Act Number: 14

Act Name: The Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948

Year: 1948

Enactment Date: 1948-03-27

Long Title: An Act to provide for the establishment and regulation of a Corporation for the development of the Damodar Valley in the Provinces of Bihar and West Bengal.

Ministry: Ministry of Power

Department:

Section 59: . Power to make rules.
    The Central Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules to provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:--
     (1) the salaries and allowances and conditions of service of members, 1***;
     (2) the functions and duties of the 2[members];
     (3) the dams or other works or the installations which may be constructed without the approval of the Corporation;
     (4) the forms of the budget, the annual report and the annual financial statements and the dates by which copies of the annual financial statements shall be made available to the participating Governments;
     (5) the manner in which the accounts of the Corporation shall be maintained and audited;
     (6) the appointment of an Advisory Committee; and
     (7) the punishment for breach of any rule made under this Act.
Notes:
1. The words "the secretary and the financial adviser" omitted by Act 1 of 2012, s. 7 (w.e.f. 19-8-2013).
2. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for "financial adviser" (w.e.f. 19-8-2013)
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