Section 3:
Establishment and incorporation of the Institute.
(1) With effect from such date as the
Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf, there shall be
established for the purposes of this Act an institution to be called the All India Institute of Medical
Sciences:
1[Provided that the Central Government may, on and after the commencement of the All-India
Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Act, 2012 (37 of 2012), establish by notification in the
Official Gazette, such other All-India Institutes of Medical Sciences at such places as it may specify in the
said notification in addition to the existing Institute and the corresponding Institutes.]
(2)
2[Every Institute] shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid having perpetual succession and
a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and
to contract, and shall by the said name sue and be sued.
Notes:
1. The proviso ins. by s. 5, ibid. (w.e.f. 16-7-2012).
2. Subs. by Act 37 of 2012, s. 5, for "The Institute" (w.e.f. 16-7-2012).