Punjab Dairy Development Board Act, 2000

No: 20 Dated: Oct, 20 2000

Punjab Dairy Development Board Act, 2000

Punjab Act No. 20 of 2000

    An Act provide for the creation of Punjab Dairy Development Board for providing milk producers with opportunities of getting a fair return for their labour and investment and to improve the profitability of the Dairy Industry of the State and to frame policies and issue instructions for safeguarding the interests of the milk producers, milk processors, dairy marketers and consumers.

    Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Fiftyone year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Dairy Development Board Act, 2000.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,

(a) 'Board' means the Punjab Dairy Development Board established under section 3;

(b) 'Fund' means the Dairy Development Fund constituted under section 13;

(c) 'State Government' means the Government of the State of Punjab in the Department of Dairy Development;

(d) 'milk plant' means a milk handling, processing or manufacturing unit registered under the Milk and Milk Products Order, 1992 of the Government of India; and

(e) 'prescribed' means prescribed by rules made under this Act.