#THE DAKSHINA BHARAT HINDI PRACHAR SABHA ACT, 1964 
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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1. Short title and commencement. 
2. Definitions. 
3. Declaration of the *Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha* as an institution of national importance. 
4. Grant of degrees, diplomas and certificates by the *Sabha*.
5. Accounts and Audit. 
6. Prior approval of the Central Government necessary for certain action by the *Sabha*. 
7. Review of work done, etc. 



#THE DAKSHINA BHARAT HINDI PRACHAR SABHA ACT, 1964 

##ACT NO. 14 OF 1964 

[12th May, 1964.] 

An Act to declare the institution known as the Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, having at 
  present  its  registered  office  at  Madras,  to  be  an  institution  of  national  importance  and  to 
  provide for certain matters connected therewith. 

  BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifteenth year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

1. **Short title and commencement.**—(1) This Act may be called the Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar 
Sabha Act, 1964. 

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the 
Official Gazette, appoint. 

2. **Definitions.**—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

  (a) “memorandum” means the memorandum of association of the *Sabha* filed with the Registrar 
of Joint Stock Companies, Madras, under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860); 

  (b) “rules and regulations” includes any rule or regulation, by whatever name called, which the 
*Sabha* is  competent  to  make  in  the  exercise  of  the  powers  conferred  on  it  under  the  Societies 
Registration Act, 1860, but shall not include any bye-laws or standing orders made under the rules 
and regulations for the conduct of its work; 

  (c) *“Sabha”* means the *Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha* registered under the Societies 
Registration Act, 1860. 

3. **Declaration  of  the  Dakshina  Bharat  Hindi  Prachar  Sabha  as  an  institution  of  national 
importance.**—Whereas  the  objects  of  the  institution  known  as  the  Dakshina  Bharat  Hindi  Prachar 
Sabha are such as to make it an institution of national importance, it is hereby declared that the Dakshina 
Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha is an institution of national importance. 

4. **Grant of degrees, diplomas and certificates by the Sabha.**—Notwithstanding anything contained 
in  the  University  Grants  Commission  Act,  1956  (3  of  1956),  or in  any  other  law  for  the  time  being  in 
force,  the  Sabha  may  hold  such  examinations  and  grant  such  degrees,  diplomas  and  certificates  for 
proficiency in the Hindi or in the teaching of Hindi as may be determined by the Sabha from time to time. 

5. **Accounts and Audit.**—(1) The  Sabha shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records 
and  prepare  an  annual  statement of accounts including the balance-sheet in such form as may be 
prescribed by the Central Government. 

(2) The accounts of the Sabha shall, once at least in every year, be audited by a chartered accountant 
in  practice  within  the  meaning  of  the  Chartered  Accountants  Act,  1949  (38  of  1949),  to  be  appointed 
annually by the Sabha: 

  Provided  that  no  member  of  the  Sabha  who  is  a  chartered  accountant  or  a  person  who  is  in 
partnership with such member, shall be eligible for appointment as an auditor under this section. 

(3) Every  auditor shall, in the  performance  of  his  duties, have  at  all reasonable times  access  to  the 
registers,  books  of  account,  records  and  other  documents  of  the  Sabha  or  of  any  committee,  council, 
board or branch of the Sabha. 

(4) As soon as may be practicable at the end of each year, the auditors shall submit their report to the 
Sabha and shall also forward a copy thereof to the Central Government for its information. 

6. **Prior approval of the Central Government necessary for certain action by the Sabha.**—
Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  Societies  Registration  Act,  1860  (21  of  1860),  or  in  the 
memorandum  or  rules  and  regulations,  the  Sabha  shall  not,  except  with  the  previous  approval  of  the 
Central Government,— 

  (a) alter, extend or abridge any of the purposes for which it has been established or for which it is 
being used immediately before the commencement of this Act, or amalgamate itself, either wholly or 
partially, with any other institution or society; or 

  (b) alter or amend in any manner the memorandum or rules and regulations; or 

  (c) be dissolved. 

7. **Review of work done, etc.**—(1) The Central Government may constitute, after consultation with 
the Sabha, one or more committees consisting of such number of persons as it thinks fit to appoint thereto 
for all or any of the following purposes, namely:— 

  (a) reviewing the work done by the Sabha during any specified period and the progress made by 
it; and 

  (b) evaluating the work done by the Sabha. 

(2) The Sabha shall afford all necessary facilities to any committee constituted under sub-section (1) 
for the purpose of enabling it to carry out its duties. 

(3) The report of any committee constituted under sub-section (1) shall be submitted to the Central 
Government within such time and in such manner as that Government may direct. 

(4) The Sabha shall be entitled to appoint a representative who shall have the right to be present and 
to be heard at such review or evaluation. 

(5) The Central Government may address the  President of the Sabha with reference to the result of 
such review or evaluation as disclosed in the report of any committee constituted under sub-section (1), 
and  the  President  of  the  Sabha  shall  communicate  to  the  Central  Government  the  action,  if  any,  taken 
thereon. 

(6) When the Central Government has, in pursuance of sub-section (5), addressed the President of the 
Sabha in connection with any  matter and the President of the  Sabha does not within a reasonable time 
take action to the satisfaction of the Central Government in respect thereof, the Central Government may, 
after allowing the Sabha an opportunity of furnishing explanations or making representations, issue such 
directions as that Government considers necessary in respect of any of the matters dealt with in the report 
and the Sabha shall notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force or in the 
memorandum or rules and regulations of the Sabha, comply with such directions. 

(7) The members of any committee constituted under sub-section (1) shall be paid such allowances as 
the Central Government may, by order, fix and such allowances together with the expenses incurred, with 
the previous approval of the Central Government, by any such committee in the performance of its 
functions (including any salary, remunerations or allowances, if any, payable to any person employed by 
any such committee), shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force or 
in the memorandum or rules and regulations of the Sabha, be paid out of the funds of the Sabha.