THE KARNATAKA STATE MINORITIES COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2011
KARNATAKA ACT NO. 35 OF 2011
(First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the Sixteenth day of July, 2011)
(Received the assent of the Governor on the Fourteenth day of July, 2011) An Act further to amend the Karnataka State Minorities Commission Act, 1994.
Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Karnataka State Minorities Commission Act, 1994 (Karnataka Act 31 of 1994) for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Sixty-Second year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka State Minorities Commission (Amendment) Act, 2011.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 3.- In the Karnataka State Minorities Commission Act, 1994 (Karnataka Act 31 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 3, for sub- section (2), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“(2) The Commission shall consist of,-
(a) the Chairman who shall be a person of a minority community and eight other members from the minority community holding a degree from a recognized university out of which not less than one each member shall be from Christian, Jain, Buddhist and Sikh community.
(b) the Secretary of the Commission, appointed by the Government being an officer not below the rank of Deputy Secretary to Government.”
3. Amendment of section 4.- In section 4 of the principal Act,-
(a) for sub-section (3), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“ (3) The Chairman shall receive such salary and allowances and the other members shall receive such allowances as may be prescribed.”
(b) in sub-section (4), for the words “other members” the words “allowances payable to other members” shall be substituted.
4. Amendment of section 10.- In section 10 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after clause (b), the following shall be inserted, namely:-
“(bb) to make recommendations for implementing the Prime Ministers new 15 Point Programme.”
5. Amendment of section 17.- In section 17 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), for clause (b), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“(b) the salary, allowances and other emoluments payable to the Chairman, the allowances payable to other members of the Commission and other conditions of service.”
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