View All - 1999 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES AND NAUTICAL ENGINEERINGMarginal Notes1. This Act may be cited as the National Institute of Fisheries and Nautical Engineering Act, No. 36 of 1999, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette (hereinafter referred to as the "appointed date").2. Establishment of the National Fisheries and Nautical Engineering. 3. Functions of the Institute. 4. Powers of the Institute. 5. Administration of the lnstitute vested in the Council. 6. Constitution of the Council. 7. Term of officers. 8. Chairman of the Council. 9. Seal of the Institute. 10. Meetings of the Council. 11. Remuneration of members of the Council. 12. The Academic Board. 13. Powers of the Board. 14. Appointment of the Director- General of the Institute. 15. Staff of the Institute. 16. Services to the Institute deemed to be services to the Government for the purposes of curtain contracts. 17. Appointment of public officers to the staff of the Institute. 18. Notice required to be given by public officers of the National Institute of Fisheries Training of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. 19. Effect of not giving notice under section 18. 20. Effect of a notice given under section 18. 21. Special provisions applicable to certain employees of the Institute. 22. Initial capital of the institute. 23. Fund of the Institute. 24. Financial year of the Institute. 25. Audit or accounts. 26. Directions of the Minister. 27. Previsions of the Tertiary and Vocational Education Act No. 20 of 1990 and the Universities Act, No. 16 of 1978 not to apply. 28. Acquisition of immovable property under Land Acquisition Act for the Institute. 29. State property both movable and immovable to be made available to the Institute. 30. The institute deemed to be a Scheduled Institution within the meaning of the Bribery Act. 31. Members of Council and officers and servants of the institute deemed to be public servants. 32. Protection of action taken under this Act. 33. Savings. 34. Regulations. 35. Sinhala text to prevail in case of any inconsistency. 36. Interpretation.