The North-west Frontier Province Agricultural Research System (handing Over ) Act, 1986

THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEM (HANDING OVER ) ACT, 1986.
19th March, 1987.
N.-W. F. P. ACT NO. VIII OF 1987.
[First published after having received the assent of the Governor of the North-West Frontier Province in the Gazette of North-West Frontier Province (Extraordinary), dated 19th March. 1987].
AN ACT
to provide for the handing over of the Provincial Agricultural Research System and the transferring of persons employed therein to the North-West Frontier Province Agricultural University.


Preamble.

            WHEREAS it is expedient to integrate the agricultural research system of the Province with the agricultural education offered and research under taken in the North-West Frontier Province Agricultural University so as to accelerate the process of agricultural development in the Province;

AND WHEREAS for the purposes aforesaid it is necessary that all Agricultural and Livestock Production Research Institutions of the Provincial Government should be handed over, and the staff transferred to the North-West Frontier Province Agricultural University;
It is hereby enacted as follows:—


Short title and commencement.

1.         (1) This Act may be called the North-West Frontier Province Agricultural Research System (Handing Over) Act. 1986.

(2) It shall come into force at once.


Definitions.

2.         In this Act. unless the context otherwise requires,—
  1. "appointed day" means the date appointed by Government by a notification in the official Gazette, for handing over of the Agricultural Research System to the University;
  2. "Government" means the Government of the North-West Frontier Province;
  3. "Agricultural Research System" means the Directorate of Agricultural Research, and the institutions under its administrative control, the Livestock Production Research Units (Animal Production Division of the Veterinary Research Development Farm, Surezai, and the Livestock Experiment Station, Jabba) of the Agriculture Department of Government;
  4. "Staff "means the persons employed in the Agricultural Research System;
  5. "University" means the North-West Frontier Province Agricultural University established under the North-West Frontier Province Agricultural University Ordinance, 1981 (N.-W. F. P. Ord. I of 1981).

3.         As from the appointed day, the Agricultural Research System shall stand transferred to, and vest in, the University.

Handing over of the agricultural research system

4.         All rights, physical assets, liabilities and obligations of the Agricultural Research System, and all suits and other proceedings, if any, by or against, the Agricultural Research System, shall be deemed to be the rights, physical assets, liabilities and obligations, or, as the case may be, matters and things engaged to be done by. with or for, and suits and other proceedings by or against the University.

Transfer of assets and liabilities.

5.         As from the appointed day, all such employees engaged by, for or on behalf of the Agricultural Research System, shall serve under the University and shall be governed by the provisions of the North-West Frontier Province Civil Servants Act. 1973 (N.-W. F. P. Act No. XVIII of 1973):

Transfer of employees.

6.         Provided that the Government may, by a notification in the official Gazette, in relation of such employees, delegate such administrative, disciplinary and financial powers to the University as it may deem fit.

Maintenance of general provident fund

7.         The accumulation on the appointed day in the General Provident Fund accounts of all the staff shall remain deposited with, and maintained by, the Accountant General, North-West Frontier Province, but shall, after the appointed day. be administered or under the Authority of the University.

Representation of the agricultural staff on various bodies.

8.         The Agricultural Research System shall be represented on the following bedies of the University by the officers indicated against each:—

Allocation of funds.
  1. Syndicate  ,. Director of Agricultural Research System
  2. Selection Board .. (i) Director Agricultural Research System.

                                       (ii)     Concerned Director of the Agricultural Research System.

  1. Academic Council .. Director. Agricultural Research System.
  2. Boards of Faculties .. Director of the Agricultural Research System.

(e)     Boards of Studies .. Concerned sectional heads of the Agricultural Research System.


8.         (1) Notwithstanding the transfer of the Agricultural Research System to the University,—

 
  1. Government shall continue to make allocation of funds from the current and development budgets to the University in respect of the staff and the Agricultural Research System so transferred; and
  2. receipts from the agricultural research system so transferred shall continue to be credited to the relevant head of accounts of the Government's.

 

  1. For the purposes of clause (a) of sub-section (1) the funds shall be allocated to the University through the Agriculture Department of Government, after the estimates have been approved in the prescribed manner b; the Planning and Development and the Finance Departments of Government
  2. Schemes to be financed out of Agricultural Development Programmer's allocations shall be approved and reviewed in the manner prescribed b; Government.

Implementation of foreign aided projects.

9.         The On-going foreign aided projects will continue to be implemented in accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement relating to the execution of such projects.

Fixation of research priorities.

10.       Government, in consultation with the University, shall fix priorities for research in crops and livestock.

Indemnity.

11.       No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against Government or any other person for anything in good faith done or intended co be done under this Act or any rule or order made thereunder.

Removal of difficulties.

12.       For the purposes of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act Government may, in such manner as it may consider necessary or expedient provide for:
  1. the removal of difficulties arising out of, or in connection with the transfer to and vesting of the Agricultural Research System in, the University; and
  2. other matters supplemental or incidental to, or consequential upon, such transfer and vesting of the Agricultural Research System.

Provisions to over-ride other laws.

13.       The provisions of this Act and the rules and orders made thereunder shall have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force.

Power to make rule.

14.       Government may make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

 

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