Chapter IX SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISION

Submission of returns, reports etc. by the Board to the Government

Members of the Board and Committees and employees to be public servants Members of the Board and Committees and employees to be public servants

1. (1) The members of the Board or every committee or sub-committee, persons in the service of the Board, and any person appointed under this Act to audit accounts of the Board, shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.
2. (2) No suit, prosecution or other local proceeding whatsoever shall lie against any person for anything in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.

Transitory Provisions Every matter on these things required to be provided by regulations under this Act shall, until such regulations are made, be provided by rules made under this Act.

Rule making powers of the Government

1. (1) The Government may make rules for carrying out the provision of this Act.
2. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the forgoing powers, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters namely :-
   • (i) the acquisition, possession and disposal of property by the Board, the conditions of such acquisition, possession and disposal and the performance by the Board of any function referred to in sub-section
3. (3) of section 3;
   • (ii) The composition of managing committees of institution;
   • (iii) the discipline relating to the officers and the staff of the Board; Provided that until such rules are made, the Board shall have the power to adapt, extend and apply any Central or State Rules to the employees of the Board as it may think.
   • (iv) Deleted. (Ammended in 2014)
   • (v) the form in which the budget estimate of the Board shall be prepared;
   • (vi) the manner in which all payments to and from the Funds shall be made;
   • (vii) the manners and the forming which accounts of receipts and expenditure shall be kept under sub-section
4. (4) of section 25.
   • (viii) the manner of reappropriation under sub-section
5. (5) of section 25;
   • (ix) the manner in which examinations and audit of the accounts shall be made;
   • (x) the reports, returns and statements to be furnished by the Board under section 27 and the forms of such reports, returns and statement.
   • (xi) Any other matter required to be prescribed or provided or made by rules.

Continuation of rules, text-books, Syllabi etc of the Board of Assam Secondary Education under this Act All syllabi, courses of studies and textbooks prescribed by the Assam Board of Secondary Education for High School Examination and rules and regulations on matters of school administration followed in Mizoram immediately preceding the Commencement of this Act shall continue to be followed until other provisions are made under this Act.

Validity of the proceedings of the Board or a committee or a sub-committee No Act or proceedings of the Board or a committee or a sub-committee shall be invalid merely by reason of the existence of any vacancy or vacancies among its member of any defect of irregularity not affecting the merits of the case.

Powers of supervision, guidance and control of the Government over the Board The Board shall, in exercising its powers and performing its duties under this Act be guided by such directions, as the Government may, by notification, give from time to time, regarding the scope and the content of school education in Mizoram.

-1 34. Power to remove difficulties.

If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any of the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by order not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, remove the difficulties.

Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of two years from the commencement of this Act.