 the indian red cross society (amendment) bill, 1955-(as introduced in lolt sabra)  the indian red cross society (amendment) bill, 1955 [as introduced in lok sabra] a billfurther to amend the indian red cross society act, 1920 be it enacted by parliament in the sixth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the indian red cross society (amend- shon title ment) act, 1955 s 2 sub-section (2) of section 1 of the indian red cl1)ss society ame~nt xv of 1920 act, 1920 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), shall be of sect-on i omitted 3 in section 5 of the principal act,-amendment of section s (a) for the words "shall, within six months from the com-10 mencement of this act and subject to the condition of previous publication, make rules for the management, control", the words "may, subject to the condition of previous publication, make rules for the management, functions, control" shall be substituted; is (b) in clause (e), the word "and" occurring at the end shall be omitted; (c) after clause (e), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-ii (ee) the powers exercisable by the managing body in supervising the activities of branch committees;" 20  4 in section 8 of the principal act,-amendment of acction 8 (a) in sub-section (1) ,-(i) the words "or in any part of pakistan" shall be omitted; (ii) after the expression "clause (a) of section 7", the s expression "and section 13" shall be inserted; (b) in sub-section (2) ,-(i) the words "or pakistan" occurring in both the places shall be omitted; , (ii) for the words "third column", the words "second 10 column" shall be substituted; (c) in sub-section (4-)', the words "or any part of pakistan" shall be omitted amendment of eection 9 amcndmetit 0:' section ii amendinent of section 12 insettion of new section 13 transfer of property to pakistan s in section 9 of the principal act, after the words "or body" where they occur for the first time, the words "whether constituted is in india or in any other country" shall be inserted 6 in section 11 of the principal act, the expression "for which the corpus or income of the property vested in it under clause (b) of section 6 may be applied under the provisions of section 7" shall be omitted 20 7 in section 12 of the principal act, after the expression "rules made under section 5", the words "and the powers of supervision exercisable by the managing b~dy thereunder" shall be inserted 8 after section 12 of the principal act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:'-25 "13 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in this act, the managing body may, from out of the funds specified in column 1 of the third schedule, transfer to the pakistan rea cross society constituted under the pakistan red cross society act, 1920, the amounts specified in that 30 schedule as being the share of the pakistan red cross society which that society has agreed to receive for being applied to the purposes for which they were held by the society (2) upon the transfer of such amounts to the pakistan red 3s cross society under sub-section (1), the society shall be freed and discharged from all obligations imposed upon it by or under this act as in force before the commence-' ment of the indian red cross society (amendment), act, 1955, or under any trust or other document in respect of 40 anything to be done in pakistan or in any part thereof" 9 for the schedules to the principal act, the following schedules ~r~~ution shall be substituted, namely:-~~or scbedujes  the first schedule (see section 7)5 object8 to which the funds of the society may be applied (1) aid to the sick and wounded members of the armed forces of the union in accordance with the terms and spirit of the geneva convention of 12th august, 1949 and discharge of other obligations devolving upon the society 10 under the conventions as the recognised auxiliary ot the armed forces medical services (2) aid to the demobilised sick and woun!ied members pf the armed forces of the union (3) maternity and child welfare is (4) junior red cross (5) nursing and ambulance work (6) provision of relief for the mitigation of suffering caused by epidemics, earthquakes, famines, floods and other disasters, whether in india or outside 20 (7) the establishment and maintenance ·of peace among all nations in accordance with the qecisions of the international red cross organbation (8) work parties to provide comforts and nec~ :jil'-ments, etc, for hospitals and health institutions " 25 (9) the expenses of management of the society and its branches and affiliated societies and bodies  (10) the representation of the society on or at intemauonal or other committees formed for furthering obj~cts similar to those of the society   )0 (11) the improvement of health, prevention of disease and mitigation of suffering and such 'other cognate objects as may be approved by the society from time to time the second schedule (see section 8) statement showing the approximate percentage of the claim of the states to the income of the property vested in the society under clause (b) of section 6 5 | name                   | of           | states                  ||------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|| approximate percentage |              |                         || of                     | claim        | on                      || income                 |              |                         || of                     | the          | property' velted in the || so;:iety               |              |                         || under                  | clause       |                         || (6)                    |              |                         || of                     | section      |                         || 6                      |              |                         || 01                     |              |                         || part a states          |              |                         || andhra -               |              |                         || assam                  |              |                         || bihar                  | -            |                         || bombay                |              |                         || 10                     |              |                         ||                        | 0            |                         ||                        |              |                         || 88                     |              |                         || madhya                 |              |                         || pradesh                |              |                         || 5°98                   |              |                         || 15                     |              |                         || madras                |              |                         || 5°,53                  |              |                         || orissa -               |              |                         || punjab                 |              |                         || °                      |              |                         || uttar                  | pradesh      |                         || west                   |              |                         || bengal                 |              |                         || °                      |              |                         || 