For the purposes of this Act, the following shall be the duties to be performed and powers to be exercised by the Charity Commissioner, namely:-
(a) the general superintendence of the administration and carrying out the purposes of this Act under section 3 ;
1[(b) power to entertain and dispose of appeals from the findings of a Deputy or Assistant Charity Commissioner under section 20, 22 or 28 and order under sections 50A and 79] ;
(c) power to determine which of the Deputy or Assistant Charity Commissioners shall proceed with an inquiry relating to the registration of any public trust under section 25 ;
(d) power to direct a special audit of the accounts of a public trust under section 33 ;
(e) power to require an auditor to forward to him a copy of a balance sheet and income and expenditure account under section 34 ;
(f) power to permit a trustee to invest money of a public trust in any manner other than in public securities under section 35 ;
(g) power to sanction a sale, mortgage, exchange, gift or lease of immovable property belonging to a public trust under section 36 ;
(h) power to enter on and inspect any trust property, to call for and inspect any proceedings of a trustee, and to call for any return, statement, account or report from trustees or any person connected with a public trust under section 37 ;
(i) power to hold an inquiry in regard to any loss caused to a public trust under section 40, and to order a surcharge under section 41 ;
(j) 2[power of the Charity Commissioner, 3* * * to act] as the Treasurer of Charitable Endowments under the Charitable Endowments Act, 1880 (VI of 1880), under section 43 ;
(k) power to act as trustee of a public trust;
(l) power to file suit under section 50 ;
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(m) power to give or refuse consent to the institution of a suit under section 51;
5(n) power to give notice to trustees for the cypres application of the trust, money and to pass appropriate orders for the same] ;
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(p) to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions as may be prescribed.
(a) the general superintendence of the administration and carrying out the purposes of this Act under section 3 ;
1[(b) power to entertain and dispose of appeals from the findings of a Deputy or Assistant Charity Commissioner under section 20, 22 or 28 and order under sections 50A and 79] ;
(c) power to determine which of the Deputy or Assistant Charity Commissioners shall proceed with an inquiry relating to the registration of any public trust under section 25 ;
(d) power to direct a special audit of the accounts of a public trust under section 33 ;
(e) power to require an auditor to forward to him a copy of a balance sheet and income and expenditure account under section 34 ;
(f) power to permit a trustee to invest money of a public trust in any manner other than in public securities under section 35 ;
(g) power to sanction a sale, mortgage, exchange, gift or lease of immovable property belonging to a public trust under section 36 ;
(h) power to enter on and inspect any trust property, to call for and inspect any proceedings of a trustee, and to call for any return, statement, account or report from trustees or any person connected with a public trust under section 37 ;
(i) power to hold an inquiry in regard to any loss caused to a public trust under section 40, and to order a surcharge under section 41 ;
(j) 2[power of the Charity Commissioner, 3* * * to act] as the Treasurer of Charitable Endowments under the Charitable Endowments Act, 1880 (VI of 1880), under section 43 ;
(k) power to act as trustee of a public trust;
(l) power to file suit under section 50 ;
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(m) power to give or refuse consent to the institution of a suit under section 51;
5(n) power to give notice to trustees for the cypres application of the trust, money and to pass appropriate orders for the same] ;
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(p) to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions as may be prescribed.
1. Clause (b) was substituted by Mah. 55 of 2017, s. 20(a).
2. These words were substituted for the words "power to act" by the Bombay Charity Commissioner (Regional Reorganisation) Order, 1960, Sch.
3. The word "Bombay" was omitted by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960.
4. Clause (ll) was deleted by Mah. 55 of 2017, s. 20(b).
5. This clause substituted by Mah. 55 of 2017, s. 20(c).
6. Clause (o) was deleted by Mah. 22 of 1967, s. 8.