Gujarat Public Trusts Act (Bombay Public Trusts 1950 as amended), 2011
For the purposes of this Act, the following shall be the duties to be performed and powers to be exercised by the Charily Commissioner, namely: — (a) the general superintendence of the administration and carrying out the purposes of this Act under section 3; (b) power to entertain and dispose of appeals from the findings of a Deputy or Assistant Charity Commissioner under sections 20, 22 or 28; (c) power to determine which of the Deputy or Assistant Charity Com missioners 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, [books of account, document 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) [power to the Charity Commissioner, Bombay, to act] as the Treasurer of Charitable Endowments under the Charitable Endowments Act, 1890, under section 43; (k) power to act as a trustee of a public trust; (l) power to file a suit under section 50; [(l) power to frame, or modify scheme under section 50A;] (m) power to give or refuse consent to the institutions of a suit under section 51; (n) power to give notice to trustees for the cypres application of the trust money and to make an application to the court under section 55; (o) power to publish the lists of assessors under section 62; Duties, functions and powers of Charity Commissioner. (p) to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions as may be prescribed.