(1) The Government shall constitute a Board to be inc7ro· called the Asom Rastrabhasa Prachar Board for the p… — A .ASSAM ACT No: XXIII OF 1984

. (1) The Government shall constitute a Board to be inc7ro· called the Asom Rastrabhasa Prachar Board for the purpose of taking over the management and control of the .samiti consisting of not more than '13 members :

3 . (1) The Government shall constitute a Board to be inc7ro· called the Asom Rastrabhasa Prachar Board for the purpose of taking over the management and control of the .samiti consisting of not more than '13 members : Constitution ~~= oRth~ tr abbasa ; ; ,,. c:hlll" Board. Provided that if the Board . is constituted with less t han 13 members , the Government may at any time, appoint such other member or members as. may be considered necessary, the totai number of members of the .Board not exceeding 13, excluding the Secretary: . Provided further that the Board may exercise all powers and duties under this Act notwithstanding that the number of members of the Board is at any time less than the total permissible strength of 13. The Board shall be constituted with the following persons: PRESIDENT : - (a) The Chief Minister. Assam , VICE-PRESIDENT :- _ (b) The Education Minister , Assam. MEM·BERS:- (c) Secretary to the Government of Assam, Education Department . i . . p (d) Director of Public Instruction, Assam. (e) Secretary' to the Government p.f Assatn, Finance Department (h) . p (f) 3 (three) persons with outstanding contribution to Hindi to be nominated by the President. (g) The Managing Direct.qr, iAssam t.rext tBook Corporation. (h) 4 (four) representative members belonging to ethnic and religious groups as may be nominated by the Government . ' , The Board shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue and be sued bv the name of Asam Rastrabhasa P .r .rachar Board. 1 .J 1 .. ' 0 . (4) The President shall appoint an officer of the Assam eaetary. Civil Service. Senior Grade, as Secretary of the Board. Transfer of 4. (1) On the constitution of the Board under the precethe mandage- ding Section all the t an executive bodies/Sub-Committees rnent an . . co 11 trol over under 9, 10, 11, ~ 13, i.4 and 15 of 11 affairs of the the B1dhan of the Sam1ti shall stand dissolved and all the Sall!iti and offic€ bearers of the Samiti and all other persons holding ~~stif; ~te;eany office immediately before consti~ution of the Board Board. shall be deemed to have vacated their offices and the management of and control over all the affairs of the Samiti shall stand transferred to and vested in the Board; and all properties movable and immovable including all sums of money and all rights., powers and privileges of the Samiti which immediately before the commencement of this Act belonged to the Samiti or any other Committee or persons holding office herein-before mentioned, shall for the purpose of such management and control, vest in the Board. All employees of the Samiti shall be deemed to be the employees of the Board and shall be entitled to such emoluments as were admissible to them immediately before. the commencement of this Act . Provided that- The Board may with prior approval of Govern · ment make any addition or alterati1m of the emoluments and conditions of service of the employees; and Any appointment to any post of the Board minimum of pay scale of wpich is Rs. 750 p.m. or above shall be done only with prior approval of the Government. Preparatio .n .n 5. (1) Notwithstandin_g anythin_g contained in the precei~d ;u~~~!: d din_g section the office bearers <;>f the Samiti functioning ~e~~s and as such immediately before the commencement of this Act penalty shall prepare a statement in relation to all . m matters of the non-compha· Samiti which such officers were required to deal With ueo. immediately before the commencement ' of this Act and submit the same within a period of fifteen days from the date of commencement of this . A Act or within such extended time ·as may be specified by the Government from time to time, to the Board or when no Board has been constituted · in the meantime, to any officer appointed by th-e Government in thi,s behalf. If. any person without any reasonable excuse, knowingly and wilfully, makes default in complying with the requirement of the pr€ceding sub-section, he shall be Delivery cf Books of 6. (1) Notwithstandinrr "" . a anything contained in Sectio, o, n 4 Delive Books A c of "" Books o Accounts , of this Act, the office bearers of the Samiti functioning as R egisters, such immediately before the commencement of this Act and . proand any other person in custody of any Books of Accounts., R d h d d ' f d c!c alty . R e y p · t d 1s ersrecor s th e d a t d t' ie , f d an erm ~ and p n . c!c alty · t d t eg1s ers, recor s, o er t d acumen s an t' f proper ies o d an for noti-com-relating to the Samiti, shall, to enable the Board to exercise r liance . the power of management and control effectively, handover such custody to the Board within a period of one week from the dat e of constitution of the Board or within such extended time as may be allowed by the Government if considered necessary . (2)' If any person,' without any reasonable excus ,e ,e, knowingly and wilfully makies default in complying with the requirements of the pr€ceding sub-section, he shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees or with both . Duties uf th e Board. 