Mauritius
Gandhi Ashram Khadi Vidyalaya Act
Act 5 of 1973
- Commenced on 2 June 1973
- [This is the version of this document at 30 June 2017.]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Gandhi Ashram Khadi Vidyalaya Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act—"Board" means the Board of Trustees of the Institute;"Institute" means the Gandhi Ashram Khadi Vidyalaya established under section 3.3. Establishment of Institute
There is established for the purposes of this Act the Gandhi Ashram Khadi Vidyalaya which shall be a body corporate.4. Objects of Institute
The objects of the Institute shall be to honour the memory of Mahatma Gandhi, to promote a school of weaving and spinning and to do all such acts as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of those objects.5. Powers of Institute
The Institute shall have all the powers of a natural person.6. Management of Institute
The management of the Institute shall vest in a Board of Trustees.7. Board of Trustees
8. Vacancy in Board
9. Employees of Board
The Board may, for such purpose and on such terms as it thinks fit, appoint any person to act as an employee of the Institute and may dismiss or suspend any person so appointed.10. Remuneration
11. Validity of acts
Any act performed, or any power exercised, by the Board shall not be deemed to have been invalid or invalidly exercised, as the case may be, by reason only of any vacancy in its membership but if at any time the number of members is reduced to less than 3, the Board shall not perform any act or exercise any power.12. Proceedings of Board
13. Duties of Secretary and Treasurer
14. Signature of documents
15. Committees
16. Application of funds
The property of the Institute shall be applied towards the furtherance of the objects of the Institute and no portion of the property shall be distributed or transferred in any manner by way of divided, bonus or otherwise.17. Accounts of Institute
18. Annual report
The Board shall, on or before 30 April every year, report to the President on the general progress of the Institute during the previous year and shall annex to the report a statement of accounts referred to in section 17 duly audited together with such comments as may have been made by the auditor.[S. 18 amended by Act 48 of 1991.]19. Regulations
The Board may make such regulations as it thinks necessary for carrying into effect the objects of the Institute, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, regulations may provide for—20. Affiliation with other bodies
The Institute may become affiliated to or incorporated with other corporate bodies having for their principal objects those of the Institute.21. Legal acts
Service of process by or on the Secretary of the Board shall be equivalent to service on behalf of or on the Institute.22. Donations and legacies
Article 910 of the Code Civil Mauricien shall not apply to the Institute and the Institute may receive and accept all donations and legacies made to it23. Exemptions
Notwithstanding any other enactment—History of this document
30 June 2017 this version
Consolidation
02 June 1973
Commenced