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(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or a11y other law for the time being Ji force · no person or organiz.ation other th~n the State Govem.~ent of Assam shall establish a Medical Institute without (a) the recommendation of the Authority and open a Medical Institute - (b) prior and expressed permission of the State Government. (2) Every person or organization or trust wanting to start a Medical Institute shall for the purpose of obtaining permission under sub-section (I) submit to the State Government a proposal in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the rules .framed thereunder and the State Government shall refer the proposal to the Authority for its scrutiny and recommendations. )'HE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, SEPT 18 2004 1177 -- (3) On receipt of the proposal, the Authority may obtain such other particulars and information as may be considered necessary from the person or the organization concerned and thereafter if may, if the proposal is defective and does not contain any necessary particulars, give a rea.'lOnoble opportunity to the person or organization concerned for making a written representation and it shall be open tot such person or organization to rectify the defects, if any, specified by the Authority. ( 4) The State Government may after considering the proposal and the recommendations or. observations of the Authority and after obtaining, where necessary, such other particulars as may be considered necessary by it from the person or the organization concerned either approve (with such conditions, if any, as may be considered necessary) or disapprove the proposal. (5) The . Authority while making its recommendations and the State Government while passing an order, either approving or disapproving the proposal shall have d~ regard to the following factors, namely,· (a) whether the proposed person or organization seeking to open a Medical Institute would be in a position to offer the minimum standards of education as prescribed by the Authority; (b) whether the person seeking to establish a Medical Institute nas· adeouate financial resources; ' 1178 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, SEPT. 18, 2004 Powers of inspection · infonnati<