7. (1) The Board shall take all such steps as may be necessary for the purpose of effe ctive exercise of the powers of management and control over the affairs and properties of Sarni ti. The Board may also perform such other duties as the be were the duties of the Samiti immediately before commencement of this Act hi such manner as. may prescribed. The Board may form such number of Commit ees or sub -committees to assign differ ent functions of the Board .-with such powers, function and number of memb,ers as may determined by the Board. ( 4) The Board shall have all powers for advancement of the objects of the Samiti. the Power of tie Board. 8. '(1) The Board shall have all the powers which the Committees and persons specified in Section 4 of this Act , h ad exercised immediately before the commencement of this Act and all such powers shall subject to the subsection (Z) below be exercised in the manner- prescribed. the The powers which were exercisable by Mantri and Pradhan Sachib immediately before the commencement of this Acj shall be by the Secretary of the Board. · · punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three thousand months or fine which may extend to one rupees or with both . . P«?wcr.to give 9. The Government may give to the Board such di~~cBt~~~~ t torections as may be deemed fit and necessary in perfor-" · ming the duties and exercising the Powers of the Board under this Act and the Board shall carry out such directions. . Creation· of 10. The Board shall .create and maintain in the the Fund. manner prescribed a fund to be called Asom Rastrabhasa Prachar Board Fund into which shall· be paid all receipts and income of the Board and . . out of which shall be met all expenses and disbursement of the Board : fund of the Samiti shall stand transferred to the fund created (i) Provided that all the money in the under this section. and (ii) The fund shall be subject to regular audit of the examiner of Local Ac.counts. Budget ofthe 11. (1) The Board shall prepare budget within a Board. period of one month froni the date of first constitution of the Board for the remaining period of the current financial year and shall· submit the same to the Government for approv.al and the Government may approve the same with such modification as be deemed fft oi:- without any modification. · . -/ - . F For succeedin.££ financial \ year the Board shall prepare the Budget vvithin 15th day of February immediately preceding the commencement of the financial year for which the Budget is to be prepared and submit to the Government for approval. The Government shall approve the budget with or without modification. The budget shall have effect as approved by the · Government. (1) If the Government is of the opinicm that the Board is unable to perform, or tias persistently ,m ,made default J n the performance of the duties imposed on it by or under this Act or has exceeded or abused its powers, the Government may, by notification, supersede the Board for such period as may be specified in the notification-: ,,.. Provided' that before issuing a notification under this sub-section, the Government shall give a reasonable time to the Board to show cause why it should not be superse.ded and shall consider .the explanation and objections, if anv of the Boarq. ·, Power to 1upcr;cdc tho 'Boar.d. .. Validity of of the Board n?t to bid Board n?t to be questioned by rc11.1on vacancy. Upon the publication of the Notification under sub-section (1) superseding- the Board:- . (a) all the members of the Board shall, as from the date of , supersession vacate their offices as sµch members; · (b) all the duties and powers of the Board under this Act shall. during the period of supersession, be· the performed and exercised by such person as Government may direct ; and (c) all property vested in the Board shall, during the · period of supersession, vest in the Government. The Government may,- (a) extend the period\ of suoersession for such further term as it may consider necessary; or (b) reconstitute the Board at any time in lthe manner provided in · Section 3 of this Act. Condition of 13. (1) A member of the Board may resign his offfice membership by gi .v .ving notice in writing to the Government and· shall, ef the Board. on such resignation being accepted by the be deemed to have vacated his office. The teri:n of office of each member of the Board shall be such as may be specified in the Notification constituting the Board. not being than three years : Provided that the Government may change the comoosition of the Board at any time before the expiry of the term of the office cif the members. A casual vacancy in the office of a member of the Board shall be filled by fresh nomination by the Government and the new member so nominated to fill the vacancy shall hold office only for the remainder of the term for which the member· whose place is filled was nominated.