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National Institute Of Fisheries And Nautical Engineering Act (No. 36 of 1999) - Sect 13

Powers of the Board

13.
(1) The Board shall be responsible to the Council and shall exercise and discharge the following powers and functions :-
(a) subject to the provisions of this Act, advise the Council on such matters as may relate to the academic activities of the Institute ;
(b) conduct examinations in accordance with the rules of the Institute and recommend to the Council the persons who, having passed such examinations and having satisfied such other conditions as the Institute may prescribe, are eligible for the award of diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions of the Institute ;
(c) consider and report on any matter referred to it by the Council :
(d) make recommendations and reports to the Council on all matters connected with the courses of study, training programmes and examinations conducted by the Institute :
(e) recommend to the Council requirements that should be imposed for the admission of students to courses or study or training programmes and examinations conducted by the Institute ;
(f) make rules relating to courses of study, training programmes and examinations conducted by the Institute and to submit such rules to the Council :
(g) recommend to the Council names of persons suitable for appointment as examiners at examinations conducted by the Institute ;
(h) recommend to the Council rules, schemes of recruitment and procedures relating to the appointment of the academic staff of the Institute, their wages, remuneration, allowances and fees, the disciplinary control over them, their dismissal and retirement, and their hours of work, holidays and leave ;
(i) recommend to the Council, conditions that should be applicable to the awarding of scholarships, exhibitions, bursaries, medals and prizes awarded by the Institute ;
(j) recommend to the Council, persons who have satisfied the conditions approved by the Council for the scholarships, exhibitions, bursaries, medals awards and prizes ;
(k) appoint, with the approval of the Council, committees comprising the representatives of the Board; and
(l) make rules relating to the meetings of the Board and of the committees of the Board and for the regulation of the procedure to be followed at such meetings.
(2) The Council or any officer to whom power or function in respect of that matter has been delegated shall not take any decision on any academic matter referred to in subsection (1) without obtaining the recommendation of the Board. Where the decision of the Council or such officer is contrary to the recommendation of the Board, the Council or such officer shall adduce reasons for not adhering to the recommendation of the Board.
(3) No act, recommendation or report of the Board shall be invalidated by reason only of the existence of a vacancy among its members or any defect in the appointment of a member thereof.
(4) The members of the Board may be paid such remuneration as may be determined by the Minister in consultation with the Minister in charge of the subject of Finance.

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