20                     |              |                         || part b states          |              |                         || hyderabad              |              |                         || 4°76                   |              |                         || jlifilmu               |              |                         || and                    | kashmir      |                         || 1°35                   |              |                         || madhya bharat          |              |                         || 4°43                   |              |                         || mylore -               |              |                         || patiala                | and          |                         || bast                   |              |                         || punjab                 | states union |                         || 2·55                   |              |                         || rajasthan              |              |                         || 5°26                   |              |                         || saurashtra             |              |                         || 3°93                   |              |                         || travancore-cochin      |              |                         || ·25                    |              |                         || part                   |              |                         || estates                |              |                         || ajmer -                |              |                         || bhopal                |              |                         || coorg                  |              |                         || 01                     |              |                         || 4                      |              |                         || delhi                  |              |                         || himacbal pradesh       |              |                         || tripura                |              |                         || 35                     |              |                         || vindbya pradesh        |              |                         || 100°00                 |              |                         | (see section 13) statement showing the share of ·p,a1oiricm red crobb society in the funds specified in column 1 | name                     | of                | the      | fund         | from    ||--------------------------|-------------------|----------|--------------|---------|| which                    |                   |          |              |         || transfer is              | to               | be       |              |         || share                    | of                | pakistan |              |         || red                      |                   |          |              |         || eros,                    |                   |          |              |         || socie-'                  |                   |          |              |         || ty                       |                   |          |              |         || a8                       |                   |          |              |         || on                       | 3(>-6-48          |          |              |         || ma~e                     |                   |          |              |         ||  amount                 |                   |          |              |         || a~vanoed                 |                   |          |              |         || to                       |                   |          |              |         || pakistan red '           |                   |          |              |         || crosi society up        |                   |          |              |         || to 31-12-52              |                   |          |              |         || 1                        | _;               |          |              |         || balanoe                  |                   |          |              |         || payable                  |                   |          |              |         || to pakistan              |                   |          |              |         || ~                        |                   |          |              |         || cross                    | society           |          |              |         || in                       |                   |          |              |         || securities               | at'               |          |              |         || cost                     |                   |          |              |         || and                      |                   |          |              |         || cuh                      | at                | ap-eed   |              |         || upon                     |                   |          |              |         || _,f                      |                   |          |              |         || 2                        |                   |          |              |         || 3                        |                   |          |              |         || 4                        |                   |          |              |         || 1                        |                   |          |              |         ||                         |                   |          |              |         ||                         |                   |          |              |         || '                        |                   |          |              |         || indian red cross society |                   |          |              |         || rs                      |                   |          |              |         || a                       |                   |          |              |         || p                       |                   |          |              |         || 41,74,208               |                   |          |              |         || 6                        |                   |          |              |         || 3                        |                   |          |              |         || as'                     |                   |          |              |         || a                       |                   |          |              |         || p                       |                   |          |              |         || 4,04,348                 |                   |          |              |         || ~3                       |                   |          |              |         || 5                        |                   |          |              |         || ri                      |                   |          |              |         || a                       |                   |          |              |         || p                       |                   |          |              |         || 37,69,859                |                   |          |              |         || 8                        |                   |          |              |         || 10                       |                   |          |              |         || r                        |                   |          |              |         || indian                   | forces' medical   |          |              |         || after-care               |                   |          |              |         || fund                    |                   |          |              |         || 4,81,232                 |                   |          |              |         || 14                       |                   |          |              |         || 0                        |                   |          |              |         || 1,30                     |                   |          |              |         || ,0:00                    |                   |          |              |         || 0                        |                   |          |              |         || 0                        |                   |          |              |         || 3,51,232 14              |                   |          |              |         || 0                        |                   |          |              |         || i -                      |                   |          |              |         || ~                        |                   |          |              |         || i                        |                   |          |              |         || lady                     | chelmsford        |          |              |         || aldm                     |                   |          |              |         || india maternity and    | d'                |          |              |         || welfare                  | bureau-army       |          |              |         || child welfare            | fund              |          |              |         || 9j,225                   |                   |          |              |         || 0                        | 0                 |          |              |         || 8,18~                    |                   |          |              |         || 13                       |                   |          |              |         || '0                       |                   |          |              |         || '                        |                   |          |              |         ||                        | 83,03i,           |          |              |         || 3                        |                   |          |              |         || 0                        |                   |          |              |         || victoria memorial scho-  |                   |          |              |         ||  iarships               | fund              |          |              |         || 1,83,6p9 ,  4          |                   |          |              |         || 0                        |                   |          |              |         || 18,395                   |                   |          |              |         || 8                       |                   |          |              |         || o_~                     |                   |          |              |         || 1,65,273                 |                   |          |              |         || i,l                      |                   |          |              |         ||  0                      |                   |          |              |         || ,,                     | !'                |          |              |         || "                        |                   |          |              |         || total                    |                   |          |              |         || 2                        |                   |          |              |         || 5 43',69,404             |                   |          |              |         || s·                       |                   |          |              |         || 10                      |                   |          |              |         ||                        |                   |          |              |         || a                        |                   |          |              |         || tid-amount               | due froll\ assam | red      | cross branch |         || 3~,351                  |                   |          |              |         || 0                        |                   |          |              |         || 44,05,755                | 5                 |         | jo           |         || dlduct-amount            |                 | dy,e     |              |         || £r~                      |                   |          |              |         || west punjab              |                   |          |              |         || b~anc:h                  |                   |          |              |         || efdlf,                   |                   |          |              |         || pakistan                 | red,              |         |              |         || i····                    |                   |          |              |         || cross'                   | ''               |         | '           |        || net                      | amoupt payable    |          |              |         || tol'akis~              |                   |          |              |         || red                      |                   |          |              |         || ~08s                     | s~cipy            |          |              |         || ,,                      |                   |          |              |         || l!                     |                   |          |              |         || 44,00,212                | 5                 | 10     |              |         || ;--                      |                   |          |              |         |add-interest earned on the securities in the share of the pakistan  l, lted cross society from 1-7-48 to the date of transfer after 8djustina interest on the amount due from the west punjab branch of the pakistan red cross society  statement of objects and reasonsthe indian red cross society was constituted by an act of the central legislature in 1920 (xv of 1920) to provide for the administration of the various monies and gifts received from the public for the purpose of medical and other aid to the sick and wounded and for other purposes of :1 like nature during the first world war and also for the administration of monies and properties held by a committee known as the joint war committee, indian brach of the order of st john of jerusalem in england and the british red cross society it was also constituted with a view to continuation in peace time, on a wider basis and with a wider purpose of the work carried on by the joint war committee and to provide for the affiliation with the indian red cross society of other societies and bodies having similar objects as a result of the partition of india in august, 1947, it has become necessary to amend the indian red cross society act, 1920, in order to authorise the indian red cross society to partition its corpus and allied funds with the pakistan red cross society and to transfer the share due to the latter in accordance with the terms mutually agreed between the two societies, the indian red cross society being at the same time discharged from all obligations imposed by the act in respect of areas in pakistan it is, therefore, proposed to amend the act to give effect to the agreement reached between the indian and pakistan red cross societies regarding the division of funds between the two societies it is also proposed to amend the act in order to enable the indian red cross society to have the necessary control over the management and procedure adopted by its branches in the states