Kerala Khadi and Village Industries Board Act, 1957
No: 9 Dated: Mar, 27 1957
THE KERALA KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES BOARD ACT, 1957
(Act No 9 of 1957)
An Act to provide for the organization, development and regulation of khadi and village industries in the State of Kerala and to constitute a Board to carry out the said objects.
Preamble. - Whereas it is expedient to provide for the organization, development and regulation of Khadi and Village Industries in the State of Kerala and to constitute a Board to carry out the said objects;
Be it enacted as follows:-
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent, and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Khadi and Village Industries Board Act, 1957.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(i) "Board" means the Kerala Khadi and Village Industries Board established under section 4;
(ii) "Khadi" means any cloth woven on handlooms in India from cotton, silk or woolen yarn handspun in India or from a mixture of any two or all of such yearns;
(ii-a) "Khadi and Village Industries Commission" means the Khadi and Village Industries Commission established under section 4 of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956 (Central Act 61 of 1956);
(ii-b) "local authority" means a panchayat at any level constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994) or a municipality constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Municipality, Act 1994 (20 of 1994).
(iii) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(iv) "regulations" means regulations made by the Board under this Act;
(iv-a) "secretary" means the secretary to the Board appointed under sub-section (1) of section 10;.
(v) "village industries" means all or any of the industries specified in the Schedule to the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956 (61 of 1956), and includes any other industry declared by the Government under section 3 to be a village industry.
3. Power to declare village industry. - (1) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, declare any industry to be a village industry to which this Act applies.
(2) A copy of every notification issued under sub-section (1) shall be laid before the Legislative Assembly as soon as may be, after it is issued.