer" the words "or the appellate officer" shall be inserted.

(1) The Bombay Housing Board and Madhya Pradesh Housing Board (Amendment) Ordinance, 1973, is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the Bom. Bombay Housing Board Act, 1948, or the Madhya Pradesh Housing Board Act, 1950, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the Bombay Housing Board Act or the Madhya Pradesh Housing Board Act, as the case may be, as amended by this Act.