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  "text": "THE PUNJAB HEALTH FOUNDATION ACT, 1992\r\n(XI of 1992)\r\nCONTENTS\r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement\r\n2. Establishment of the Foundation\r\n3. Board of Directors\r\n4. Management\r\n5. Managing Director\r\n6. Committees\r\n7. Appointment of Officers etc\r\n8. Delegation of powers\r\n9. Business of the Board\r\n10. Functions of the Foundation\r\n11. Foundation Fund\r\n12. Budget\r\n13. Immunity of the Foundation and its employees\r\n14. Rules\r\n15. Regulations\r\n16. Repeal\r\nTEXT\r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB HEALTH FOUNDATION ACT, 1992\r\n(XI of 1992)\r\n[10th November, 1992]\r\nAn\r\nAct\r\nto provide for the establishment of the Punjab Health Foundation.\r\nPreamble.– Whereas it is expedient to provide for the establishment of the Punjab\r\nHealth Foundation to promote and finance the development of the health sector in\r\nthe Province of the Punjab and matters incidental and supplemental thereto.\r\nIt is hereby enacted as follows:–\r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be called the\r\nPunjab Health Foundation Act, 1992.\r\n(2) It extends to the whole of the Province of the Punjab.\r\n(3) It shall come into force at once.\r\n2. Establishment of the Foundation .– (1) The Govern ment may, by\r\nnotification, establish a Foundation to be known as the “Punjab Health Foundation”.\r\n(2) The Foundation shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession\r\nand a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both\r\nmovable and immovable, and shall by the said name sue and be sued.\r\n(3) The Head Office of the Foundation shall be at Lahore.\r\n3. Board of Directors.– (1) There shall be a Board of Directors of the Foundation\r\nconsisting of such number of official and non–official members\r\n2\r\n[with at least thirty three\r\npercent female members from amongst the non -official members] , including the\r\nChairman, as may be appointed by the Government.\r\n(2) A Director other than an ex -officio Director shall hold office for a period\r\nof three years bu t he may be reappointed as such for a period not exceeding two\r\nyears at a time.\r\n(3) The Government may remove a Director on the ground of inefficiency,\r\nunsuitability or misconduct after giving him an opportunity of being heard.\r\n3\r\n[(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub -sections (2) and (3) , the\r\nGovernment may, at any time, reconstitute the Board of Directors.]\r\n1This Act was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 29th October, 1992; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on 4th\r\nNovember, 1992; and, was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 10th November, 1992, Pages 3083 -E to\r\n3083-H.\r\n2Inserted by the Punjab Fair Representation of Women Act 2014 (IV of 2014), w.e.f. 12.3.2014, s.2 and the Schedule; and\r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages 2733-2744.\r\n3Added by the Punjab Health Foundation (Amendment) Act, 1995 (III of 1995) , w.e.f.13.2.1995, s.2; and published in the\r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), pages.\r\n4. Management.– (1) The Administration and Management of the Foundation\r\nand its affairs shall vest in the Board of Directors which may exercise the powers\r\nexercisable, and do all acts and things that may be done by the Foundation.\r\n(2) The affairs of the Foundation shall be conducted subject to the\r\nsupervision and control of the Government.\r\n5. Managing Director.– (1) The Government shall appoint a Managing Director of\r\nthe Foundation whose qualifications and terms and conditions of service shall be such as\r\nmay be determined by the Government.\r\n(2) Subject to sub -section (3), the term of office of the Managing Director\r\nshall be three years but the Gov ernment may extend the same for a period not\r\nexceeding one year at a time.\r\n(3) No person shall hold office of the Managing Director for a total period\r\nof more than five years.\r\n(4) The Government may remove the Managing Director on the ground of\r\ninefficiency, unsuitability or misconduct after giving him an opportunity of being\r\nheard.\r\n(5) The Managing Director shall be the Chief Executive of the Foundation\r\nand shall perform such functions as may be prescribed or assigned to him by the\r\nBoard.\r\n6. Committees.– The Board may constitute such financial, technical and\r\nadvisory Committees as may be deemed necessary for carrying out the purposes of\r\nthis Act.\r\n7. Appointment of Officers etc .