Chapter-7 Miscellaneous
24. A bar to involve in decision : A member, the Executive Director or any staff shall not take part in the process of a decision related to a matter of his/her conflict of interest.
25. Taking an oath : Member, Executive Director or staff shall, before undertaking official job, take an oath of confidentiality and honesty.
26. Annual Report :
(1) The Executive Director shall submit an annual report of the works of the Fund to the Committee within Six months from the end of every fiscal year. The Executive Director shall submit a copy of the said
report approved by the Committee to the Government of Nepal.
(2) The Annual Report to be submitted to the Committee pursuant to Sub-section (1) shall include, inter alia, the programmes conducted by the Fund throughout a year, the cost of amount of the said programmes, the
operational cost of the Fund, outputs of the said programmes and the reforms to be made in future.
(3) The Executive Director shall, upon taking approval from the Committee, publish and make public the annual report as referred to in Sub-section (2).
27. Meeting allowances : Member of committee shall be entitled to receive meeting allowances as prescribed.
28. Orders or directives maye be issued : The Government of Nepal may, upon making an inquiry in to the works performed by the Fund or at any time what it deems necessary, issue necessary order or directives to the
Fund in order to perform necessary works for carrying out the objectives of the Fund. It shall be the duty of the Fund to abide by the directives or order issued by the Government of Nepal.
29. Co-ordination and follow up of the poverty alleviation Programmes :
(1) The Fund, while conducting the programme related to poverty alleviation pursuant to this Act, shall keep coordination with the Local Bodies constituted pursuant to Local Self-Governance Act, 2055.
(2) The Fund may follow up the poverty alleviation programme conducted pursuant to Sub-section (1) itself or cause to follow up the said programme through the Local Bodies.
30. Delegation of powers :
(1) The Committee may delectate any of the powers conferred on it pursuant to this Act to any Member, Sub-Committee formed pursuant to Section 16 or to the Executive Director as per necessity.
(2) The chairperson as it requires may delegate any of his/her powers conferred on him/her pursuant to this Act to the Vice-Chairperson.
(3) The Executive Director as it requires may delegate any of his/her powers vested on him/her pursuant to this Act to any officer staff.
31. Transfer of property and obligation : In the case of dissolution of entire property and obligation of the Fund shall be devolved to the Government of Nepal.
32. Liaison with the Government of Nepal : The Fund shall liaise with the Government of Nepal through the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.
Provided that, for the daily administrative activities related with the Fund, the Fund may liaise with the concerned body directly.
33. Power to frame Rules and Bye-laws :
(1) For the purpose of carrying out the objectives of this Act, the Fund may frame necessary Rules and
such Rules shall came into force after being approved by the Government of Nepal.
(2) For the smooth functioning of its’ business the Fund may, subject to the Rules made under Sub-section (1), frame necessary Bye-Laws.
34 Effect of the inoperativeness of Poverty Alleviation Fund Ordinance, 2063 : With the poverty alleviation fund ordinance 2063 being inoperative unless a different intention appears, the inoperativeness shall
not;
(a) revive anything in force or existing at the time at which the ordinance became inoperativeness;
(b) affect the matter in operation as per the ordinance or anything duly done or any punishment suffered there
under;
(c) affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the ordinance;
(d) affect any penalty, punishment or forfeiture incurred under the ordinance;
(e) affect any action or remedy made or taken in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability,
penalty or punishment aforesaid; and any such legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or
enforced as if the ordinance was in force.