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Local Government Credit Councils Act 1983
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s 1Short’ title and date of cperation,
This Act may be cited as the Local Government Credit
Councils, Act, No. 33 of 1983 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette.
There shall be established a Department of Local
Government Credit Councils (hereinafter referred to as the
“ Department ”).
There may be appointed a Director of Local Govern-ment Credit Councils (hereinafter referred to as the
“ Director”) and such number of Deputy Directors and
Assistant Directors of Local Government Credit Councils and such other officers and servants as are necessary for the purposes of this Act.
There shall be established for each local authority one or more Local Government Credit Council (hereinafter referred to as a “Credit Council”) :
Provided that the Director may, where he considers it necessary and appropriate, authorize the establishment of one Credit Council for more than one local authority.
Every local authority employee who is pensionable or who contributes towards a provident fund, shall be a member of a Credit Council established for that local autho-
s 4Dissolu-tion of Credit Councils,
Where after the establishment of a Credit Council or
Councils for any local authority or local authorities in terms of subsection (1) of section 3, the Director finds it neces-sary and appropriate that the Credit Council or Councils so established should be varied, he may with the approval of the Minister, dissclve such Credit Council or Councils and in its or their place establish a new Credit Council or
Councils, as the case may be, in terms of subsection (1) of section 3.
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The affairs of a Credit Council shall be administer-ed by a Committee of Management consisting of a Chair-man, and Secretary nominated by the Director and one elected representative for every fifty members or part thereof so however that the total number of elected repre-sentatives shall not exceed twenty-one:
Provided, however, that the Director may in addition to the elected representatives nominate not more than three representatives to the Committee of Management, if he is satisfied that any particular group or class of members of the Credit Council has not been represented in the Com-mittee of Management.
The members of the Committee of Management of a
Credit Council shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (3), hold office for a period of three years.
The Minister may, if he considers it expedient to do 80, remove from office any member of the Committee of
Management of a Credit Council for reasons of mismanage-ment, fraud or negligence in the carrying out of his duties.
Such removal shall not be called in question in any court.
The Minister may, if he considers it expedient to do so, by Order published in the Gazette, dissolve the
Committee of Management of a Credit Council with effect from such date as may be specified therein, for reasons of mismanagement, fraud or negligence in the carrying out of its duties or for any administrative purposes to be specified in the Order. No such Order made by the Minister shall be called in question in any court.
Where any Order is made under paragraph (a) the
Director shall determine the period within which the elec-tion of a new Committee of Management shall take place.
Any vacancy which may occur during the term of office of a Committee of Management may be filled by nomination made by the Director. The number of members nominated shall, at no time exceed one-half of the total number of members of such Committee. A member nomina-ted to such Committee shall hold office for the unexpired part of the term of office of such Committee.
s 6Appoint-ment of sub-committees
The Committee of Management of a Credit Council may appoint such sub-committees as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out specific functions of the Credit
Council.
Where a Committee of Mantgement of a Credit
Council has been dissolved under section 5, or where there is no Committee of Management in respect of a Credit
Council, the Director shall nominate an Interim Committee of Management, consisting of not more than five members, for the purpose of administering the affairs of the Com-mittee of Management until the members of a new Com-mittee of Management is appointed and nominated under subsection (1) of section 5.
The Director shall appoint the Chairman and the
Secretary of each such Interim Committee of Management from among the persons nominated by him uncer sub-section (1).
s 8Advisory Committee
The Minister may set up an Advisory Committee consisting of not more than nine persons who are members of Credit Councils, for the purpose of assisting the Depart-ment in the carrying out of its functions. At least three members of such Committee shall be members of registered trade unions,
§. The functions of Credit Councils shall be—
Functions of Credit Councils,
to grant loans to members ;
to ensure that loans granted are limited to actual bona fide requirements of the members ;
to ensure the recovery of loans granted ;
to educate and assist members to live frugally and within their means
;
to promote thrift and savings habits among members ;
to assist in the implementation of such policies and programmes connected with Credit Councils. and their functions as may be determined by the
Minister ; and ye
to assist in. the rehabilitation of indebted members.
There shall be established a fund called “the
Local Government Credit Councils Fund” (hereinafter referred to as the “Fund”) which shall be administered by the Department.
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There shall be credited to the Fund—
the monthly contributions and other recoveries from members of Credit Councils
;
all moneys that may be voted from the Consolidated
Fund for the working of Credit Councils ;
all profits, interest, and dividends earned by Credit
Councils
; and
| (d) any other moneys approved by the Director to be credited to the Fund.
There shall be paid out of the Fund—
loans granted to members
;
refunds of contributions of members
;
refunds to the Consolidated Fund
;
interest on’ loans and advances from the Consoli-dated Fund
;
any sum payable to the Insurance Fund
; and
any other payments approved by the Director, as being necessary for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this Act.
Any surplus money in the Fund shall be invested in such manner as the Minister may approve.
s 11Refund of moneys voted from the Consoli-dated Fund,
Any moneys voted from the Consolidated Fund for the working of Credit Councils shall, as determined by the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister in charge of the subject of Finance, be refunded to the Consolidated
Fund.
Every member of a Credit Council shall pay to the Council one per centum of his monthly consolidated salary per mensem, as a membership contribution.
Such contributions together with dividends thereon, if any, shall be refunded to such member or his nominee authorized by him in writing orin the absence of a nominee to his legal representative on the cessation of employment of such member.
s 13Insurance Fund
The Department shall maintain and operate an
Insurance Fund in order to meet any loss that may arise from irrecoverable loans.
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The financial year of the Department shall be the calendar year.
The Department shall cause proper books of accounts to be kept regularly of the income and expenditure of the
Fund.
The Minister may make regulations relating to all or any of the matters prescribed or in respect of which regulations are required or authorized to be made.
In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations in respect of the following matters :—
all matters connected with the procedure regarding the conduct of meetings, including the quorum required for meetings of a Committee of Manage-ment or an Interim Committee of Management
;
all matters connected with the election of representa-tives to a Committee of Management ;
all matters connected with the grant of loans to members of Credit Councils and the recovery of such loans;
the administration and maintenance of accounts of the Fund;
the refund of moneys that may be voted from the
Consolidated Fund ;
the recovery of membership contributions and refund thereof ;
the declaration of dividends on membership contri-butions
;
the administration of the Insurance Fund
; and
(:) appointment of Chairman and procedure at meetings of the Advisory Committee.
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Every regulation made by the Minister shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on the date of such publication or on such later date as may be specified in the regulation.
Every regulation made by the Minister shall, as soon as convenient after its publication in the Gazette, be brought before Parliament for approval. Any regula-tion which is not so approved shall be deemed to be rescinded as from the date of disapproval but without prejudice to anything previously done thereunder. Notifica-tion of the date on which a regulation is deemed to be rescinded shall be published in the Gazette.
s 16Interpre-tation,
In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—-
“local authority employee” means a member of the
Local Government Service or an officer or servant of any local authority, and any officer or servant of a Development Council, established by the
Development Councils Act, No. 35 of 1980.
Annual subscription of Bills and Laws of the Parliament Rs. 150 (Locat),
Rs. 200 (Foreign), payable to the SupsrINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PUBBICATIONS
Burrav, P. O. Box 500, Cotomso 1, before 15th December each year in respect of the year following.
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