PART VII – REGISTRAR AND CLERKS

29. (I)

The Registrar will preferably be a graduate or a person who has had experience of similar duties elsewhere. The Council may appoint a part-time Registrar. He will hold office at the pleasure of the council. His appointment can be terminated by the Council by three months notice. He will be required, if the Council considers necessary to furnish security in such amount and form as the Council may determine.

(2)

The Registrar shall fulfill all the duties that may be required of him by the Act and by the rules framed there under. It shall be competent to the Council to grant leave to their establishment in accordance with the provision of Civil Service Rules.

(3)

The Registrar, as Secretary, shall conduct and have charge of the correspondence of the Council.

(4)

The duties of the clerks shall be such as shall be assigned to them by the Registrar under the direction of the President.

(5)

If, when the Council is not in session, any temporary additional assistance is urgently required, the Registrar shall be authorized to obtain such assistance with the previous sanction of the President, The action taken by the Registrar in such cases shall be reported to the Council.

(6)

In the Month of November each year, an estimate of the income and expenditure of the Council for the next calendar year shall be laid before the Council.

(7)

Such estimate shall make provision for the fulfillment of the liabilities of the Council and for effectually carrying out its objects.


(8)

The Council shall consider the estimate so submitted to it and shall sanction the name either unaltered or subject to such alteration and shall be deemed fit.

(9)


The Council shall consider the estimate so submitted to it and shall sanction the name either unaltered or subject to such alteration as shall be deemed fit.

(10)

The Council may at any time during the year for which any estimate has been sanctioned cause a supplementary estimate to be prepared and submitted to it, every such supplementary estimate shall be considered and sanctioned by the Council in the same manner as it were an original annual estimate. No expenditure shall be incurred by the Council, which is not duly provided for in the budget or in a supplementary estimate.

(11)

The Registrar shall by the 15th January each year prepare a statement of income and expenditure of the preceding calendar year ending with the 31st day of December and draw the attention of the Council to such matters as seem deserving of notice.

(12)



A bill or other vouchers presented as a claim for money shall be received and examined by the Registrar. If the claim is for a sum not exceeding Rs.20 and the bill is in order, he shall pay it. If the claim be for a sum exceeding Rs.20and is in order it shall be paid with the sanction of the President, All expenditure sanctioned by the President or the Registrar shall be reported to the Council and its next meeting.

(13)

The Registrar shall be authorized to incur expenditure up to Rs. 20 and the President, above that sum.

(14)

All transaction to which an officer of the Council in his official capacity is a party, shall without any reservation, be brought to account and all moneys received shall be paid in full without undue delay, into the current account of the Council with the Imperial Bank of India. The appropriation of receipts of the Council to its expenditure except when specifically authorized by the Council is strictly prohibited. All drawings with be made by means of cheques which shall be signed jointly by the President, and the Registrar.
Any amount in excess of current requirements shall, however, be placed in fixed deposit, or invested in Government, Promissory Notes or cash certificates as the Council may direct The fixed deposits receipts and securities, etc., belonging to the Council, will be deposited with the Imperial Bank of India for safe custody.


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