Tamil Nadu Khadi and Village Industries Board Act, 1959
No: 18 Dated: Oct, 28 1959
THE TAMIL NADU KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES BOARD ACT, 1959
(Act 18 of 1959)
An Act to provide for the establishment of a Board for the development of khadi and village industries and for matters connected therewith in the State of Tamil Nadu.
Whereas it is expedient to provide for the establishment of a Board for the development of khadi and village industries and for matters connected therewith in the State of Tamil Nadu;
Be it enacted in the Tenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Khadi and Village Industries Board Act, 1959.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification, appoint.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Board" means the Tamil Nadu Khadi and Village Industries Board established under sub-section (1) of section 3;
(b) "Government" means the Tamil Nadu Government;
(c) "Khadi" means any cloth woven on handlooms in India from cotton, silk or woollen yam, handspun in India or from a mixture of any two or all of such yams;
(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) "member" means a member of the Board and includes the president;
(f) "president" means the president of the Board;
(g) "secretary" means the secretary of the Board appointed under clause (d) of sub-section (2) of section 3;
(h) "village industries" means-
(i) all or any of the industries specified in the Schedule to the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956 (Central Act 61 of 1956); and
(ii) any industry specified in this behalf by the Government by notification in consultation with the Board.
and includes any other industry deemed to be specified in the said Schedule by reason of a notification Order section 3 of the said Act.
CHAPTER II
Khadi and Village Industries Board
3. Establishment and constitution of the 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 Tamil Nadu Khadi and Village Industries Board. It 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.
(2) (a) The Board shall consist of not more than fifteen members including the president, the vice president and the secretary (where the secretary is appointed by the Government from amongst the members). The appointment of members, except the president, shall be made by the Government and shall be published in the Fort St. George Gazette.
(b) The Minister in charge of khadi development in the State shall be the president of the Board.
(c) The vice-president shall be elected from amongst the non-official members of the Board.
(d) The Government may, in consultation with the Board, appoint a person who may or may not be a member of the Board to be the secretary of the Board:
Provided that where a person other than a member is appointed as secretary, he shall not be entitled to vote at meetings of the Board.
(e) The majority of the members shall be non-officials.
(f) The Government shall appoint as members-
(i) only such non-officials as have shown an active interest in the production and development of khadi or in the development of village industries, and
(ii) officials.
4. Resignation of office by member. - Any member may resign his office by giving notice in writing to the Government and on such resignation being notified in the Fort St. George Gazette by the Government, he shall be deemed to have vacated his office.
5. Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate acts and proceedings of the Board. - No act or proceedings of the Board shall be invalid by reason only of the existence of any vacancy amongst its members or any defect in the constitution thereof.