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Source transcription retained verbatim; legal completeness, OCR accuracy and current consolidation unverified.", "text_sha256": "9e55192972ebe052820403d9ee6f7a099940612d15b07d0abe6a28a88ea532ca", "source_sha256": "9e55192972ebe052820403d9ee6f7a099940612d15b07d0abe6a28a88ea532ca", "text_version_id": "law:punjab-code-fe63489126ebe4ef:sha256:9e55192972ebe052820403d9ee6f7a099940612d15b07d0abe6a28a88ea532ca", "quality_flags": [], "encoding": "UTF-8", "text": "THE PUNJAB INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE, ART AND \r\nCULTURE ACT 2004 \r\n(XXI of 2004) \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement \r\n2. Definitions \r\n3. Establishment of the Institute \r\n4. Objectives of the Institute \r\n5. Board of Governors \r\n6. Functions of the Board \r\n7. Executive Committee \r\n8. Powers and functions of the Executive Committee \r\n9. Director General \r\n10. Headquarters \r\n11. The Fund \r\n12. Maintenance of Accounts \r\n13. Recruitment \r\n14. Protection of action taken under this Act \r\n15. Power to make Rules \r\n16. Regulations \r\n17. Dissolution and Savings \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE, ART AND CULTURE ACT 2004 \r\n(XXI of 2004) \r\n[30th September, 2004] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto provide for the establishment of the Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture. \r\nPreamble.– Whereas it is expedie nt to provide for the establishment of the Punjab \r\nInstitute of Language, Art and Culture for the patronage, promotion and development of \r\nlanguage, art and culture in the Punjab and matters connected therewith or incidental \r\nthereto; \r\n It is hereby enacted as follows:– \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement. – (1) This Act may be called the \r\nPunjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture Act 2004. \r\n (2) It extends to the whole of the Punjab. \r\n (3) It shall come into force at once. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Act, unl ess there is anything repugnant in the subject or \r\ncontext– \r\n(a) “Board” means the Board of Governors of the Institute constituted under \r\nsection 5; \r\n(b) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board; \r\n(c) “Director General” means the Director General of the Institute; \r\n(d) “Executive Committee” means the Executive Committee of the \r\nInstitute; \r\n(e) “Government” means the Government of the Punjab; \r\n(f) “Institute” means the Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture \r\nestablished under section 3; and \r\n(g) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act. \r\n3. Establishment of the Institute. – (1) As soon as may be after the \r\ncommencement of this Act, the Government may, by notification in the official \r\nGazette, establish an Institute to be called the Punjab Institu te of Language, Art and \r\nCulture. \r\n (2) The Institute 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 sue and be sued, by the said name. \r\n \r\n1This Act was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 20 September 2004; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on 25 \r\nSeptember 2004; and, was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 30 September 2004, pages 1265-1269. \r\n4. Objectives of the Institute. – The Institute shall be responsible for the \r\npromotion and development of the Punjabi language, art and culture, and shall– \r\n(a) advise the Government on all matters of policy relating to promotion of \r\nthe Punjabi language, art and culture; \r\n(b) facilitate and patronise research activities and programmes regarding \r\nthe Punjabi language, literature, art and culture representing various \r\nregions of the Punjab; \r\n(c) collect, preserve and arrange books of classical and modern Punjabi \r\nliterature and set up a reference library with modern facilities and \r\nprovisions for the common users and research scholars; \r\n(d) promote art and crafts of the people of the Punjab; \r\n(e) project the Punjab, its people, culture and folklore on national and \r\ninternational forums in their true perspective; \r\n(f) preserve the folk -arts, folk -culture, folk -crafts and folk -songs in their \r\npurest and simplest form; \r\n(g) publish and print books, journals and literature relating to the Punjabi \r\nlanguage, art and culture; \r\n(h) facilitate the translation of best books of Urdu and English languages and \r\nliterature of other languages in the Punjabi language; \r\n(i) encourage culture of tolerance, peace and love as preached by the \r\ngreat sufi-poets of the Punjab; \r\n(j) promote love and brotherho od among the people of various Provinces \r\nof Pakistan and integrate regional diversities with national unity through \r\nart and literature; \r\n(k) enrich Punjabi language enabling it to absorb the advancements in \r\nScience and Technology, and progress of modern society; \r\n(l) prepare or cause to prepare dictionaries and encyclopedia in the \r\nPunjabi language; \r\n(m) enable the Punjabi language to serve as a rich source for broadening \r\nthe scope, usages and dimensions of the Urdu language; \r\n(n) interact with cultural and literary institutions, organizations, and libraries in \r\nthe Punjab and other Provinces of Pakistan engaged in the promotion of \r\nlanguage and culture; \r\n(o) arrange surveys and make recommendations for the preservation of \r\narchaeological sites, historical monuments and religious shrines relating \r\nto various periods of the history of the Punjab; \r\n(p) interact and collaborate with various institutions, established all over \r\nthe world, with a view to promoting Punjabi language, art and culture; \r\n(q) use and develop spoken a nd written word of all forms of the Punjabi \r\nlanguage and to preserve or reform their folkways and customs; \r\n(r) expand the role of intellectuals of the Punjab; \r\n(s) facilitate equal opportunities to women for all cultural undertakings; \r\n(t) provide financial, material and technical assistance for cultural \r\ndevelopment; \r\n(u) establish linkages with districts, tehsils and union councils for the \r\npromotion of language, art and cultural affairs; \r\n(v) establish linkages with educational institutions for promotion of th e \r\nPunjabi language, art and culture; \r\n(w) develop a model cultural village; and \r\n(x) undertake cultural projects and programmes with foreign collaboration. \r\n5. Board of Governors. – (1) The management, overall control and supervision \r\nof the affairs of the Inst itute shall vest in a Board of Governors consisting of the \r\nfollowing members, namely:– \r\n(a) Chief Minister, Punjab; Chairman \r\n(b) Minister for Culture and Youth Affairs, Punjab; Member \r\n(c) three Members of the Provincial Assembly Members \r\nof the Punjab, two from the Treasury to be \r\nnominated by the Chief Minister and one from \r\nthe Opposition to be nominated by the \r\nLeader of the Opposition; provided that at least \r\none member shall be a woman; \r\n(d) Secretary to Government of the Punjab, Member \r\nInformation, Culture and Youth Affairs Department; \r\n(e) Secretary to Government of the Punjab, Member \r\nFinance Department; \r\n(f) Secretary to Government of the Punjab, Member \r\nEducation Department; \r\n(g) Director General of the Institute; Member/Secretary \r\n(h) Executive Director, Punjab Council of the Arts; Member \r\n(i) Executive Director, Lahore Arts Council; Member \r\n(j) Chairman, Department of Punjabi Language and Member \r\nLiterature, University of the Punjab, Lahore; \r\n(k) Head of Department of Saraiki, Islamia University, Member \r\nBahawalpur; and \r\n(l) five non-official members \r\n2\r\n[including at least Members \r\ntwo women] to be nominated by the Chairman. \r\n (2) The members of the Board, other than the ex -officio members, shall \r\nhold office for a term of two years and shall be eligible for re-nomination. \r\n (3) A member of the Board, other than the ex -officio member, may by \r\nwriting under his hand addressed to the Government, resign his office. \r\n \r\n2Inserted by the Punjab Fair Representation of Women Act 2014 (IV of 2014); and published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated 12.3.2014, pages 2733-2744, s.2 and Schedule, at serial No.46. \r\n (4) Any casual vacancy in the office of a member of the Board shall be \r\nfilled by a person nominated by the Go vernment and the person so nominated shall \r\nhold office for the un-expired period of the term of his predecessor. \r\n (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub -section (2), the non -official \r\nmembers shall hold office during the pleasure of the Government an d may be \r\nremoved without assigning any reason. \r\n (6) The Board shall meet at least once in three months. \r\n (7) The Chairman shall preside all meetings of the Board and in his \r\nabsence a member selected by the majority of members shall preside the meeting. \r\n6. Functions of the Board.