Kerala State Youth Commission Act, 2014
No: 6 Dated: Feb, 13 2014
THE KERALA STATE YOUTH COMMISSION ACT, 2014
ACT 6 OF 2014
An Act to constitute a Youth Commission for the purpose of evolving and implementing programmes for educating and empowering the youths and to function as protector of the rights of youths and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Preamble.-WHEREAS, it is expedient to constitute a Youth Commission for the purpose of evol-ving and implementing programmes for educating and empowering the youths and to function as a protector of the rights of youths and to provide for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto;
BE it enacted in the Sixty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Kerala State Youth Commission Act, 2014. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of November, 2012.
2. Definitions.-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:-
(a) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Commission;
(b) "Commission" means the Kcrala State Youth Commission constituted under section 3;
(c) "Government" means the Government of Kerala;
(d) "member" means a member of the Commission;
(e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(f) "youth" means a person who has completed his eighteen years of age but has not completed his fortieth years of age.
CHAPTER II
CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMISSION
3. Constitution of the Commission.-(1) The Government shall, as soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, by notification in the Gazette, constitute a body by name the Kcrala State Youth Commission to exercise the powers conferred on, and to perform the functions assigned to, it under this Act.
(2) The Commission shall consist of, --
(a) a Chairperson; and
(b) not more then thirteen member, of which one shall be a qualified legal practitioner, one shall be a person belonging to the Scheduled Caste and at least three shall be women and one among the women shall belong to the Scheduled Tribe.
(3) The Chairperson and the members when appointed to the Commission shall be youths.
(4) The Chairperson and the members shall be appointed by the Government.
(5) The Government shall appoint a person who is, or has held, a post not below the rank of an Additional Secretary to Government as the Secretary of the Commission.
(6) The headquarters of the Commission shall be at Thiruvananthapuram.