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[1][1]The
(Act X of 2010)
[20 July 2010]
An Act to reorganize the
Vocational Training Authority.
Preamble.– Whereas
it is expedient to reorganize the Punjab Technical Education and Vocational
Training Authority for proper provision of technical education in the Province
and to provide for ancillary matters;
It is
enacted as follows:---
1. Short
title, extent and commencement.– (1)
This Act may be cited as the Punjab Technical Education and Vocational Training
Authority Act 2010.
(2) It shall extend to the whole of the
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.– In this Act,---
(a) “Authority” means the
Punjab Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority;
(b) “Chairperson” means
the Chairperson of the Authority;
(c) “Chief Operating Officer” means the Chief Operating Officer of the
Authority;
(d) “committee” means a
Committee of the Authority;
(e) “Fund” means the
Punjab Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority Fund;
(f) “Government” means
the Government of the
(g) “member” means a
member of the Authority;
(h) “prescribed” means
prescribed by the rules or regulations;
(i) “regulations” means
regulations framed under the Act;
(j) “rules” means rules
made under the Act;
(k) “technical
education” means the form of education which prepares students for jobs that
are based on manual or practical activities; and
(l) “technical
institution” means an institute, college or centre established or maintained by
the Authority.
3. Incorporation.– (1) The
Government may establish an Authority to be called the Punjab Technical
Education and Vocational Training Authority.
(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate
having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to enter into
agreement, acquire, hold, manage, and dispose of property, and to sue and be
sued in its name.
(3) The
Authority shall not dispose of immovable property without prior approval of the
Government and through public auction.
(4) The
principal office of the Authority shall be at
[2][2][(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in
this Act, the Authority may transfer a technical institution to the Government
or to a body or an authority, owned or controlled by the Government.]
4. Composition
of the Authority.– (1) The Authority shall consist of a
Chairperson, and not less than seven and not more than fifteen members [3][3][including at least thirty-three percent female members] to be appointed by the Government.
(2) The Government shall nominate not less
than three Secretaries to the Government as ex-officio
members of the Authority.
(3) The Government shall appoint the
members, other than ex-officio
members, for a term not exceeding three years and determine the terms a
nd conditions of such appointment.
(4) The members shall serve during the pleasure
of the Government.
(5) A member,
other than an ex-officio member, may
resign from his office by a notice in writing to the Government and his seat
shall fall vacant on the acceptance of the resignation.
(6) A member shall not, directly or indirectly,
receive any profit from his position as the member except such fee, allowances
and other expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties as may be
prescribed.
(7) Notwithstanding anything contained in
sub-section (1), the Authority may, with the prior approval of the Government,
co-opt any other person as member.
(8)The
Chief Operating Officer shall be member-secretary of the Authority.
5. Functions
of the Authority.– (1) The Authority
may,---
(a) provide technical education as it may deem fit,
and make provisions for research, service to the society and for the
application, advancement and dissemination of technical education in all
sectors of economy including industry, commerce and trade, agriculture and
livestock, and services sectors in such manner as it may determine;
(b) establish and maintain technical institutions, and regulate and
administer the institutions under the control of the Authority at the
commencement of the Act;
(c) establish and support other facilities for technical education,
training including teachers’ pre-service and in-service training and research;
(d) prescribe courses of studies and develop curricula for technical
education and may solicit collaboration from other national and international
agencies;
(e) establish and maintain technical institutions for promoting
innovation in technology adoption, and shall provide common facilitation
centres and training the workforce in new technologies as per market demand;
(f) decide teaching methods and strategies to ensure
effective technical, educational and training programmes including foreign
training;
(g) prescribe the terms and conditions of employment of the officers,
teachers and other employees of the Authority;
(h) take initiatives for placement of trainees or
graduates and provide career counselling and job search services to the
students and alumni;
(i) maintain linkages with alumni;
(j) establish linkages with national and
international institutions and organisations for the development of technical
and vocational education and training system and seeking accreditation or
recognition of standards and equivalence to create an internationally
employable workforce;
(k) take initiatives for welfare of its employees in any manner it
deems appropriate;
(l) provide and support the academic development of the faculty of
the technical institutions;
(m) institute and award financial assistance to students in need,
fellowships, scholarships, bursaries, medals and prizes in the prescribed
manner;
(n) provide for the residence of the students, establish and maintain
halls of residence and may approve or licence a hostel, lodging or boarding
place;
(o) maintain order, discipline and security in
the technical institutions;
(p) promote the extracurricular and recreational activities of the
students and make arrangements for promoting health and general welfare of the
students;
(q) demand and receive such fees and other charges as it may
determine; and
(r) perform such other functions as may be ancillary, or as may be
prescribed by the rules or as may be assigned by the Government.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in
the Punjab Board of Technical Education Ordinance 1962 (XXXIX of 1962), the
Authority shall be the Controlling Authority of the Punjab Board of Technical
Education under the said Act.