– The Board shall perform all functions and exercise \r\nall powers necessary for carrying out the objectives of the Institute and may delegate \r\nany of its powers to the Executive Committee or Director General. \r\n7. Executive Committee. – There shall be an Executive Committee comprising \r\nthe following members:- \r\n(a) Director General (Convener); \r\n(b) two members of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab to be \r\nnominated by the Chairman on the recommendation of the Speaker, \r\nProvincial Assembly of the Punjab; \r\n(c) Additional Secretary, Government of the Punjab, Information, Culture \r\nand Youth Affairs Department; \r\n(d) Additional Secretary, Government of the Punjab, Education \r\nDepartment; \r\n(e) Additional Secretary, Government of the Punjab, Finance Department; \r\n(f) Executive Director, Punjab Council of the Arts; and \r\n(g) Executive Director, Lahore Arts Council. \r\n8. Powers and functions of the Executive Committee. – (1) The Executive \r\nCommittee shall exercise such administrative, executive and financial powers as \r\nmay be delegated to it by the Board. \r\n (2) The Executive Committee shall have power to incur all expenditure out \r\nof the funds of the Institute for conducting its business in accordance with the \r\nobjectives of the Institute. \r\n (3) Where the Board has not been constituted under section 5, all affairs of \r\nthe Institute shall be conducted by the Executive Committee. \r\n9. Director General. – (1) There shall be a Director General who shall be \r\nappointed by the Government on such terms and conditions as it may determine. \r\n (2) The Director General shall be the Chief Executive of the Institute and \r\nshall be responsible to the Board for carrying out the objectives of the Institute. \r\n (3) The Director General shall also act as Secretary to the Board and \r\nConvener of the Executive Committee. \r\n (4) The Director General, if he is not a Government employee, may resign \r\nhis office by writing under his hand addressed to the Government. \r\n10. Headquarters.– The Headquarters of the Institute shall be at Lahore. \r\n11. The Fund.– (1) There shall b e established a fund to be known as the Punjab \r\nInstitute of Language, Art and Culture Fund which shall vest in the Institute and shall \r\nbe utilized by the Institute to meet charges related to the performance of its \r\nobjectives under this Act including the pa yment of salaries and other remunerations \r\nto the Director General and employees of the Institute. \r\n (2) The Fund shall consist of– \r\n(i) grants made by the Federal Government; \r\n(ii) grants made by the Provincial Government; \r\n(iii) contributions and donations ma de by individuals, local bodies, \r\ncorporations, institutions, organizations and agencies; \r\n(iv) income derived from the activities of the Institute; and \r\n(v) any other source approved by the Board. \r\n12. Maintenance of Accounts. – (1) The accounts of the Instit ute shall be \r\nmaintained in such form and manner as may be prescribed. \r\n (2) The accounts of the Institute shall be audited every year in such \r\nmanner as may be prescribed. \r\n13. Recruitment.– (1) The Institute may, from time to time, recruit such \r\nemployees as it may consider necessary for the performance of its functions. \r\n (2) The Institute shall make regulations for the appointment of its \r\nemployees and the terms and conditions of their service. \r\n (3) Until the regulations are made under sub -section (2), the exi sting \r\nGovernment rules and regulations on the subject shall be applicable. \r\n14. Protection of action taken under this Act. – No suit, prosecution or other \r\nlegal proceeding shall be instituted or entertained against any employee of the \r\nInstitute or any person , acting or purporting to act under this Act or the rules and \r\nregulations, in good faith, in furtherance of the objectives of the Institute. \r\n15. Power to make Rules. – The Government may, by notification in the official \r\nGazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. \r\n16. Regulations.