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Officers and employees of the Institute to be public servants \r\n18. Government not bound by the opinion of the Institute \r\n19. Annual report \r\n20. Power to make rules \r\n21. Power to make regulations \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB ECONOMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE ORDINANCE, 1980 \r\n(X of 1980) \r\n[13th November, 1980] \r\nAn \r\nOrdinance \r\nto provide for the establishment of the Punjab Economic Research Institute as a \r\n2\r\n[statutory] body. \r\nPreamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the establishment of the Punjab \r\nEconomic Research Institute as a statutory body and for matters ancilliary thereto; \r\n NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Proclamation of the fifth day of July, \r\n1977, read with the Laws (Continuance in Force) Order, 1977 (CMLA Order 1 of \r\n1977), the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make and promu lgate the following \r\nOrdinance:– \r\n1. Short title and commencement .– (1) This Ordinance may be called the \r\nPunjab Economic Research Institute Ordinance 1980. \r\n (2) It shall come into force at once. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the \r\nfollowing words and expressions shall have the meanings hereb y respectively \r\nassigned to them:– \r\n(a) “Board” means the Board of the Punjab Economic Research Institute \r\nconstituted under the Ordinance; \r\n(b) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board; \r\n3\r\n[(c) “Director” means Director of the Institute who shall be an ex -officio \r\nmember and Secretary of the Board;] \r\n(d) “Government” means Government of the Punjab; \r\n(e) “Institute” means the Punjab Economic Research Institute established \r\nunder the Ordinance; \r\n4\r\n[(f) “member” means a member of the Board and includes the Chairman \r\nand Vice Chairman;] \r\n(g) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules framed under the Ordinance; \r\n \r\n1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of the Punjab on 10th November, 1980; and, published in the Punjab \r\nGazette, (Extraordinary), dated 13th November, 1980; pages 1147-E to 1147-M. \r\n2Misprinted in the Gazette as “statutory”. \r\n3Substituted by the Punjab Economic Research Institute (Amendment) Act 2016 (XXX of 2016), published in the Punjab \r\nGazette (Extraordinary), dated: 20 April 2016, pp. 4675-4676, s.2. \r\n4Substituted by the Punjab Economic Research Institute (Amendment) Act 2016 (XXX of 20 16), published in the Punjab \r\nGazette (Extraordinary), dated: 20 April 2016, pp. 4675-4676, s.2. \r\n(h) “regulations” mean regulations made under the Ordinance; \r\n5\r\n[*] \r\n(i) “specified” means specified by an order of the Government \r\n6\r\n[; and] \r\n7\r\n[(j) “Vice Chairman” means the Vice Chairman of the Board.] \r\n3. Establishment of the Institute .– (1) As soon as may be after the \r\npromulgation of this Ordi nance, Government may, by notification in the official \r\ngazette, establish an Institute to be called the Punjab Economic Research Institute. \r\n (2) The Institute shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession \r\nand a common seal with power to acquire, h old and dispose of property, both \r\nmovable and immovable, and may, by the said name, sue and be sued. \r\n (3) The head office of the Institute shall be at Lahore. \r\n4. Functions of the Institute.– (1) The functions of the Institute shall be:– \r\n(i) to conduct and promote research seminars, conferences, \r\ndemonstrations and experiments in the fields of economics, \r\ndemography and socio-economic problems relating thereto; \r\n(ii) to provide information and advice regarding modern research \r\ntechniques and methodology in econo mics and related social \r\ndisciplines; \r\n(iii) to compile results of such studies and investigations as are carried out \r\nby or under the auspices of the Institute and to publish such results in \r\nthe form of monographs, books or reports together with its \r\nrecommendations; \r\n(iv) to carry out such research in the aforementioned fields for \r\nGovernment, semi -Government organizations and private bodies , as \r\nmay be desired or authorised by Government; \r\n(v) to advise and make recommendations to Government, as and when \r\nrequired, with regard to various economic policies; \r\n(vi) to provide facilities for training in socio -economic research and \r\ndemographic analysis to such persons as Government may direct; \r\n(vii) to assist and extend co-operation to national and international agencies \r\nin the field of economic research and training and to perform such \r\nancillary functions as may be required by Government; and \r\n(viii) to undertake such other activities as may be necessary to carry out the \r\naforesaid functions. \r\n (2) In the performance of it s functions, the Institute shall be guided on \r\nquestions of policy by instructions, if any, given to it by Government who shall be the \r\nsole judge as to whether a question is a question of policy. \r\n \r\n5The word “and” was omitted by the Punjab Economic Research Institute (Amendment) Act 2016 (XXX of 2016), published in \r\nthe Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 20 April 2016, pp. 4675-4676, s.2. \r\n6Substituted for the “full-stop” by the Punjab Economic Research Institute (Amendment) Act 2016 (XXX of 2016), published in \r\nthe Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 20 April 2016, pp. 4675-4676, s.2. \r\n7Inserted by the Punjab Economic Research Institute (Amendment) Act 2016 (XXX of 2016), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 20 April 2016, pp. 4675-4676, s.2. \r\n5. Board.