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Fashion and Design Institute Act
Act 11 of 2008
- Commenced on 9 July 2008
- [This is the version of this document at 30 June 2017.]
Part I – Preliminary
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Fashion and Design Institute Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act—"Academic Committee" means the committee referred to in section 11;"Board" means the Fashion and Design Board referred to in section 8;"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Board appointed under section 8;"Consultative Committee" means the committee referred to in section 13;"Director" means the chief executive officer of the Institute appointed under section 14;"employee"—(a)means a person employed as such under section 16; and(b)includes the Director;"Endowment Fund" means the fund set up under section 20;"General Fund" means the fund set up under section 19;"Institute" means the Fashion and Design Institute established under section 3;"institution" means any local, regional or international institution;"member"—(a)means a member of the Board; and(b)includes the Chairperson;"Minister" means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of industry is assigned;"Permanent Secretary" means the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for the subject of industry.[S. 2 amended by s. 10 (a) of Act 27 of 2012 w.e.f. 22 December 2012.]Part II – The Institute
3. Establishment of Institute
4. Objects of Institute
The objects of the Institute shall be to—5. Functions of Institute
The Institute shall have such functions as are necessary to further its objects most effectively and shall, in particular—6. Powers of Institute
Subject to section 22, the Institute shall have such powers as are necessary to attain its objects and discharge its functions effectively and may, in particular—7. Admission of students
The Institute may admit a person to any of its programmes or courses on such criteria and on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.Part III – Administration
8. The Board
9. Meetings of Board
10. Disclosure of interest
11. Academic Committee
12. Functions of Academic Committee
13. Consultative Committee
14. Director
15. Delegation
Subject to such instructions as it may give, the Board may delegate to the Director such of its powers and functions as may be necessary for the effective management of the day-to-day business and activities of the Institute, other than the power to—16. Appointment of employees
17. Conditions of service of employees
The Board shall make provision to govern the conditions of service of employees and in particular to deal with—18. Protection from liability
Part IV – Financial provisions and accounts
19. General Fund
The Institute shall set up a General Fund—20. Endowment Fund
The Institute shall set up an Endowment Fund—21. Donations and exemptions
22. Transfer of property and borrowing
The Institute shall not, except with the approval of the Permanent Secretary—23. Estimates
The Institute shall, not less than 3 months before the end of every financial year, submit to the Minister an estimate of the income and expenditure of the Institute for the next financial year for his approval.24. Execution of documents
No deed, cheque or other document shall be executed or signed by or on behalf of the Institute unless it is signed by the Chairperson and the Director or, in the absence of the Chairperson, any other member appointed by the Board for that purpose.25. Annual report
Part V – Miscellaneous
26. Offences
Any person who, without the authority of the Institute, uses the name or logo of the Institute shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.27. Legal proceedings
28. Regulations
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30. Transitional provisions
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History of this document
30 June 2017 this version
Consolidation
09 July 2008
Commenced