– The Institute may make regulations not inconsistent with this \r\nAct and the rules made thereunder. \r\n17. Dissolution and Savings. – (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the \r\nSocieties Registration Act (Act XXI of 1860), upon the commencement of this Act, the \r\nInstitute of the Punjabi Language and Culture established as a society on 15 th \r\nJanuary, 2004 under the aforesaid Act, shall stand dissolved and all its assets and \r\nliabilities shall stand transferred to the Institute established under this Act. \r\n (2) Notwithstanding the dissolution of the society, anything done, action \r\ntaken, obligation, liability, penalty or punishment incurred, inquiry or proceedings \r\ncommenced, persons appointed or authorized, rules made and ord er or notification \r\nissued under any of the provisions of the Memorandum of Association of the said \r\nsociety, if not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed to have \r\nbeen respectively done, taken, incurred, commenced, appointed, authoriz ed, made \r\nand issued under this Act.", "passage_offset_convention": "zero-based Unicode code points and UTF8 bytes; end exclusive", "passages": [ { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-fe63489126ebe4ef:sha256:9e55192972ebe052820403d9ee6f7a099940612d15b07d0abe6a28a88ea532ca:chars-0-1759:3a02fbffec26d1d3201e9dc032cd7dda8ac15beb692dd2aa6e24cb32dcf04bc0", "character_start": 0, "character_end": 1759, "utf8_byte_start": 0, "utf8_byte_end": 1789, "passage_sha256": "3a02fbffec26d1d3201e9dc032cd7dda8ac15beb692dd2aa6e24cb32dcf04bc0", "reader_fragment": "p-0-1759-3a02fbffec26d1d3" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-fe63489126ebe4ef:sha256:9e55192972ebe052820403d9ee6f7a099940612d15b07d0abe6a28a88ea532ca:chars-1759-3543:5754f2e2bfe5693bed16a3a4b34b627333be1ff5d18e755af46808d536c82a62", "character_start": 1759, "character_end": 3543, "utf8_byte_start": 1789, "utf8_byte_end": 3587, "passage_sha256": "5754f2e2bfe5693bed16a3a4b34b627333be1ff5d18e755af46808d536c82a62", "reader_fragment": "p-1759-3543-5754f2e2bfe5693b" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-fe63489126ebe4ef:sha256:9e55192972ebe052820403d9ee6f7a099940612d15b07d0abe6a28a88ea532ca:chars-3543-5339:b93d6398d52a6d06329e4987e13a1195ab7cc2f120c5f445776ff0315bebcded", "character_start": 3543, "character_end": 5339, "utf8_byte_start": 3587, "utf8_byte_end": 5383, "passage_sha256": "b93d6398d52a6d06329e4987e13a1195ab7cc2f120c5f445776ff0315bebcded", "reader_fragment": "p-3543-5339-b93d6398d52a6d06" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-fe63489126ebe4ef:sha256:9e55192972ebe052820403d9ee6f7a099940612d15b07d0abe6a28a88ea532ca:chars-5339-7086:6900fe388d4e900102d36bf5cca77c5e9756c5bd8b2e789041edae614a7e6247", "character_start": 5339, "character_end": 7086, "utf8_byte_start": 5383, "utf8_byte_end": 7134, "passage_sha256": "6900fe388d4e900102d36bf5cca77c5e9756c5bd8b2e789041edae614a7e6247", "reader_fragment": "p-5339-7086-6900fe388d4e9001" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-fe63489126ebe4ef:sha256:9e55192972ebe052820403d9ee6f7a099940612d15b07d0abe6a28a88ea532ca:chars-7086-8833:ac864b505792086a0ea72e2feefd9d013bc7d8d3c0a0e63999d765fd7f4242d3", "character_start": 7086, "character_end": 8833, "utf8_byte_start": 7134, "utf8_byte_end": 8885, "passage_sha256": "ac864b505792086a0ea72e2feefd9d013bc7d8d3c0a0e63999d765fd7f4242d3", "reader_fragment": "p-7086-8833-ac864b505792086a" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-fe63489126ebe4ef:sha256:9e55192972ebe052820403d9ee6f7a099940612d15b07d0abe6a28a88ea532ca:chars-8833-10630:eaff205db999fd693f42285d23270b21d030bda5d7bd6fdb2383bfd99b1de79e", "character_start": 8833, "character_end": 10630, "utf8_byte_start": 8885, "utf8_byte_end": 10690, "passage_sha256": "eaff205db999fd693f42285d23270b21d030bda5d7bd6fdb2383bfd99b1de79e", "reader_fragment": "p-8833-10630-eaff205db999fd69" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-fe63489126ebe4ef:sha256:9e55192972ebe052820403d9ee6f7a099940612d15b07d0abe6a28a88ea532ca:chars-10630-12412:8ba50b7a0ce3a88f7f89f84f9a6b746114a427b34aa8ac25e357f23a5c9636af", "character_start": 10630, "character_end": 12412, "utf8_byte_start": 10690, "utf8_byte_end": 12484, "passage_sha256": "8ba50b7a0ce3a88f7f89f84f9a6b746114a427b34aa8ac25e357f23a5c9636af", "reader_fragment": "p-10630-12412-8ba50b7a0ce3a88f" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-fe63489126ebe4ef:sha256:9e55192972ebe052820403d9ee6f7a099940612d15b07d0abe6a28a88ea532ca:chars-12412-13356:26cc9154210542945635f6d71f80b6279caa97ec904da8ff4d3e51403c6a4925", "character_start": 12412, "character_end": 13356, "utf8_byte_start": 12484, "utf8_byte_end": 13430, "passage_sha256": "26cc9154210542945635f6d71f80b6279caa97ec904da8ff4d3e51403c6a4925", "reader_fragment": "p-12412-13356-26cc915421054294" } ] }