– (1) Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance, the administration and \r\nmanagement of the Institute shall vest in the Board which may exercise such powers \r\nand perform such functions as may be exercised or done by the Institute under the \r\nOrdinance. \r\n8\r\n[(2) The Board shall consist of the following: \r\n(a) Chairman, P lanning and Development Board of the \r\nGovernment; \r\nChairman \r\n(b) An economist, to be appointed by the Government; Vice Chairman \r\n(c) Secretary to the Government, Finance Department or his \r\nnominee not below the rank of an Additional Secretary; \r\nMember \r\n(d) Secretary to th e Government, Agriculture Department or \r\nhis nominee not below the rank of an Additional Secretary; \r\nMember \r\n(e) Secretary to the Government, Industries, Commerce and \r\nInvestment Department or his nominee not below the rank \r\nof an Additional Secretary; \r\nMember \r\n(f) Secretary to the Government, Higher Education \r\nDepartment or his nominee not below the rank of an \r\nAdditional Secretary; \r\nMember \r\n(g) Chief Economist to the Government, Planning and \r\nDevelopment Department; \r\nMember \r\n(h) four non -official members, including at least one fe male \r\nmember, to be nominated by the Government from \r\namongst the economists and social scientists; \r\nMembers \r\n(i) three Members from Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, \r\nincluding one female Member, to be nominated by the \r\nGovernment; and \r\nMembers \r\n(j) Director. Member/Secretary \r\n(2A) A non -official member including the Vice Chairman shall possess at \r\nleast doctorate degree in economics or in any other related field and the Vice \r\nChairman shall have at least fifteen years’ experience in the relevant field and a non -\r\nofficial member shall have at least ten years’ experience in the relevant field \r\nprovided that each non-official member has different area of research in doctorate.] \r\n(3) Government may, by notification in the Official gazette, increase, \r\ndecrease or alter the membership of the Board. \r\n (4) The members other than ex-officio members shall hold off ice for a \r\nperiod of three years; \r\n Provided that Government may remove any non -official member before the \r\nexpiry of his term without assigning any reason. \r\n \r\n8Substituted by the Punjab Economic Research Institute (Amendment) Act 2016 (XXX of 2016), pub lished in the Punjab \r\nGazette (Extraordinary), dated: 20 April 2016, pp. 4675-4676, s.3. \r\n (5) Government may suspend the execution of any resolution or order of \r\nthe Board which in the opinion of Government, contravenes the provisions of the \r\nOrdinance, or the rules or regulations made thereunder or the directions given by \r\nGovernment, and may prohibit the doing of any act which is being done in pursuance \r\nof the said resolution or order, or if the act has been accomplished, order its \r\nrectification in such manner as may be directed. \r\n6. Meetings of the Board.– (1) The meetings of the Board shall be held at such \r\ntime and place as may be determined by the Chairman of the Board. \r\n (2) The quorum for transacting business at a meeting of the Board shall be \r\nfour. \r\n (3) All decisions at a meeting of the Board shall be taken by a majority of \r\nvotes of the members present and in the event of equality of votes, the Chairman \r\nshall have a casting vote. \r\n (4) The meetings of the Board shall be presided over by the Chairman and \r\nin his absence by a member elected for the purpose from amongst the members \r\npresent. \r\n (5) The minutes of every meeting of the Board shall be recorded in a book \r\nto be maintained for the purpose and shall be signed by the person who presided \r\nover the meeting. \r\n (6) No act or proceedings of the Board shall be invalid merely by reason of \r\nany vacancy in, or defect in the constitution of the Board. \r\n7. Director.– (1) There shall be appointed by the Government a Director of the \r\nInstitute who shall exercise such executive powers and perform such functions and \r\nduties as may be assigned to him by the Board or as may be specified. \r\n (2) The Director shall– \r\n(a) be a whole-time officer of the Institute; \r\n(b) hold office for a term of three years from the day he enters upon his \r\noffice; \r\n(c) be entitled to receive such salary and allowances as may be specified: \r\n Provided that the Direc tor shall, notwithstanding the expiration of his term, \r\ncontinue to hold office for a further period of three months or till his successor enters \r\nupon his office, whichever is earlier. \r\n (3) Nothing contained in sub -section (2) shall preclude Government from \r\nre-appointing the Director to hold that office for such further period as may be \r\nspecified but not exceeding three years at a time. \r\n (4) The Director may, at any time, before the expiry of his term, resign his \r\noffice by writing under his hand addressed to Government with three months’ notice \r\nor on payment of three months pay in lieu thereof. \r\n8. Secretary.