Meghalaya Treasury Rules, 1985
No: FIN (RR) 6/82 Dated: Mar, 02 1985
GOVEERNMENT OF MEGHALAYA
FINANCE (REVISION OF RULES AND MANUALS)
DEPARTMENT
No.FIN (RR) 6/82 - In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 283 of the Constitution of India and all other powers enabling him in this behalf and in supersession of rules and orders relating to the matters covered by these rules, the Governor of Meghalaya is pleased to make the following rules, namely :-
THE MEGHALAYA TREASURY RULES, 1985 PART I
1. Short title and commencement – (1) These rules may be called the Meghalaya Treasury Rules, 1985
(2) They shall come into force with effect from the date of publication.
GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND RULES
2. If the Government considers it necessary or expedient so to do for avoiding any hardship or removing any difficulty that may arise as a result of the application of these rules, it may subject to such restrictions and conditions if any as it may think fit to impose, dispense with or relax the provisions of any of these rules in any case or class of cases.
Definitions
3. In these rules unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meaning hereby assigned to them that is to say :-
(a) “Accountant General” means the head of an office of accounts and audit subordinate to the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. When used in relation to a treasury, this expression refers to the authority to whom the accounts of the treasury are rendered.
(b) “Accounts Officer” means the head of an office of accounts set up under the scheme of departmentalization of Government Accounts.
(c) “Audit” Officer” means any Officer subordinate to or under the superintendence of the Comptroller and Auditor-General, who exercises audit functions.
(d) “The Bank” means any Office or branch of the Banking department of the Reserve Bank of India, any branch of the State Bank of India acting as the agent of the Reserve Bank of India is accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 ( 2 of 1934) and any branch of a Subsidiary Bank as defined in section 2 of the State Bank of India ( Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959 ( 38 of 1959) which is authorized to transact Government business as agent of the state Bank of India or any other agency appointed by the Reserve Bank of India “Reserve Bank” means the Reserve Bank of India constituted under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 ( 2 of 1934)
(e) “Collector” means the head of a district and includes any other officer for the time being authorized the duties of the Collector for the purpose of these rules.
(f) “Competent Authority” means the Government or any other authority to whom the relevant powers may be delegated by the Government.
(g) “Comptroller and Auditor General” means the Comptroller and AuditorGeneral of India.
(h) “Constitution” means the Constitution of India.
(i) “District” includes any area whether described as a district or by any other name which is served by a treasury placed in direct relation with an Accountant-General and the term ‘District Treasury’ shall be construed accordingly.
(j) “The Government” means the State Government.
(k) “Government Account” means the account relating to the Consolidated Fund, the Contingency Fund or the Public account.
“Consolidated Fund” means the Consolidated Fund of the State Government as referred to in clause (i) of Article 266 of the Constitution. “Public Account” means the Public Account of State referred to in clause (2) of Article 266 of the Constitution. ‘Contingency Fund’ means the Contingency Fund of the State established under the Assam Contingency Fund Act, 1950 as adapted by the government of Meghalaya
(l) “State” means any State specified in the first Schedule to the Constitution.
(m) “Treasury” includes a sub-treasury.
“Bank Treasury” means a treasury, the cash business of which is conducted by the bank and a Non-Bank Treasury’ means a Treasury other than a Bank Treasury.