Sagore Dutt Hospital Act, 1958
No: 14 Dated: Aug, 29 1958
THE SACORE DLITT HOSPITAL ACT, 1958
West Bengal Act XIV of 1958
An Act to provide for the taking over of Sagore Dutt Hospital at Kamarhatty in the district of 24-Parganas, together with the charitable dispensary attached thereto, by the State Government with a view to the promotion of public health.
It is hereby enacted as follows :-
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Sagore Dutt Hospital Act, 1958.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a) "appointed day" means the date appointed under sub-section (2) of section 1;
(b) "the hospital" means the Sagore Dutt Hospital at Kamarhatty in the district of 24-Parganas, together with the charitable dispensary attached thereto.
3. Transfer. - As from the appointed day, -
(1) (a) possession of the hospital including all lands, buildings, erections and fixtures appertaining thereto and all furniture, equipments, stores and drugs belonging to it shall stand transferred to the State Government;
(b) the hospital shall be under the control and management of the State Government and shall be run as a State hospital;
(c) all contracts, debts and liabilities of, or in respect of, the hospital shall stand transferred to the State Government;
(d) the cost of management of the hospital together with all costs of improvement, expansion, extension, repairs, additions and alterations shall be borne by the State Government;
(e) persons in the employment of the hospital immediately before the appointed day shall as from that day be deemed to be employees of the State Government and the terms and conditions of their service shall be such as may be determined by the State Government having regard to the terms and conditions of their service as in force before that day;
(2) the securities, debentures, funds and properties described in the Schedule which were held and administered immediately before the appointed day by the Administrator-General, West Bengal, shall, after that day, continue, subject to the provisions of sub-section (1), to be held and administered by the said Administrator-General:
Provided that such portion of the income from the said securities, debentures, funds and properties as is normally spent for the hospital or as may be fixed by the said Administrator-General in consultation with the State Government shall be credited to the State Government for the maintenance and improvement of the hospital.
4. Removal of difficulties. - If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder, the State Government may take such steps or issue such orders not inconsistent with this Act as it deems necessary for the removal of the difficulty:
Provided that no order shall be passed for the transfer of any land to the State Government for purposes of the hospital in addition to the land which appertains to the buildings, erections and fixtures included in the hospital on the appointed day without the concurrence of the Administrator-General, West Bengal.