– (1) There shall be a Secretary of the Institute who shall be its \r\nregular employee. \r\n (2) The Secretary shall perform such functions as may be assigned to him \r\nby the Board. \r\n9. \r\n9\r\n[Committee].– The Board may constitute such committees as may be \r\ndeemed necessary for carrying out the purposes of the Ordinance. \r\n10. Advisers etc.– The Board may, from time to time and with the approval of \r\nGovernment, appoint or eng age such advisers, experts and consultants as it \r\nconsiders necessary on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed. \r\n11. Fund.– (1) There shall be a fund of the Institute to be known as Punjab \r\nEconomic Research Institute Fund. \r\n (2) The fund shall consist of– \r\n(a) grants made by Government or other authorities or agencies; \r\n(b) donations from national and international agencies; \r\n(c) proceeds of sale and royalty of the publications of the Institute; \r\n(d) research fee earned by the Institute from research unde rtaken by it for \r\nprivate organizations; \r\n(e) balance of the fund of the Society known as Punjab Economic \r\nResearch Institute which under the provisions of this Ordinance is \r\nbeing dissolved and succeeded by the Institute; and \r\n(f) income from other sources. \r\n (3) The Fund shall be maintained and invested in such manner as may be \r\nprescribed. \r\n (4) The Fund of the Institute shall be utilized to meet the expenses of the \r\nInstitute in connection with its functions under the Ordinance. \r\n12. Budget and Accounts.– (1) The Institute shall, before the commencement of \r\neach financial year, prepare a statement of the estimated receipts and expenditure of \r\nthe Institute for the next financial year and forward the same to Government for \r\napproval. \r\n (2) The Institute shall maintain such accounts and in such manner as may \r\nbe prescribed. \r\n (3) The accounts of the Institute shall be audited annually in such manner \r\nand by such authority as may be prescribed. \r\n13. Employees of the Institute.– (1) The Institute may, subject to the approval of \r\nGovernment, employ such officers and other employees as it considers necessary \r\nfor the efficient performance of its functions under the Ordinance. \r\n (2) The Institute may provide for the grant of such allowances, leave, \r\npension, gratuity, provident fund a nd other benefits and facilities as may be \r\nprescribed. \r\n (3) The Institute shall give to the officers and other employees of the \r\nSociety known as the Punjab Economic Research Institute being dissolved under the \r\nprovisions of the Ordinance, an option for ser vice under the Institute on such terms \r\nand conditions as may be offered to them by the Institute: \r\n \r\n9Misprinted in the Gazette as “Commisttee”. \r\n Provided that such terms and conditions shall not be less favourable than \r\nthose applicable to them as servants of the Society known as the Punjab Economic \r\nResearch Institute being dissolved under the Ordinance. \r\n14. Delegation of powers .– The Board may, by general or special order and \r\nsubject to such conditions as may be specified in such order, delegate any of its \r\npowers, duties or functions under the Ordinanc e to the Chairman, Director, \r\nmembers, adviser, officer, expert, consultant or an employee of the Institute or to a \r\ncommittee constituted under the Ordinance. \r\n15. Winding up of the Society .– (1) Notwithstanding the provisions contained in \r\nthe Societies Regi stration Act, 1860 (XXI of 1860) or in the Memorandum and \r\nArticles of Association of the Punjab Economic Research Institute, a Society \r\nregistered under the said Act, Government may, by notification in the official gazette, \r\norder the dissolution of the said Society with effect from such date as may be \r\nmentioned in the notification. \r\n (2) On the dissolution of the Society referred to in sub-section (1)– \r\n(a) all properties, funds and other assets of the Society shall vest in the \r\nInstitute; \r\n(b) all publications and other research material prepared or collected by \r\nthe Society shall be deemed to have been issued, prepared and \r\npublished by the Institute; \r\n(c) all debts, liabilities, contracts entered into, matters or things done or to \r\nbe done by or for, all suits and other proceedings by or against the said \r\nSociety shall be deemed to be the debts, liabilities and obligations \r\nincurred, contracts entered into, matters or things done or to be done \r\nby or for, and suits and other proceedings by or against the Institute. \r\n16. Winding up of the Institute .