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  "text": "THE FEDERAL JUDICIAL ACADEMY ACT, 1997 \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nCONTENTS \r\n______ \r\nSECTIONS: \r\n1.  Short title and commencement. \r\n2.  Definitions.  \r\n3.  Name and location.  \r\n4.  Aims and objects \r\n5.  The Board.  \r\n6.  Powers and functions of the Board.  \r\n7.  Delegation of powers. \r\n8.  Appointment of advisors, consultants and experts. \r\n9.  Meetings of the Board. \r\n10.   Director-General.  \r\n11.  Appointment of officers and members of staff of the Academy. \r\n12.  Funds of the Academy. \r\n13.  Budget. \r\n14.  Annual reports, etc. \r\n15.  Power to make rules. \r\nUpdated till 15.12.2021 \r\n \r\n \r\nTHE FEDERAL JUDICIAL ACADEMY ACT, 1997.  \r\nACT NO XXVIII OF 1997 \r\n \r\nAn Act to provide for the establishment of the Federal Judicial Academy \r\n \r\nWHEREAS it is necessary to provide for the proper training of judicial officers and Court \r\npersonnel in order to  improve the p rofessional competence of judges and the qu ality of justice \r\nadministered in the Courts ; \r\n \r\nIt is hereby enacted as follows:___ \r\n \r\n1. Short title and commencement.___(1) This Act may be called the Federal Judicial \r\nAcademy Act, 1997. \r\n \r\n(2) It shall come into force at once. \r\n \r\n2. Definitions. ___In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,___ \r\n \r\n(a) “Academy” means the Federal Judicial Academy ; \r\n \r\n(b) “Board” means the Board of Governors of the Academy; \r\n(c) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board; \r\n(d) “Director-General” means the Director-General of the Academy ; \r\n(e) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; and \r\n(f) “staff” means members of the staff of the academy, including contract \r\nemployees, part time employees and deputationists. \r\n \r\n3. Name and location.___(1) The Academy shall be called the Federal Judicial \r\nAcademy. \r\n \r\n(2) The Academy shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal \r\nwith power to acquire, hold and dispose of property both movable and immovable and shall by the \r\nsaid name sue and be sued. \r\n \r\n(3) The headquarters of the academy shall be at Islamabad. \r\n \r\n4. Aims and objects.___The aims and objects of the Academy shall be___ \r\n \r\n(a) orientation and training of new judges, Magistrates, law officers and Court \r\npersonnel ; \r\n \r\n \r\n(b) in  service  training  and  education  of  judges,  Magistrates,  law officers and \r\nCourt personnel ; \r\n \r\n(c) holding of conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposia for \r\nimprovement of the judicial system and quality of judicial work ; and \r\n \r\n(d) publishing of journals, memories, research papers and reports. \r\n \r\n5. The Board. ___(1) The Board shall consist of___ \r\n \r\n(i) The Chief Justice of Pakistan. Chairman. \r\n(ii) The Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary \r\nAffairs. \r\nVice-Chairman. \r\n(iii) The Attorney-General for Pakistan. \r\n \r\n \r\n         Member. \r\n \r\n           (iv) The Chief Justice of Lahore High Court. Member. \r\n(v) The Chief Justice of High Court of Sindh. Member. \r\n(vi) The Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court. Member. \r\n(vii) The Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nMember. \r\n1[(viia) The Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court Member. \r\n(viii) The Secretary, Ministry of Law, Justice and \r\nParliamentary Affairs. \r\nMember. \r\n(ix) The Director-General of the Academy Member/ Secretary. \r\n  \r\n 6. Powers and functions of the Board. ___For carrying out the aims and objects of the \r\nAcademy, the Board shall, inter alia,___ \r\n \r\n(a) exercise general supervision over the affairs of the Academy ; \r\n \r\n(b) lay  down  the  policy  and  programme  for  training  and  approve courses of \r\ntraining ; \r\n \r\n(c) evaluate and examine the activities of the Academy ; \r\n \r\n(d) approve  and  consider  the  annual  budget  and  revised  budget estimates ;  \r\n \r\n(e) receive grants-in-aid  from  the  Federal  Government,  Provincial \r\nGovernments and aid giving agencies ; \r\n \r\n \r\n1Ins. by Act no. IV of 2016, s. 2.  \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n(f) cause proper books of account to be maintained for all sums of mon ey \r\nreceived and expended by the Academy and arrange for audit by the Auditor-\r\nGeneral of Pakistan; \r\n \r\n(g) prescribe  the  terms  and  conditions  of  service  of  the  Director-General \r\nand member of the staff ; \r\n \r\n(h) create, abolish, suspend and upgrade posts ;  \r\n(i) prescribe duties of the members of the staff ; \r\n(j) appoint,  suspend,  punish,  dismiss  or  remove  from  service  any member of \r\nthe staff ; \r\n \r\n(k) purchase, hire, construct or alter any building for the Academy ; \r\n \r\n(l) hold, control and administer the movable and immovable property, assets and \r\nfunds of the Academy ; \r\n \r\n(m) regulate,  determine  and  administer  all  matters  concerning  the Academy; \r\n \r\n(n) affiliate with Provincial judicial academies and other training and educational \r\ninstitutions ; and \r\n \r\n(o) decide any other matter ancillary and incidental to the aims and objects of \r\nthe Academy. \r\n \r\n7. Delegation of powers.