– The Foundation may employ such officers,\r\nadvisers, consultants and employees in its service as may be necessary for the\r\nefficient performance of its functions in such manner and on such terms and\r\nconditions as may be prescribed.\r\n8. Delegation of powers .– The Board may delegate to any officer, authority or\r\nemployee of the Foundation any of its powers, duties or functions.\r\n9. Business of the Board .– (1) The meetings and the business of the Board\r\nshall be conducted in such manner and according to such procedure as may be\r\nprescribed and until these matters are prescribed, as may be determ ined by the\r\nBoard.\r\n(2) No act or proceedings of the Board shall be invalid on the ground of the\r\nexistence of any vacancy in or any defect in the constitution of the Board.\r\n10. Functions of the Foundation .– (1) The Foundation shall take all measures\r\nwhich i t deems necessary for the promotion, development and financing of health\r\nservices in the private sector.\r\n(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the functions mentioned in sub -\r\nsection (1), the Foundation may–\r\n(a) establish or cause to be established hea lth institutions and allied\r\nprojects;\r\n(b) give grants to health institutions operating on non -commercial basis for\r\nthe purchase of land, construction of buildings, purchase of equipment,\r\nfurniture and for other allied projects;\r\n(c) give loans to health institutions;\r\n(d) provide loans to doctors for opening clinics;\r\n(e) assist health institutions and doctors in getting loans from scheduled\r\nbanks and financial institutions;\r\n(f) lease or sell plots or assist in getting plots and land from Government,\r\nDevelopment Authorities and Housing Agencies controlled by the\r\nGovernment;\r\n(g) assist the private sector for providing necessary facilities for population\r\nwelfare programme;\r\n(h) with the approval of the Government raise loans and receive grants;\r\nand\r\n(i) perform suc h other functions as may be assigned to it by the\r\nGovernment.\r\n11. Foundation Fund .– (1) There shall be a fund to be known as the “Health\r\nFoundation Fund” which shall vest in the Foundation and to which shall be credited:–\r\n(a) grants made by the Government and the Federal Government and\r\nLocal Bodies;\r\n(b) income from investments made by the Foundation;\r\n(c) donations and endowments;\r\n(d) revolving funds placed by the Government at the disposal of the\r\nFoundation; and\r\n(e) all other sums received by the Foundation and incomes from other\r\nsources.\r\n(2) The fund shall be kept in such custody and shall be utilised and\r\nregulated in such manner as may be prescribed.\r\n(3) The Foundation may invest money in Government Saving Schemes,\r\nfixed deposits with banks approved by the Government or in such other manner as\r\nmay be prescribed.\r\n12. Budget.– The budget of the Foundation shall be approved and its accounts\r\nshall be maintained and audited in such manner as may be prescribed.\r\n13. Immunity of the Foundation and its employees .– (1) Every Director,\r\nAdviser, Officer and employee of the Foundation shall be indemnified by the\r\nFoundation against all losses and expenses sustained or incurred by him in the\r\ndischarge of his duties, save such losses and expenses as are sustained and\r\nincurred as a result of his own wilful act or default.\r\n(2) The Managing Director shall not be personally responsible for the acts\r\nof any other Director, Adviser, Officer or employee of the Foundation which he could\r\nnot have reasonably prevented by the due exerci se of his powers and functions\r\nunder this Act and the rules and regulations made thereunder or for any loss or\r\nexpense resulting to the Foundation by reason of the insufficiency or deficiency in\r\nvalue of, or title to any property or security acquired or ta ken on behalf of the\r\nFoundation by the wrongful act of any person under a liability to the Foundation or\r\nanything done by him in good faith in execution of the duties of his office.\r\n14. Rules.– The Government may, by notification, make rules for carrying o ut the\r\npurposes of this Act.\r\n15. Regulations.– Subject to this Act and rules framed thereunder, the Board may,\r\nwith the previous approval of the Government, make regulations for all matters not\r\nprovided for in the rules for which provision is necessary forcarrying out the purposes of\r\nthis Act and the rules.\r\n16. Repeal.– The Punjab Health Foundation Ordinance, 1992 (XXXV of 1992) is\r\nhereby repealed.",
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