Section 11
Deleg ation of Powers by the Deputy Commissioner,—The Deputy Com missioner may, with the prior approval of the State Government, by general or special order, delegate all or any of his powers, duties or functions under this A d or the rules made thereunder to such officer of the State Government as he thinks fit.
11. Deleg ation of Powers by the Deputy Commissioner,—The Deputy Com missioner may, with the prior approval of the State Government, by general or special order, delegate all or any of his powers, duties or functions under this A d or the rules made thereunder to such officer of the State Government as he thinks fit.
Constitution of the Committee.—(11 The State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute an Evacuee Property Management Comm ittee for Assam.
(2) The Committee shall consist o f a President and three other members, (3) The President shall be an officer o f the State Government appointed in this behalf by the State Government from time to time, and the other members shall be appointed by the State Government from among the members of
the Minority Community.
(4) The Comm ittee shall be a body corporate by the name of the Evacuee Property Management Comm ittee of Assam and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall by the said name sue and be sued.
Resignation and removal of members and filling up of vacancies.-—(1)
A member of the Committee, other than the President, may, by writing under j his hand, delivered to the prescribed officer of the State Government, resign his ; office after giving one month's notice of his intention to resign.
The State Government may at any time remove any member of the
Committee on any of the following grounds, namely—
(a) tha t he has been convicted of an offence which, in the opinion of the i State Government, involves moral turp itude ;
(b) tha t he has applied to be adjudged or has been adjudged an insol-
vent ;
(c) that he, in the opinion of the State Government, is incompetent, or : incapable of or unfit to perform the duties of his office on account of i
physical 'or mental infirm ity;
(d) tha t he, in the opinion of the State Government, has been mismanag- j ing the properties of which the Comm ittee has taken charge.
In the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of any member of the j Comm ittee, other than the President, by death, resignation, removal or other- i wise, the State Government shall fill up the vacancy in the manner provided in $ sub-section (3) of section 12,
Conduct of business of the Committee.—The Committee may, with the approval of the State Government, make regulations for conducting its business and may act notwithstanding any vacancy in the office of any mem ber othe r than
that of the President :
Provided that the quorum for a meeting of the Committee shall be two members, one of whom shall be the President.
Officers of the Committee.—The Committee may appoint with the approval of the State Government such officers (hereinafter referred to as Adm inistrative Officers) as may be necessary for the proper discharge of its functions under this Act and way also appoint such other staff as it considers j necessary.
Allowances of President and Members and remuneration of Officers.— g (1) The members of the Comm ittee shall not be entitled to any salary but may 2 receive such allowances as may be fixed by the State Government.
The remu nera tion of the Administrative Officers and of other staff shall be | such as may be fixed by the State Government.
Expenses incurred by the Committee.—(1) The salary and allowances of the President, the allowances of othe r members of the Comm ittee the remunera- i tion of the Administrative Officers and other staff and such other expenses as may be incurred by the Committee in the exercise or discharge of any of its powers, duties and functions under this Act or the rules made thereunder, in respect of any evacuee property, shall be defrayed out of a levy at such rate, as may be prescribed, on the receipts derived from such property and shall, subject to the provisions of section 9, be a first charge on such receipts.
Th e State Government may from time to time make such advances to the Committee as may be necessary to enable it to function. All such advances shall be recoverable with interest at three per centu m per annum from the receipts derived from the properties which may vest in the Comm ittee and shall subje ct to sub-section (1) be a charge on every and all such properties and shall
have priority over all othe r charges on every and all such properties.
The moneys received by the Committee from time to time unde r the provisions of this Act shall constitute a fund which may be declared to be a "local fund" under sub-section (4) of Section 2 of the Assam Local Funds (Accounts and Audit) Act. 1930, Assam Act II of 1930, by the State Govern-
ment.
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