The Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board Act, 1976
Chapter XI Chapter XI
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Chapter XI Chapter XI
71. Power to make rules
Statutory text
Rules and Regulations
- (1) The Government may, by notification 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) all matters expressly required or allowed by this Act to be prescribed.
- (b) the qualifications for appointment of and the grant of leave of absence to the Chairman and the Managing Director and Associate Director.
- (c) the terms and conditions of service of the chairman, Managing Director and Associate Director including the payment of honorarium fees or allowance to them and the manner of filling casual vacancies in their respective offices.
- (cc) other terms and conditions of service of employees of local authority transferred to the Board during the period of management;
- (d) the functions of the Board;
- (e) the conditions of acquisition, transfer, etc., of any property by the Board;
- (f) the time limit within which the approval of the Government to the draft schemes prepared and forwarded by the Board, will be given;
- (g) the manner in which and the number of instalments and the time or times at which, the cost of the schemes will be recovered.
- (h) the manner of operation of funds by the Board;
- (i) the mutual relationship of the Board and other local authorities in any matter in which they are jointly interest;
- (j) the borrowing of money by the Board;
- (k) the form in which the reports of the Board will be prepared and the form and manner and the time-limit for submission of statistics and returns by the Board to the Government;
- (l) the rights, privileges and authority of auditor appointed under this Act;
- (m) the manner in which the accounts of the Board will be published.
- (3) Every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made, before the House of the State Legislature while it is in session for a total period of ten days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if , before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the successive session aforesaid, the House agrees in making any modification in the rule or the House agrees that the rule should not be made the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so however that any such modification or annual-ment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done or omitted to be done under that rule.
Chapter XI Chapter XI
72. Power to make regulations
Statutory text
- (1) The Board may, from time to time, with the previous sanction of the Government, make regulations not inconsistent with this Act, and the rules made thereunder the purposes of giving effect to the provisions of this Act.
- (2) In particulars and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such regulations may provide for;
- (a) all matters expressly required or allowed by this Act to be prescribed by regulations;
- (b) the terms and conditions of appointment and service and the scales of pay of officers and employees of the Board including the payment of travelling and daily allowances in respect of journeys undertaken by such officers and employees of the Board;
- (c) the supervision and control over the acts and proceedings of officers and employees of the Board and maintenance of discipline and conduct among the officers and employees of the Board;
- (d) the procedure in regard to the transaction of business at the meetings of the Board including the quorum;
- (e) the duties, functions and powers of the Chairman and the Managing Director and Officers of the Board;
- (f) the manner and the form in which a sinking fund, a depreciation reserve fund and the development fund are to be constitutes;
- (g) the manner and form relating to the maintenance of accounts of the Board;
- (3) No regulation or its cancellation of modification shall have effect until the same is approved by the Government.
- (4) The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, rescind any regulation made under this section and thereupon the regulation shall cease to have effect.
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