6. Chairperson.–
(1) The Government shall appoint a Chairperson for a period not exceeding five
years on such terms and conditions as the Government may determine.
(2) The
Chairperson shall hold office during the pleasure of the Government but shall
not be removed without notice and opportunity of hearing.
(3) The Chairperson may resign
his office subject to one month prior notice in writing to the Government or on
payment of one month’s pay in lieu of the notice.
(4) The
Chairperson,---
(a) shall be the Chief Executive of
the Authority and shall be responsible for the management, administration and
day to day affairs of the Authority; and
(b) shall exercise such powers as are
assigned under the Act or are delegated by the Authority or as may be
prescribed.
(5) The Chairperson may delegate any of his
powers under the Act to any officer of the Authority.
7. Chief Operating Officer.– (1) The Government shall appoint a Chief Operating
Officer of the Authority for a period not exceeding three years on such terms
and conditions as the Government may determine.
(2) The
Chief Operating Officer shall hold office during the pleasure of the Government
but shall not be removed without notice and opportunity of hearing.
(3) Notwithstanding
the expiration of the term, the Chief
Operating Officer shall continue to hold office on the same terms and
conditions for a period of three months or till his successor enters upon
office, whichever is earlier.
(4) The Chief Operating Officer may resign his
office subject to one month’s prior notice in writing to the Government or on
payment of one month’s pay in lieu of the notice.
(5) The Chief Operating Officer shall–
(a) perform such
functions as are assigned to him under the Act; and
(b) exercise such powers as are
delegated by the Authority or as may be prescribed.
8. Disqualifications.– No person shall be appointed or shall continue as the Chairperson,
Chief Operating Officer, or member, if he,---
(a) has been convicted of an offence
involving moral turpitude; or
(b) has been found guilty of
misconduct; or
(c) has been declared to be of
unsound mind by a competent court; or
(d) has been or is adjudged as
un-discharged insolvent; or
(e) is incapable of discharging
his duties by reason of physical or mental infirmity and has been so declared
by a Special Medical Board appointed by the Government; or
(f) is an employee or member of
the staff of the Authority other than the Chairperson, and the Chief Operating Officer; or
(g) fails
to disclose to the Authority any conflict of interest with the Authority within
three days of his knowledge of the conflict of interest; or
(h) stands disqualified by the order of a court to hold any
public office; or
(i) has been dismissed from the
service of Pakistan or service of any Provincial Government or a body or
authority under a Provincial or Federal Government; or
(j) fails to attend more than three
consecutive meetings of the Authority without leave.
9. Meetings.– (1) The Authority shall
regulate the procedure for its meetings.
(2) A meeting
of the Authority shall be held at such time and place as the Chairperson or the
majority of members may determine.
(3) Members
shall have reasonable notice of the time and place of the meeting and the
matters on which a decision by the Authority shall be taken in such a meeting.
(4) The
Chairperson shall preside over a meeting of the Authority; and, in the absence
of the Chairperson, the members present in the meeting may select an acting
Chairperson for the meeting.
(5) Five
members, including the Chairperson or the acting Chairperson, shall constitute
the quorum for a meeting of the Authority.
(6) The
Authority shall take decisions by the majority of its members present and
voting, and in case of a tie, the person presiding the meeting shall have a
casting vote.
(7) The
Authority shall cause minutes to be kept of proceedings of every meeting of the
Authority and of every meeting of a committee established by the Authority.
(8) The Chief Operating Officer shall maintain
a complete record of the minutes and the decisions of the Authority in the
prescribed manner.
(9) The
proceedings of a meeting of the Authority shall not be invalid merely on
account of any vacancy or defect in the constitution of the Authority.
10. Committees of Authority.– The
Authority may constitute committees of its members and entrust them such
functions and powers as it may deem fit.
11. Delegation.– The Authority may,
subject to such conditions and limitations as it may deem fit to impose,
delegate any of its powers or functions to the Chairperson, Chief Operating Officer, a committee,
or one or more members, except the power to,---
(a) frame, amend or repeal
regulations;
(b) constitute a committee or fill a
vacancy in a committee;
(c) take policy decisions; and
(d) approve the annual budget, audited
accounts and the annual reports.
12. Technical Experts.-
The Authority or any of its committees may invite any technical expert or other
person possessing specialized knowledge of any subject or the representative of
a Government institution for assistance in the performance of its functions.
13. Staff.– (1) The Authority may
employ such persons as may be necessary for the efficient performance of its
functions in such manner and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.
