Scientific Research Council Act, 1988 (Act No. 46 of 1988)

6. Transfer of functions and powers of CSIR
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(1)Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) the Minister may, after consulting with the Board, in writing transfer any function or power of the CSIR to any body of persons established by or under any Act of Parliament or to any department of State to be performed or exercised by that body or department of State to the exclusion of the CSIR.

 

(2)The transfer referred to in sub-section (1) shall be made only with the concurrence of the other Minister concerned of the other authority whose relationship to the body concerned in the opinion of the Minister materially corresponds to the Minister’s relationship to the Board.

 

(3)The Minister may, after consultation with the Board, determine that any property (excluding land and buildings) of the CSIR used by the CSIR in connection with the performance or exercise of the function or power transferred in terms of sub-section (1), shall be transferred to the body of persons or department of State concerned.

[Subsection (3) substituted by section 4 of Act No. 16 of 2011]

 

(4)The Minister may with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance and after consulting with the Board, determine that such part of the funds of the CSIR as would, during the financial year in which the transfer contemplated in sub-section (1) takes place, have been utilized by the CSIR in connection with the function or power in question, shall be paid over to the body of persons or department of State concerned, in order to be utilized by that body or department of State in connection with the performance or exercise of that function or power.