– (1) No provision of any law relating to winding \r\nup of companies shall apply to the Institute. \r\n (2) When, in the opinion of Government, it is expedient that the Institute \r\nshall cease to exist, Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare \r\nthat the Institute shall be dissolved from such date as may be mentioned in the \r\nnotification and the Institute shall be deemed to have been dissolved accordingly and \r\nfrom such date– \r\n(a) all properties, funds and dues which are vested in or realizable by the \r\nInstitute shall vest in and be realizable by an administrator or any other \r\nofficer appointed by Government in this behalf; \r\n(b) all liabilities which are enforceable against the Institute shall be \r\nenforceable only against the administrator or the other officer \r\nappointed by Government in this behalf; \r\n(c) the administrator or the other officer appointed by Government shall \r\nkeep separate accounts of all moneys respectively received and \r\nexpended by him under the Ordinance until all liabilities referred to in \r\nclause (b) have been duly discharged; and \r\n(d) the administrator or the other officer appointed by Government in this \r\nbehalf shall have power to dispose of the properties, assets and rights \r\nof the Institute in such manner as Government may direct from time to \r\ntime. \r\n (3) Any properties and assets left over after all the liabilities of the Institute \r\nhave been discharged shall vest in Government and all liabilities left undischarged \r\nafter all the properties and assets of the Inst itute have been disposed of shall \r\nbecome the liabilities of Government. \r\n (4) The administrator or the other officer appointed by Government in this \r\nbehalf may delegate any of his powers under this section to an officer of Government \r\nor to an officer of the Institute to such extent and on such terms and conditions as \r\nmay be approved by Government. \r\n17. Officers and employees of the Institute to be public servants .– The \r\nDirector, officers and other employees of the Institute shall be deemed to be public \r\nservants within the meanings of section 21 of the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of \r\n1860). \r\n18. Government not bound by the opinion of the Institute .– Government shall \r\nnot be bound or held responsible for any opinion expressed or any conclusion \r\nreached by the authors o f the publications issued or published by or under the \r\nauthority of the Institute. \r\n19. Annual report .– The Institute shall submit annual report of its activities to \r\nGovernment at the end of each financial year and circulate a quarterly report of its \r\nactivities to all members of the Institute in the manner prescribed. \r\n20. Power to make rules .– (1) Government may make rules for carrying out the \r\npurposes of the Ordinance. \r\n (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing \r\nprovision, such rules may provide for– \r\n(a) the manner and form of keeping the accounts of the Institute, \r\n(b) the qualifications and procedure to be followed for appointment or \r\nrecruitment of advisers, consultants, experts, officers and o ther \r\nemployees of the Institute, \r\n(c) the terms and conditions of employment or service of the advisers, \r\nconsultants, experts, officers and other employees of the Institute, \r\n(d) the date on which and the form in which the annual budget statement \r\nof the Institute shall be submitted to Government each year, \r\n(e) the procedure for appropriation and re -appropriation of moneys at the \r\ndisposal of the Institute, \r\n(f) the form and manner in which the accounts of receipts and expenditure \r\nof the Institute shall be kept, \r\n(g) the manner in, and the auth ority, by, which accounts of the Institute \r\nshall be audited, \r\n(h) the manner in which audit reports shall be submitted to Government by \r\nthe Institute, \r\n(i) the manner and form in which and the authority to whom returns, \r\nreports, or statements shall be submitted, \r\n(j) the establishment, composition, powers and duties of various \r\ncommittees which may be established under the Ordinance, and \r\n(k) such other matters relating to the administration and other affairs of the \r\nInstitute as Government may think fit to be prescribed by rules. \r\n21. Power to make regulations .– The Institute may, with the previous approval \r\nof Government, make regulations for matters not provided for in the rules for which \r\nprovision is necessary or expedient for carrying out the purposes of the Ordinance.", "passage_offset_convention": "zero-based Unicode code points and UTF8 bytes; end exclusive", "passages": [ { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-4cd8373ea7a393f3:sha256:75e8fa926733d1d62ef2df0ff5edb2f6684b04e9dc8d6288fe0130a7133cb797:chars-0-1782:7d9e06a2cd640740436164b10aa3a4dbeb05237f9823ec8c1ba8edfc34e8488d", "character_start": 0, "character_end": 1782, "utf8_byte_start": 0, "utf8_byte_end": 1796, "passage_sha256": "7d9e06a2cd640740436164b10aa3a4dbeb05237f9823ec8c1ba8edfc34e8488d", "reader_fragment": "p-0-1782-7d9e06a2cd640740" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-4cd8373ea7a393f3:sha256:75e8fa926733d1d62ef2df0ff5edb2f6684b04e9dc8d6288fe0130a7133cb797:chars-1782-3553:05d4ca4776ba637ab21c90cb268c6cac6d9f7923da8d5668ec72f112aa2c9019", 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