Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Act, 1980
No: 52 Dated: Dec, 03 1980
THE SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY, TRIVANDRUM ACT, 1980
ACT NO. 52 OF 1980
An Act to declare the Sree Chitra Tirunal Medical Centre Society for Advanced Studies in Specialities, Trivandrum, in the State of Kerala, to be an institution of national importance and to provide for its incorporation and matters connected therewith.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Act, 1980.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Declaration of the Sree Chitra Tirunal Medical Centre Society for Advanced Studies in Specialities, Trivandrum, as an institution of national importance.—Whereas the objects of the Sree Chitra Tirunal Medical Centre Society for Advanced Studies in Specialities, Trivandrum, in the State of Kerala, are such as to make the institution one of national importance, it is hereby declared that the institution, known as the Sree Chitra Tirunal Medical Centre Society for Advanced Studies in Specialities, Trivandrum, is an institution of national importance.
3. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Governing Body;
(b) “Director” means the Director of the Institute;
(c) “Fund” means the Fund of the Institute referred to in section 16;
(d) “Governing Body” means the Governing Body of the Institute;
(e) “Institute” means the institution known as the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, incorporated under this Act;
(f) “member” means a member of the Institute;
(g) “President” means the President of the Institute;
(h) “regulation” means a regulation made by the Institute;
(i) “rule” means a rule made by the Central Government.
4. Incorporation of Institute.—The Sree Chitra Tirunal Medical Centre Society for Advanced Studies in Specialities, Trivandrum, is hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, and as such body corporate, it shall have perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract, and shall, by that name, sue and be sued.
5. Composition of Institute.—The Institute shall consist of the following members, namely:—
(a) the Vice-Chancellor of the Kerala University, ex officio;
(b) the Director-General of Health Services, Government of India, ex officio;
(c) the Director, ex officio;
(d) four members to be nominated by the Central Government to represent respectively the Departments or, as the case may be, Ministries of that Government dealing with Science and Technology, Health, Finance and Education;
(e) two members to be nominated by the Government of the State of Kerala to represent respectively the Departments or, as the case may be, Ministries of that Government dealing with Planning, Science and Technology and Health;
(f) three scientists of whom two shall be medical scientists and one shall be a social scientist, to be nominated by the Central Government in the manner prescribed by rules;
(g) three scientists representing engineering and technology to be nominated by the Central Government in the manner prescribed by rules;
(h) the Head of the Biomedical Technology Wing of the Institute, ex officio;
(i) three representatives of the medical faculties of Indian Universities to be nominated by the Central Government in the manner prescribed by rules; and
(j) three members of Parliament of whom two shall be elected from among themselves by the members of the House of the People and one from among themselves by the members of the Council of States.