___(1) The Board may delegate all or any of its powers and \r\nfunctions to the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, any member of the Board, the Director-General or any \r\nMember of the staff. \r\n \r\n(2) The Director-General may, in any emergency which in his opinion requires immediate \r\naction, exercise such powers as he may consider necessary in the circumstances, and shall report \r\nthe action taken by him for approval of the Board at its next meeting. \r\n \r\n8. Appointment of advisors, consultants and experts.___The Board may appoint advisors, \r\nconsultants and experts for assisting the Board in fulfilment of its aims and objects. \r\n \r\n9. Meetings of the Board.___(1) The meetings of the Board shall be called by the \r\nChairman on such date and at such time and place as he may specify.  \r\n \r\n(2) Subject to subsection (1) the intervening period between two meetings of the Board \r\nshall not exceed six months. \r\n \r\n(3) The Chairman or, in his absence, the Vice-Chairman, or if the Vice-Chairman is also \r\nabsent, the member elected by the members for the purpose, shall preside at a meeting of the Board. \r\n \r\n(4) The Quorum for the meetings of the Board shall be four members. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n(5) The Board may, from time to time, appoint such committees and working groups, from \r\namongst its members or otherwise, as it may consider necessary. \r\n \r\n10.  Director-General.___(1)  The  Director-General  shall  be  appointed  by  the Chairman \r\non such terms and conditions as may be approved by the Board. \r\n \r\n(2) The management of the Academy shall be carried on by the Director-General under the \r\ngeneral directions of the Board. \r\n \r\n(3) The Director-General shall be the academic and administrative head of the Academy \r\nand shall be responsible for the maintenance of good order and discipline. \r\n \r\n(4)  The Director-General shall be the Principal Accounting Officer of the Academy. \r\n \r\n11. Appointment of officers and members of staff of the Academy.___(1) The members of \r\nthe staff of the Academy shall be appointed by direct recruitment or transfer, or d eputation or on \r\ncontract basis or otherwise in such manner and on such terms and conditions as may be approved by \r\nthe Board. \r\n \r\n(2) All appointments of the members of the staff to posts in Basic Pay Scales 1 to 16 shall \r\nbe made by the Director-General with the approval of the Chairman. \r\n \r\n(3) Appointment of the members of the staff to posts in Basic Pay Scale 17 and above shall \r\nbe made by the Chairman. \r\n \r\n(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in any contract or agreement or in the conditions of \r\nservice, all persons serving in connection with the affairs of the Academy immediately before the \r\ncommencement of this Act, other than persons so serving on deputation, shall stand transferred to \r\nthe Academy and become the employees of the A cademy on  the same terms and conditions to \r\nwhich they were entitled immediately before such commencement and shall, on such transfer, cease \r\nto be persons in the service of Pakistan. \r\n12. Funds of the Academy.___(1) There shall be a Fund of the Academy to be known as the \r\n“Academy Fund” to which all its income shall be credited and from which all its expenditures shall \r\nbe met. \r\n \r\n(2) The following shall be the sources of income for the Academy Fund,___ \r\n(i)       grants from the Federal Government ; \r\n(ii)       grants from the Provincial Governments ; \r\n \r\n(iii)     sale and other proceeds of the Academy’s publications ;  \r\n(iv)      aid from national and international agencies ; and \r\n(v) fees, charges and donations. \r\n \r\n(3) The Academy Funds shall vest in the Board and the moneys to the credit of the Fund \r\nshall be kept in a personal ledger account in the Government Treasury or, with the approval of the \r\nBoard, in a scheduled bank. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n13. B udget.___(1) The Director-General shall, in respect of each financial year, submit  for \r\napproval of the Board, by such date and in such form as may be prescribed, a statement showing the \r\nestimated receipts the current and development expenditures and the sums  required as grant-in-aid \r\nfrom the Federal Government. \r\n \r\n(2) The Director-General shall not incur any expenditure from the Fund which is not  \r\nprovided for in the Budget approved by the Board. \r\n \r\n14. Annual reports, etc.___(1) Within two months of the conclusion of each financial year, \r\nthe Director-General shall submit the annual report to the Board in respect of  various activities \r\ncarried out by the Academy during the previous year. \r\n \r\n(2) The Board shall submit an annual report to the Federal Government relating to the \r\nAcademy Fund and the Academy's programmes. \r\n \r\n15. 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