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The Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Act, 2008

The Prasar Bharati _BCI_ Amendment Act,2008 _12 of 2008

Contents

1. Short title and commencement

2. In section 6

3. Repeal and saving

 

 

The Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY PART II - Section 1

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 18 NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008 / CHAITRA 8, 1930

 

MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE

(Legislative Department)

New Delhi, the 28th March, 2008/Chaitra 8, 1930 (Saka)

 

The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 28th March, 2008 and is hereby published for general information:-

 

THE PRASAR BHARATI (BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF INDIA) AMENDMENT ACT, 2008

No. 12 OF 2008 [28th March 2008]

 

An Act further to amend the Prasar Bharti (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990.

Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Act, 2008.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 7th day of February, 2008.

 

2. In section 6 of the Prasar Bharti (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 -

(a) for sub-section (1), the following shall be substituted, namely:-

(1) The Chairman shall be Part-time Member and shall hold office for a term of three years from the date on which he enters upon his office or until he attains the age of seventy years, whichever is earlier:

Provided that any person holding office as a Chairman immediately before the commencement of the Prasar Bharti (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Act, 2008, shall, in so far as his appointment is inconsistent with the provisions of this sub-section, cease to hold office on such commencement as such Chairman and shall not be entitled to any compensation because of his ceasing to hold such office.,

(b) in sub-section (2), the words The Executive Member, shall be omitted; (c after sub-section (2), the following shall be inserted, namely:-

(2A) The Executive Member shall be a Whole-time Member and shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office or until be attains the age of sixty-five years, whichever is earlier.

Provided that any person holding office as an Executive Member immediately before the commencement of the Prasar Bharti (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Act, 2008, shall, in so far as his appointment is inconsistent with the provisions of this sub-section, cease to hold office on such commencement as such Executive Member and shall not be entitled to any compensation because of his ceasing to hold such office.

 

3. Repeal and saving: - (1) The Prasar Bharti (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Ordinance, 2008, is hereby repealed.

(2) Not withstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the said Act, as amended by this Act.

 

K.D. SINGH,

Secy. to the Govt. of India.