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Members shall take insurance Policy. y. — Every member of the Welfare Fund shall join the insurance scheme made applicable to them, each year. 9. Amendment of the Scheme.—(1) The Government may, by notification, amend the Scheme framed under this Act, either prospectively or retrospectively. (2) Every notification under sub-section (1) shall be laid as soon as may be, after it is issued, before the Legislative Assembly while it is in session for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, the Legislative Assembly makes any modification in the notification or decides that the notification should not be issued, the notification 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 annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that notification. 10. Constitution of the Board.—(1) The Government may, by notification, with effect from such date as may be specified therein, constitute a Board to be called the "Kerala Anganawadi Workers' and Anganawadi Helpers' Welfare Fund Board" for the administration and management of the Fund and to supervise and implement connected activities. (2) The Board shall be a body corporate by the name "Kerala Anganawadi Workers' and Anganawadi Helpers' Welfare Fund Board" having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall by the said name, sue and be sued. (3) The Board shall consist of members nominated by the Government as hereinafter provided, namely:— (i) A person nominated by the Government, he shall be Chairperson of the Board; (ii) Four members representing Anganawadi Workers' and Anganawadi Helpers; (iii) An expert having special knowledge in the matters relating to women
8. Members shall take insurance Policy. y. — Every member of the Welfare Fund shall join the insurance scheme made applicable to them, each year. 9. Amendment of the Scheme.—(1) The Government may, by notification, amend the Scheme framed under this Act, either prospectively or retrospectively. (2) Every notification under sub-section (1) shall be laid as soon as may be, after it is issued, before the Legislative Assembly while it is in session for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, the Legislative Assembly makes any modification in the notification or decides that the notification should not be issued, the notification 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 annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that notification. 10. Constitution of the Board.—(1) The Government may, by notification, with effect from such date as may be specified therein, constitute a Board to be called the "Kerala Anganawadi Workers' and Anganawadi Helpers' Welfare Fund Board" for the administration and management of the Fund and to supervise and implement connected activities. (2) The Board shall be a body corporate by the name "Kerala Anganawadi Workers' and Anganawadi Helpers' Welfare Fund Board" having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall by the said name, sue and be sued. (3) The Board shall consist of members nominated by the Government as hereinafter provided, namely:— (i) A person nominated by the Government, he shall be Chairperson of the Board; (ii) Four members representing Anganawadi Workers' and Anganawadi Helpers; (iii) An expert having special knowledge in the matters relating to women
and children and having sufficient skill to deal with the matters;
(iv) 1 [Director, Women and Child Development Department]; (v) 2 [An officer of Women and Child Development Department not below the rank of Joint Secretary]; (vi) 3 [An officer of the Women and Child Development Department not below the rank of Assistant Director], he shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Board; (vii) An officer of the Finance Department not below the rank of Deputy Secretary; (viii) An officer of the Law Department not below the rank of Joint Secretary. (4) The Board shall administer the Fund vested in it in such manner as may be specified in the Scheme. (5) The Board may, with the previous approval of the Government, delegate to the Chairperson or to any other authority of the Board such of its powers and functions under this Act or the Scheme as it may consider necessary, for the efficient administration of the Fund, subject to such restrictions and conditions, as it may deem fit. 11. Meeting of the Board.—(1) The Board shall meet at least once in three months to transact its business. (2) Minimum of more than half of the total members including Chairperson shall form the quorum for a meeting of the Board. (3) The Chairperson or in his absence, a member of the Board to be elected from among the members present at the meeting shall preside over the meeting of the Board. (4) Any matter coming up before a meeting of the Board shall be decided by a majority of the members present and voting at the meeting and in the case of equality of votes, the Chairperson or the member presiding over the meeting, shall have right for a casting vote.