Jharkhand Khadi and Village Industries Act, 1956
No: -- Dated: Nov, 22 2002
The Jharkhand Khadi and Village Industries Act, 1956
An Act to provide for organizing, developing and regulating Khadi and Village Industries in the State of Jharkhand and to constitute a Board to carry out the said objects.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Bihar in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
The State of Jharkhand has come into independent existence with effect from 15th November, 2000 under the provisions of Section 3 Bihar Reorganization Act, 2000 (Act No. 30 of 2000), Part II. The provision laid down under Section 85 of Bihar Reorganization Act, 2000, provides the legal rights to the State of Jharkhand in the matter of adoption of any law and Act. In public interest as well as in the interest of the State (a) Bihar Khadi and Village Industries Act, 1956; and (b) Bihar Khadi and Village Industries (Amendment) Act, 1981k is hereby adopted as amended and mutatis mutandis to this notification.
Chapter I
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent and commencement: (1) This Act may be called the Jharkhand Khadi and Village Industries Act, 1956.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Jharkhand.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definition- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, -
(a) “Board” means the Jharkhand State Khadi and Village Industries Board established under Section 3;
(b) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board appointed under Section 4 of the Act;
(c) “Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Board appointed under Section 4 of the Act;
(d) “Commission” means the Khadi and Village Industries Commission established under Section 4 of the Khadi and village Industries Commission Act, 1956 (61 of 1956);
(e) “Financial Adviser” means the Financial Adviser to the Board appointed under Section 4 of the Act’
(f) “Khadi” means any cloth woven on handlooms in India form cotton, silk or woolen yarn handspun in India , or form a mixture of any two or all of the yarns;
(g) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; and
(h) (i) “Village Industries” means all or any of the industries specified in the schedule of this Act, and shall include such other industry as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf;
(ii) any other industry specified in the Schedule to the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956 (61 of 1956).
Chapter II
Establishment, Constitution and Dissolution of the Board
3. Establishment of the Board. – (1) As soon as may be after the coming into force of this Act, there shall be established, for the purpose of this Act by the State Government of Board to be Called the Jharkhand State Khadi and Village Industries Board.
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall by the said name sue and be sued.
4. Constitution of the Board and terms of Office. –
(1) The Board shall consist of not more than eleven members appointed by the State Government among whom the Chief Executive Officer Shall be an ex-officio member besides three other official members.
(2) The State government shall nominate one of the non-official members to be the Chairman of the Board.
(3) The State Government Shall appoint an officer of the State Government to be the Chief Executive Officer of the Board.
(4) The State Government shall appoint a person , not being a member of the Board, to be the Financial Adviser to the Board.
(5) The Board may invite for discussion of any matter before it officers of the State Government and experts specially qualified to advise on it: Provided that any member so invited shall not be entitled to vote.
(6) The term of office of the non-official members of the Board shall be three years from the date of publication of their names in the Official Gazette and shall include any further period which may elapse between the expiration of the said period of three years and date of publication in the Official Gazette of the names of the members of the succeeding Board.
(7) The non-official members may be re-appointed.
(8) The non-official members of the Board shall be paid such allowances form the funds of the Board as may be prescribed.
(9) The term of office and the terms and conditions of services of the Chief Executive Officer of the Board shall be determined by the State Government.
(10) The term of Officer and the terms and conditions of the Financial Adviser to the Board shall be such as may be prescribed.
5. Resignation by the Chairman or a non-official member.– The Chairman, or any other nonofficial member of the Board may, at any time, resign his office by submitting his resignation to the State Government.