Section 3: Power to establish research institutes

(1)
The President may by order establish institutes for the purpose of scientific or industrial research.
[LN. 139 of 1965.]
(2) An order establishing an institute under this section shall not come into operation until it has been approved by resolution of the National Assembly, and the National Assembly may by such resolution make such modification to the order as it thinks fit.
(3) An order establishing an institute under this section may contain supplementary or incidental provisions consistent with this Act relating to the establishment of the institute and to the research to be conducted by the institute, including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power provisions-
(a) for the designation of the institute;
(b) for the matters on which the institute is to conduct research;
(c) for the transfer to the institute of any existing Federal research station or other assets belonging to any existing Federal research department;
(d) for the establishment, constitution and proceedings of a board to manage the institute.