Chapter IV Functions and Finances of the Board

The Board shall have the following powers namely:- (i) to recognise Homoeopathic educational or instructional institutions for purposes of affiliation; (ii) to prescribe courses of study and curricula for general instruction or special or refresher courses in institutions affiliated to the Board in such branches of the Medical Science of Homoeopathy as the Board may think fit; (iii) to hold examinations and to grant and confer degrees and diplomas to and on persons who shall have pursued a course of study in an educational institution affiliated to the Board; (iv) to institute, exhibitions and award medals thereat to grant scholarships and medals to those who obtain high position at the Board's examinations or are poor and deserving, and with the sanction of the State Government, to grant scholarships for special study in research and manufacture of Homoeopathic medicines in any medical institution or a reputed firm that the Board may think fit, and to endow chairs of Homoeopathy in institutions affiliated to the Board; (v) to demand and receive from students such fees as may be prescribed as may be prescribed for admission to the Board's examinations; (vi) to exercise general supervision over the residential and disciplinary arrangements made by the educational institutions affiliated to the Board and to make arrangements for promoting the health and general welfare of their students; (vii) to appoint examiners and publish the results of the examinations held by it; (viii) to suspend or withdraw the recognition of any institution which is not conducted in accordance with the conditions prescribed by this Act or the rules or regulations framed thereunder: Provided that no such action shall be taken without affording the Committee or management of such an educational institution an opportunity of making such representation as it may deem fit; (ix) to appoint, with the previous sanction of the State Government, Inspectors for the inspection of Homoeopathic dispensaries, hospitals and educational institutions in the State; (x) x x x. (xi) to establish or aid research institutions to arrange for postgraduate study in the science of Homoeopathy and to encourage scientific manufacture of Homoeopathic medicines in the State; (xii) to publish Homoeopathic journals; (xiii) to do such acts, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations made thereunder, as may be necessary for the furtherance of the objects of this Act; (xiv) to appoint with prior approval of the State Government, standing or ad hoc Committees, to delegate any of its powers and functions to such Committees, subject to any restriction and to make regulations for determining the procedure to be followed by such Committees.

(1) The Board shall have prepared and laid before it at a meeting to be held in every year before such date as may be prescribed a complete account of the actual and abstracted receipts and expenditure for the year ending on the 31st day of March next following such date together with a budget estimate of the income and expenditure of the Board for the year commencing on the first day of April next following. (2) The Board shall at such meeting decide upon the appropriations and ways and means contained in the budget estimate and pass the budget which shall be submitted to the State Government or to such other authority as the State Government may by order direct within fifteen days from the date of the meeting in which the budget is passed. (3) If the State Government is satisfied that adequate provision has not been made therein for giving effect to the provisions of this Act, it shall have the power to suggest such modifications as may be necessary to secure such provision and return the budget to the Board with its observations regarding the modifications to be made therein. The Board shall consider such observations and pass the budget with such modifications as it deems necessary. (4) If in the course of a year the Board finds it necessary to modify the figures shown in the budget with regard to its receipts or to the distribution of the amounts to be expended for the purposes of this Act, a supplementary budget may be prepared, passed, submitted and modified in the manner provided in sub-sections (1), (2) and (3). (5) As soon as may be after the first day of October every year, the revised budget for the year shall be framed and such revised budget shall, so far as may be, be subject to all the provisions of the foregoing sub-sections applicable to a budget.

(1) There shall be established a Homoeopathic Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "Fund". (2) There shall be placed to the credit of the Fund- (a) grants and loans received from the State Government, (b) all fees received by the Board on account of registration of Homoeopaths and admission to the Board's examinations, (c) contribution received from any local authority or any Homoeopathic association, and (d) all sums received by or on behalf of the Board from sources other than those mentioned in the foregoing clauses. (3) The Fund shall be applied for the purpose specified in this Act and for such other purposes and in such manner as may be prescribed. (4) The expenses of the Board shall include the salaries and allowances of the Registrar and the staff appointed by the Board, the fees and allowances paid to the Chairman and members of the Board, the expenses for the conduct of examinations and such other expenses as are necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

(1) The Homoeopathic Fund shall be kept in a scheduled bank and shall be operated upon by such person or persons and in such manner as may be prescribed. (2) To defray the current expenses of the Board such sum as the State Government may deem sufficient may be kept with the Registrar by way of imprest money.

(1) The Board shall keep accounts and submit such statements to the State Government as may be prescribed. (2) Accounts of receipts and expenditure of the Board shall be maintained for every financial year in such form as may be prescribed. (3) All accounts kept and maintained by the Board shall be audited, as soon as may be after the end of each financial year, by the Examiner of Local Fund Audit for the State and the provisions of the Rajasthan Local Fund Audit Act, 1954 (Rajasthan Act 28 of 1954) shall apply. (4) The Board shall be bound to comply with all such directions as the State Government may think fit to issue after going through the audit report in respect of its accounts. (5) The Board shall pay out of the Homoeopathic fund such sum as may be determined by the State Government by way of charges for audit.