Central Silk Board Act,1948
Act No : 61
Section :
Constitution of the Board.
4. Constitution of the Board. (1) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, the Central Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute for the purposes of this Act a Board to be called the Central Silk Board. (2) The Board shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to contract, and shall by the said name sue and be sued. 1*[(3) The Board shall consist of the following members, namely:- (a) a chairman to be appointed by the Central Government; (b) not more than three officials to be nominated by the Central Government: Provided that it shall be lawful for any such official to depute in the prescribed circumstances another official to attend any meeting of the Board on his behalf; (c) six persons to be elected by Parliament, four from the House of the People by the members of the House of the People and two from the Council of States by the members of the Council of States; (d) 2*[five persons] to be nominated by the Government of 3*[Karnataka], one of whom shall represent the filature raw silk industry and two shall represent the rest of the sericulture industry; (e) 4*[one person] to be nominated by the Government of 5*[Tamil Nadu]; (f) two persons to be nominated by the Government of West Bengal; (g) one person to be nominated by each of the Governments of 6*[Andhra Pradesh], Assam, Bihar, 7*[Gujarat], 8*** Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh; (h) one person to be nominated by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir:-- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Subs. by Act 31 of 1953, s. 4, for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 25-3- 1954). 2. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for "four persons". 3. Subs. by the Mysore State (Alteration of Name) (Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects) Order, 1974, for "Mysore" (w.e.f 1-11-1973). 4. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for "two persons". 5. Subs. by the Madras State (Alteration of Name) (Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects) Order, 1970, for "Madras" (w.e.f. 14-1-1969). 6. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956, for "Andhra". 7. Subs. by the Bombay Reorganisation (Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects) Order, 1961, for "Bombay" (w.e.f. 1-5-1960). 8. The words "Madhya Bharat" omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956. 69 (i) not more than three persons to be nominated by the Central Government to represent the producers of raw silk and areas other than the States specified in clauses (d) to (g) inclusive; (j) eight persons to be nominated by the Central Government, of whom one shall represent the spun silk industry, one the silk throwing and twisting industry, one the silk weaving industry, one labour; and two of them shall be experts in sericulture.] (4) The members of the Board shall receive from its funds such travelling and other allowances as may be prescribed.
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