Central Silk Board Act, 1948
No: 61 Dated: Sep, 20 1948
THE CENTRAL SILK BOARD ACT, 1948
ACT NO. 61 OF 1948
An Act to provide for the development under Central control of the silk industry and for that purpose to establish a Central Silk Board.
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the development under Central control of the silk industry and for that purpose to establish a Central Silk Board;
It is hereby enacted as follows:—
1. Short title and extent.— (1) This Act may be called the Central Silk Board Act, 1948.
(2) It extends to the whole of India
2. Declaration as to expediency of Union control.—It is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that the Union should take under its control the silk industry.
3. Definitions.—In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—
(a) “Board” means the Central Silk Board constituted under this Act;
(aa) “Central Silk-worm Seed Testing Laboratory” means the Central Seed Testing Laboratory established or accredited under sub-section (1) of section 8G;
(b) “charkha raw silk” means raw silk reeled from silk worm cocoons with the help of any instrument not worked by power;
(ba) “Committee” means the Central Silk-worm Seed Committee constituted under subsection (1) of section 8A;
(bb) “dealer” means a person who carries on the business of buying and selling, export or import of silk-worm seed, cocoons, chawkie reared silk-worms and includes an agent of a dealer;
(bc) “export” means taking out of India to a place outside India;
(c) “filature raw silk” means raw silk reeled from silk worm cocoons with the help of any instrument worked by power;
(ca) “Hybrid Authorisation Committee” means the Hybrid Authorisation Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 8D;
(cb) “import” means bringing into India from a place outside India; (cc) “notified kind or variety” in relation to silk-worm seed means, any kind or variety thereof notified under sub-section (1) of section 8C;
(d) “power” means any form of energy which is mechanically transmitted and is not generated by human or animal agency, and includes electrical energy;
(e) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(ea) “Registration Committee” means the Registration Committee constituted under subsection (2) of section 8E;
(eb) “regulation” means regulation made by the Committee under this Act;
(ec) “silk-worm seed” or “seed” means all kinds of silk-worm seeds produced from the pure silk-worm races including the hybrids produced from two or more pure races, silk-worm seed cocoons of all kinds and moths thereof intended to be used or reared for the purpose of production or for commercial exploitation.
Explanation.— For the purposes of this clause,—
(i) “pure races” means silk-worm breed or variety maintained through reproductive silk-worm seed with features true to the parents;
(ii) “hybrids” means the seed produced involving two or more pure races or parental races with the objective of exploiting heterosis or hybrid vigour;
(ed) “Silk-worm Seed Analyst” means a Seed Analyst appointed or notified under sub-section (3) of section 8G;
(ee) “Silk-worm Seed Certification Agency” means the Silk-worm Seed Certification Agency constituted or accredited under section 8F;
(ef) “Silk-worm Seed Officer” means Seed Officer appointed or notified under sub-section (1) of section 8H;
(f) “spun silk” means silk yarn spun from pierced or spoilt cocoons, fluff from cocoons, pieces of silk, coils, or other silk waste;
(g) “Standing Committee” means the Standing Committee of the Board constituted under subsection (2) of section 6.