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ORDINANCE IX OF 2013 ORDINANCE IX OF 2013 AO POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF ORTHOPAEDIC SCIENCES ORDINANCE, 2013 An Ordinance to provide for the establishment of an Institute known as the AO Post Graduate Institute of Othopaedic Sciences [Gazette of Sindh, Extraordinary, Part I, 31st May, 2013] No. S.Legis: 1(9)/2013, dated 31-5-2013.---The following Ordinance made by the Governor of Sindh is hereby published for general information:-- Preamble.---Whereas it is expedient to provide for the establishment of an Institute known as the AO Post Graduate Institute of Othopaedic Sciences and to provide for matters ancillary thereto; And whereas the Provincial Assembly is not in session and the Governor is satisfied that circumstances exists which render it necessary to take immediate action; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, the Governor is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:-- 4. Powers and Functions of the Institute.---The powers and functions of the Institute are subject to this Ordinance and such instructions and guidelines as may be issued by Government from time to time. The Institute shall have the powers to - (a) undertake postgraduate teaching program such as postgraduate diploma, diploma Orthopaedic and diploma Trauma, Master of Science in Orthopaedic and Doctorate of Medicine; (b) undertake teaching and training in the principles of Orthopaedic sciences with emphasis in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, public health, management sciences, trauma and orthopaedic surgery, medical genetics, biotechnology, anatomy, physiology, pathology, biochemistry, nursing, paramedics, pharmacy, clinical pharmacy, laboratory and blood bank and refresher courses; (c) make provision for research, management and development programs for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in such manner as it may determine; (d) carry out and promote research, surveys, experiments, and demonstration in the field of orthopaedic sciences, disease pattern prevention and treatment; (e) admit and examine students; (f) publish research papers, studies and such other work as are completed at the Institute or are prepared in collaboration with any other institute and agency, local or foreign or which otherwise of substantial value to the Institute; (g) organize seminars and conferences and to promote cooperation with national and international agencies, organizations, institutions and universities in activities falling within the purview of the Institute; (h) prescribe courses of studies to be conducted by it and its affiliated institutions; (i) establish, maintain and administer any faculty, teaching department, centres of learning for the development of teaching and research and to make such arrangements for their maintenance, management and administration as it may determine; (j) hold examinations and to award and confer degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions on and to the persons who have been admitted to and have passed its examinations under prescribed conditions; (k) appoint such officers and staff and prescribe terms and conditions and powers and duties of such officers and staff; (l) affiliate and disaffiliate institutions under prescribed conditions; (m) affiliate itself or associate with other institutions and establish faculties and the Teaching Departments to discharge its functions and responsibilities for imparting education; (n) develop curricula and prescribe courses of studies for the Institute; (o) confer honorary degrees or other distinctions on approved persons in the manner as may be prescribed; (p) establish and support other facilities for education, training and research; (q) enter into agreements, contracts and arrangements with Universities, Organizations, Institutions, bodies and individuals for the purpose of carrying out its functions and activities; (r) create posts for teaching, research, training, consultancy, administration and other related purposes and to appoint persons thereto; (s) acquire, receive and manage property transferred and grants, bequests, trusts, gifts, donations, endowments or other contributions made to the Institute and to invest any funds representing such property, grants, bequests, trusts, gifts, donations, endowments or contributions in such manner as it may deem fit; (t) undertake such research as it may determine in any and all branches of learning; and (u) do all such acts and things, whether incidental to the powers aforesaid or not, as may be requisite or expedient in order to further the objectives of the Institute as a place of education, learning and research.