THE KARNATAKA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (CONDUCT OF BUSINESS AND ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2016
(Received the assent of the Governor on the Twenty fifth day of April, 2016)
KARNATAKA ACT NO. 12 OF 2016
(First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the Twenty Sixth day of April, 2016)
An Act further to amend the Karnataka Public Service Commission (Conduct of Business and Additional Functions) Act, 1959.
Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Karnataka Public Service Commission (Conduct of Business and Additional Functions) Act, 1959 for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the sixty-seventh year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Public Service Commission (Conduct of Business and Additional Functions)(Amendment) Act, 2016.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of Section 9.- For section 9 of the Karnataka Public Service Commission (Conduct of Business and Additional Functions) Act, 1959, (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"9. Quorum.-The quorum for a meeting of the Commission shall be fifty percent of serving members of the Commission excluding the Chairman, but the presiding officer may adjourn any business at a meeting if, he is of opinion that it cannot conveniently be transacted owing to the non attendance of any member."
3. Amendment of Section 13.- After section 13 of the principal Act, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
"Provided that, in so far as recruitment of Gazetted Probationers is concerned the Interview shall be conducted in such manner and as per such procedure as may be prescribed in the rules governing the rules of recruitment of Gazatted probationers in the State."
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