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ACT XI OF 2019 ACT XI OF 2019 BALOCHISTAN CHARITIES (REGISTRATION, REGULATION AND FACILITATION) ACT, 2019 An Act to provide legal cover, substitute and consolidate the Laws for registration, regulation and facilitation of Charities in Balochistan [Gazette of Balochistan Extraordinary, 25th October, 2019] No. PAB / Legis: V(15) / 2019, dated 25.10.2019.---The Balochistan Charities (Registration, Regulation and Facilitation (Bill No.15 of 2019) having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 12th October, 2019 and assented to by the Governor Balochistan, on 24th October, 2019 is hereby published as an Act of the Balochistan Provincial Assembly. Preamble.---WHEREAS, it is expedient to provide legal cover, substitute and consolidate the Laws for registration, regulation and facilitation of Charities in Balochistan; and for the matter ancillary thereto or connected therewith; It is hereby enacted as follows:- 15. Policy Board.---(1) The Government shall constitute a Policy Board to monitor the working of the Authority and suggest improvements in the working of Registration Authority as well as Charities Sector. (2) The Board shall comprise of ten members including Chairperson, having three private members from Civil Society and five ex-officio members not below the rank of an Additional Secretary, from the following Departments:- 1. Home Department. 2. Social Welfare Department. 3. Industries Department. 4. Agriculture and Cooperative Department. 5. Religious Affairs Department. 6. Finance Department. 7. Law and Parliamentary Affairs Department. (3) The Secretary Social Welfare Department shall be the Chairperson of the Board. (4) The Government shall appoint private members from civil society amongst the persons having established credentials of working in the Sector, who shall be nominated for a period of three years which shall not be extendable for a second consecutive term. (5) The Board shall have the powers to co-opt any expert for a specific purpose to be recorded in the Minutes of the meeting of the Board who shall not have any voting power. (6) The Director General of the Authority shall act as Member/Secretary of the Policy Board. (7) In particular and without the generality of the power prescribed hereinabove subsection (1), the Policy Board shall perform the following functions:- (i) review the quarterly report presented by Registration Authority and suggest measures (if any) for the improvement of the working of the Authority or the Charity Sector; (ii) hear and decide the appeals filed against the decisions of Registration Authority, who shall either maintain the decision of the Registration Authority or reverse it along with the reasons to be recorded in writing and that decision shall be final which shall not be challenged in any court of law by any of the parties consider. (8) The decision of the Policy Board shall be based on the principle of simple majority and in case of a tie the decision of the Chairman thereon shall be final.