(2) The
employees of the Authority shall hold office during the pleasure of the
Authority and shall, subject to notice
and opportunity of hearing, be liable to such disciplinary action as may
be prescribed.
(3) The Authority may, in the manner
prescribed, absorb in its service an employee who is on deputation with the
Authority, subject to the consent of the employee and prior approval of the
Government or the employer.
(4) The terms and conditions of service of
an employee, on absorption, shall not be less favourable than those admissible
to the employee immediately before his absorption in the service of the
Authority.
(5) The Authority shall, through adoption of
policies of hiring freeze, reassignment restructuring of institutions,
non-replacement of employees retiring upon attainment of age of superannuation
and providing incentives for early retirement, bring the number of its
employees in conformity with the requirements of the Authority.
(6) The terms
and condition of service of the employees on deputation with the Authority
shall be such as may be prescribed.
14. Fund.– (1) There shall be
established a Fund to be known as the Punjab Technical Education and Vocational
Training Authority Fund which shall be administered and controlled by the
Authority.
(2) The Fund
shall consist of,---
(a) budgetary releases from the
Government;
(b) grants, other than budgetary
releases, from the Government;
(c) grants from the Federal Government;
(d) donations or grants from any person,
local, national or international organization or agency; and
(e) fees, charges, fines,
confiscations, shares in profits, donations and gifts.
15. Budget.– The
Chairperson shall prepare annual budget comprising the likely income and
expenditures for the ensuing financial year and submit it to the Authority for
approval in the form and manner as may be prescribed.
16. Bank accounts.– The Authority may open and
maintain its accounts at such scheduled banks as it may determine.
17. Accounts.– (1) The Authority shall maintain proper accounts
and other records relating to its financial affairs including its income and
expenditures and its assets and liabilities in such form and manner as may be
prescribed.
(2) As soon
as may be, after the end of each financial year, the Authority, in the manner
prescribed, shall cause to be prepared for that financial year statements of
account of the Authority which shall include a balance-sheet and an account of
income and expenditure.
18. Audit.– (1) The Auditor General of
(2) The
Government, in addition to the audit under sub-section (1), may cause the
annual accounts of the Authority audited, in the prescribed manner, by a
Chartered Accountant or a firm of Chartered Accountants selected from the list,
approved by the State Bank of
19. Annual report.- (1) The Authority shall, within
three months of the close of a financial year, submit to the Government an
annual report.
(2) The
report shall consist of,---
(a) the statement of accounts under
section 17 of this Act;
(b) a comprehensive statement of
the work and activities of the Authority during the preceding financial year;
and
(c) such other matters as may be
prescribed and as the Authority may consider appropriate.
(3) The
Government shall, within two months of receiving the report from the Authority,
shall give notice for laying the report in the Provincial Assembly of the
20. Appeal.– A person aggrieved by an order of the
Authority may, within thirty days of the communication of the order, prefer an
appeal to the Government whose decision shall be final.
21. Public
servants.– The Chairperson, Chief Operating Officer, members,
officers, employees and other persons authorized to perform or exercise any
function or power under this Act, or rendering services to the Authority as
agents, advisors or consultants, shall be deemed to be public servants within
the meanings of section 21 of the Pakistan Penal Code 1860 (XLV of 1860).
22. Indemnity.– All acts done, orders passed or proceedings
taken by the Authority in good faith, shall be final and shall not be called in
question in any court by a suit or otherwise.
23. Power to
make rules.– The Government may, by
notification, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
24. Power to
frame regulations.– Subject to
this Act and the rules, the Authority may frame regulations for the efficient
performance of its functions under the Act.
25. Removal of
difficulties.– If any difficulty
arises in giving effect to any provision of this Act, the Government may make
such order as may be necessary for removing the difficulty.
26. Repeal, saving and
succession.– (1) The Punjab Technical
Education and Vocational Training Authority Ordinance 1999 (XLV of 1999) is
hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding
the repeal of the Ordinance XLV of 1999,---
(a) any action taken or order or
appointment made under the repealed Ordinance shall be deemed to have been
taken or made under this Act;
(b) all
rights, properties, assets or liabilities of the Punjab Technical Education and
Vocational Training Authority established under the repealed Ordinance shall
stand transferred to the Authority;
(c) all
employees of the Punjab Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority
established under the repealed Ordinance shall be deemed to be the employees of
the Authority; and
(d) the employees
of the Government, transferred to the Punjab Technical Education and Vocational
Training Authority under the repealed Ordinance, shall continue to be the
employees of the Government unless absorbed in the service of the Authority.
[1][1]This Act was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 14
July 2010; assented to by the Governor of the
[2][2]Inserted
by the
[3][3]Inserted by the
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