in order to ensure harmonious development of red cross services all over the country and also to enable the society to affiliate to itself societies formed in territories outside the indian union amrit kaur new delid; the 9th september, 1955  legislationunder section 5 of the indian red cross society act, 1920 the managing body is empowered to make rules for various matters specified therein it is considered desirable that the managing body should have supervisory powers over the branch committees in order to ensure harmonious development of red cross services all over the country clause 3 of the bill seeks to amend section 5 of the act for this purpose 2 the delegated legislation is of a normal character  annexure extracts from the indian red cross society act, 1920(no xv of 1920) - - - - - - shon title and cxtent 1 (1) - - - - - - (2) it extends to the whole of india except the state of jammu and kashmir, and to the extent to which its provisions relate to any matter in respect of which parliament has power to make laws for that state, it extends also to that state - - - - - - 5 the managing body shall, within six months from the com- powcr to mencement of this act and subject to the condition of previous make rules publication, make rules for the management, control and procedure of the society the rules may provide among other matters for the following, namely:-- - - - - - (e) the constitution of finance, medical and other committees and the delegation of powers to them; and - - - -  - constitution of branch committees 8 (1) if branch committees consisting of members of the society are coristituted in any of the states in india or in any part of pakistan specified in the second schedule, then, subject to the requirements of the managing body for the purposes of clause (a) of section 7 and any provision for expenses of management, the income of the property which has been vested in the society under clause (~ of section 6 shall be distributed annually among such branch committees in the proportion shown in the said schedule, to be expended by them and at their discretion upon all or any of the objects referred to in clause (b) of section 7 (2) the central government may, by notification in the gazette of india, direct that any part of india or pakistan specified in the first column of the second schedule shall be excluded therefrom or that any part of india or pakistan not specified therein --,  ;  ,,  shall be included therein and that the percentages specified in the third column of the said schedule shall be varied as required by any such exclusion or inclusion - - - - - - (4) no notification under sub-section (2) shall 'be made~without the consent of every branch commi~tee constituted in any state in india or any part of pakistan for the time being included in the second schedule | affiliation    | of     ||----------------|--------|| other          |        || socitics      |        || receipt and    |        || u8c            |        || of             | lifts |9 the managing body may also affiliate to the society any other society or body having all or any of the objects and purposes referred to in section 7, and may provide for the allocation and distribution of funds, through such society or body, to or for any such objects or· purposes  - - - - - - 11 the managing body may also receive and hold gifts of whatsoever description either for the general purposes of the· society or for any particular purpose for which the corpus or income of the property vested in it under clause (b) of section 6 may be applied under the provisions of section 7, and on receipt of such gifts may, subject to the provisions of rules made under section 5, apply the same to such purposes, either directly or through branch committees, or societies or bodies affiliated under section 9 powers of branch committ=s 12 subject to the provisions of rules made under section 5, each branch committee shall have all power to regulate its own procedure and constitution, to receive gifts and expend all moneys received by it for its purposes, either directly or through other societies or bodies  first schedule (see section 7) objects to which the funds of the society may oe applied(1) the care of the sick and wounded men of the armed forces of the union whether still on the active list or demobilised (2) the care of those suffering from tuberculosis, having regard in the first place to soldiers and sailors, whether they have contracted the disease on active service or not   (3) child welfare (4) work parties to provide the necessary garments, etc, for hospitals and health institutions in need of them (5) assistance required in all branches of nursing, health and welfare work, ancillary to any organisations which have or may come into being in india and which are recognised by the society (6) home service ambulance work (7) provision' of comforts and assistance to members of the armed forces of the union whether on the active list or demobilised (8) such other cognate objects as may, from time to time, be approved by the society (9) the expenses of management of the society and its branches and affiliated societies and bodies (10) the representation of the society on or at international or other committees formed for furthering objects similar to those of the society  second schedule (see section 8)statement showing contributions made by states in india or in any part of pakistan, to the central "our day" fund and the approximate percentage of their claim on the interest on the capital fund of the joint war committee, indian branch | name                 | of      ||----------------------|---------|| amount               |         || ofcontri-            |         || butien              |         || approxi-             |         || mate per-            |         || centage              |         || of                   |         || claim                |         || on                   |         || the interest·        |         || of                   | capital || fund                |         || lakhs               |         || uttar pradesh        |         || is                   |         || 18'70                |         || 8'                   | 1,5     || 10                   |         || 3'                   | 14      || bombay              |         || 1                    |         || western ildia stans |         || 1'%,5                |         || sind                 |         || j                    |         || "                    |         || 10                   |         || j%',54               |         || ii                   |         || 13'47                |         || west bengal          |         || 1                    |         || east bengal          |         || j                    |         || punjab              |         || ~                    |         || west punjab ,        |         || j                    |         |---------'" central provinces 1 4"48 bihar ~ 8 5" 16 eastcrn statcs j "97 orissa 1 1"08 madras" - 5 3/4 7"25 rajputana  }  4 4"20 ajmcr 67 cen~ral india 3 3·s0 gwalior i 1/3 1"62 north-west frontier 2 1/4 2"70 hydcrabad (deccan) t 3' 3"80 assam i 1/4 1·62 baluchistan i 1/4 1"62 mysorc" i 1/4 1"62 kashmir i 1"011 "~4 baroda  delhi 2/5 ·54 -- a billfurther to amend the indian red cross society act, 1920 (rajkumari amrit kaur, minister of health) 