Meghalaya Khadi and Village Industries Board Act,1980
No: 27 Dated: Dec, 20 1980
THE MEGHALAYA KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES BOARD ACT, 1980
ACT 27 OF 1980
An Act to provide for the better organisation, development and regulation of Khadi and Village Industries in the State and for establishment and constitution of Khadi and Village Industries Board for the State by consolidating and amending the existing law on the subject and for matters, connected therewith and incidental thereto.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Meghalaya in the Thirty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title extent and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Meghalaya Khadi and Village Industries Board Act, 1980.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Meghalaya.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint in this behalf.
2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
(a) “Board” means the Meghalaya Khadi and Village Industries Board, established under Section 3;
(b) “Chairman” means Chairman of the Board;
(c) “Government” means the State Government of Meghalaya;
(d) “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);
(e) “Khadi” means any cloth woven on handlooms in India from cotton, silk or woollen yarn handspun in India or from mixture of any two or all of such yarns and includes readymade garments made out of such cloth;
(f) “Members” means the member of the Board.
(g) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this act;
(h) “Regulations” means the regulations made by the Board under this Act;
(i) “Village Industries” means-
(a) all or any of the Industries specified in the Schedule to the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956, and includes any other industry deemed to be specified in the said Schedule by reason of a notification issued by the Central Government under Section 3 of the said Act, and
(b) any other industry specified in this behalf by the Government by notification in the official gazette in consultation with the Khadi and Village Industries Commission and Board.
CHAPTER II
MEGHALAYA KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES BOARD
3. Establishment & Incorporation of Board:- (1) With effect from such date as the Government may by notification fix in this behalf, there shall be established a Board to be called the Meghalaya Khadi and Village Industries.
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract and may, by the said name, sue and be sued.
4. Constitution of the Board:- (1) The Board shall consist of such number of member, as the State Government may appoint;
(2) One of the members of the Board shall be appointed by the State Government as the Chairman and another as the Secretary. The State Government may, if it so decides, also appoint another member of the Board as the Vice-Chairman.