Flying Clubs (Appointment of Administrators) Ordinance, 1978

This 1978 Ordinance lets the Federal Government step in and take over the management of a Flying Club when its elected Committee cannot function properly, or when the government otherwise believes intervention is needed for proper management. Section 3 gives the Ordinance overriding effect over the Companies Act, 1913 and the club's own articles of association or bye-laws.

Section 4 lets the Federal Government, after giving the Committee a chance to respond, appoint an Administrator to run the club's affairs and business. Once appointed, full management authority shifts to the Administrator, the Committee is stripped of its role, and its members cease to hold office. The Administrator, paid as the government directs and serving at the government's pleasure, can exercise all of the Committee's powers — including ordering audits, launching inquiries, and starting civil or criminal proceedings against anyone responsible for financial, flying, or administrative irregularities — and, on the Administrator's recommendation, the government can modify the club's articles of association.

Section 5 provides the exit path: once the government believes the Administrator's purpose has been achieved, it can direct a new Committee be elected under the club's articles, after which the Administrator's appointment is cancelled and management reverts to the elected Committee.

Section 6 sets a penalty for anyone who withholds books, records, or club property from the Administrator, or obstructs the Administrator's work: imprisonment up to six months, or a fine up to one thousand rupees, or both. Sections 7 and 8 protect the Administrator and government from lawsuits over good-faith actions and bar courts from intervening in Ordinance-related decisions. Section 9 gives the Federal Government rule-making power. Given its age (1978) and the modest, fixed penalty amount, current enforcement details should be checked against any later amendments.