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Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine Act, 1975
(2) The audit report of the Auditor-General shall be included in the annual report of the
Centre and the annual report of the Centre shall be published in the manner determined by
the Minister.
17. Minister's power
The Minister is generally responsible for the Centre and the Council subject to this Act.
Miscellaneous
18. General powers of the Centre
(1) The Centre may subject to any other provisions of this Act for a purpose which in
the Council's opinion is necessary or expedient for or in connection with the proper performance of the functions of the Centre, acquire and hold movable or immovable property,
sell, lease, mortgage or otherwise alienate or dispose of that property and enter into any
other transaction.
(2) Where there is a hindrance to the acquisition of property by the Centre, the property may be acquired for the Centre under the State Property and Contracts Act, 1960
(C.A. 6) or under the State Lands Act, 1962 (Act 125) and each Act shall apply in relation
to the acquisition with the modifications that are necessary to provide for the vesting of
the property required in the Centre and for the cost of the acquisition to be defrayed by the
Centre.
(3) A person shall not charge or dispose of land or buildings of the Centre without the
consent in writing of the Council, which may be signified by the signature of the chairman
or of any other person duly authorised by the Council to act in that behalf.
19. Regulations of the Council
The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make Regulations on the recommendations of the Council for the purposes of giving effect to this Act.
20. Rules and by-laws
The Council may make appropriate Rules and by-laws for the proper administration
of the Centre.
21. Amendments to Act
(1) The Council may propose to the Government an amendment to this Act.
(2) The proposal shall be contained in a resolution passed at a meeting of the Council
by the affirmative votes of not less than two-thirds of the total number of members of the
Council present and voting.
(3) The resolution passed under subsection (2) is not effective unless it is later confirmed by the same number of members present and voting at a second meeting of the
Council held not earlier than one month or later than four months after the first meeting of
the Council under subsection (2).
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