All-India Institute of Medical Science Act, 1956
No: 25 Dated: Jun, 02 1956
THE ALL-INDIA INSTITUTES OF MEDICAL SCIENCES ACT, 1956
ACT NO. 25 OF 1956
An Act to provide for the establishment of All-India Institutes of Medical Sciences.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the All-India Institutes of Medical Sciences Act, 1956.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise, requires,—
(a) “corresponding Institute” means the Institutes referred to in column (3) of the Table given under section 27A;
(aa) “existing Institute” means the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences,—
(i) established under sub-section (1) of section 3, before the commencement of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Act, 2012 (37 of 2012); and
(ii) located at New Delhi, as required under section 12 as it stood before such commencement;
(ab) “Fund” means the Fund of the Institute referred to in section 16;
(b) ‘Governing Body" means the Governing Body of the Institute;
(c) "Institute" means the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences established under section 3 and includes the corresponding Institutes and other Institutes which may be established on and after the commencement of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Act, 2012 (37 of 2012) ;
(d) ‘member" means a member of the Institute;
(e) ‘regulation" means a regulation made by the Institute;
(f) ‘rules" means a rule made by the Central Government.
(g) “society” means the society referred to in column (2) of the Table given under section 27A.
3. Establishment and incorporation of the Institute.—(1) With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf, there shall be established for the purposes of this Act an institution to be called the All India Institute of Medical Sciences:
Provided that the Central Government may, on and after the commencement of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Act, 2012 (37 of 2012), establish by notification in the Official Gazette, such other All-India Institutes of Medical Sciences at such places as it may specify in the said notification in addition to the existing Institute and the corresponding Institutes.
(2) Every Institute shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to contract, and shall by the said name sue and be sued.