Central Silk Board Act,1948
Act No : 61
Section :
Power of Central Government to make rules.
13. Power of Central Government to make rules. (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules3* to carry out the purposes of this Act. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Subs. by Act 21 of 1970. s. 4, for sub-sections (2) and (3). 2. Ins. by s. 5, ibid. 3. For the Central Silk Board (Election) Rules, 1949, see Gazette of India, 1949, Pt. I, p. 91 and for the Central Silk Board Rules, 1955, see Gazette of India, 1955, Extraordinary, Pt. II, Sec. 3, p. 401. 73 1*[(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, rules made under this section may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-- (i) the term of office of members of the Board, the circumstances in which and the authority by which members may be removed and the filling of casual vacancies in the Board; (ii) the procedure to be followed at meetings of the Board and at the Standing Committee for the conduct of business and the number of members which shall form a quorum at any meeting; (iii) the maintenance by the Board of records of business transacted by the Board and the submission of copies thereof to the Central Government; (iv) the holding of a minimum number of meetings every year; (v) the power of the Board, its Chairman and Standing Committee with respect to the incurring of expenditure; (vi) the conditions subject to which the Board may incur expenditure outside India; (vii) the preparation of budget estimates of receipts and expenditure of the Board and the authority by which the estimates are to be sanctioned; (viii) the maintenance of the accounts of income and expenditure of the Board 2***; 3*[(viiia) the form of the annual report of the Board and the date on or before which it shall be submitted to the Central Government;] (ix) the deposit of the funds of the Board in bank and the investment of such funds; (x) the re-appropriation of estimated savings from one budget head to any other budget head; (xi) the conditions subject to which the Board may borrow funds; (xii) the conditions subject to which and the manner in which contracts may be entered into by or on behalf of the Board; (xiii) the delegation to the Standing Committee or the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman or members or officers of the Board of any of the powers and duties of the Board under this Act; --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Subs. by Act 31 of 1953, s. 8, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 25-3- 1954). 2. The words "and the audit of such accounts" omitted by Act 21 of 1970, s. 60. 3. Ins. by s. 6, ibid. 74 (xiv) the staff which may be employed by the Board and the pay and allowances, leave and other conditions of service of officers and other employees of the Board; (xv) the travelling and other allowances of members of the Board and of the Standing Committee; (xvi) the purposes for which funds of the Board may be expended; (xvii) the maintenance of the registers and other records of the Board and of its Standing Committee; (xviii) the collection of any information or statistics in respect of raw silk or any product of silk; (xix) the manner in which raw silk shall be graded and marketed; (xx) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed. 1*[(3) Every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that ruel.]
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