REGISTERED No. D. 221
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 2
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 21] NEW DELHI MONDAY. APRIL 1, 1968/CHAITRA 12, 1890
Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.
LOK SABHA
The following Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on, the 1st April, 1968: —
BILL NO. 27 OF 1968
A.Bill further to amend the Central Silk Board Act, 1948.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Nineteenth Year of the
Republic of India as follows: —
1. This Act may be called the Central Silk Board (Amendment) Short title.
Act, 1968.
61 of 1948 5
Amend- ment of section 1.
2. In the Central Silk Board Act, 1948 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 1, in sub-section (2). the words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" shall be omitted.
3. In section 8 of the principal Act—
(a) in sub-section (2),—
Amend- ment of section 8.
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(i) in clause (b), for the words "reeling of silkworm cocoons", the words "reeling or, as the case may be, spin- ning of silkworm cocoons and silk waste" shall be substi- tuted;
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3ig THB GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II(ii) clause (c) shall be omitted,
(b) in sub-section (3),—
(i) clause (b) shall be omitted; (ii) in clause (c), the word "other" shall be omitted.
5 4. In section 12 of the principal Act, for sub-section (2) and (5),
the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely: —
Amenu- ment of sec- tion 12.
1Q "(2) The accounts of the Board shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India at such intervals as may be specified by him and any expenditure incurred in con- nection with such audit shall be payable by the Board to the Comptroller and Auditor-General.
15 (3) The Comptroller and Auditoi'-General of India and any person appointed by him in connection with the audit of the accounts of the Board shall have the same rights, privileges and authority in connection with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India has in connection with the audit of Government accounts, and, in particular, shall have the right to demand the production of books, accounts, connected vouchers and other documents and papers and to inspect any of the offices of the Board.
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25 (4) The accounts of the Board as" certified by the Comptrol- ler and Auditor-General of India or any person appointed by him in this behalf together with the audit report thereon shall be forwarded annually to the Central Government and that Government shall cause a copy of the same to be laid before each House of Parliament.
(5) A copy of the accounts of the Board as so certified to-
gether witlr the audit report thereon shall be forwarded simul- taneously to the Board."
5. After section 12 of the principal Act, the following section 3o shall be inserted, namely: —
Insertion oil new section 12A
Annual report.
35 "12A. The Board shall prepare for every financial year a report of its activities during that year and submit the report to the Central Government .in such form and on or before such date as may be prescribed, and that Government shall cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House of Parliament.".
6. In section 13' of the principal Act—
(a) in sub-section (2),—
Amend- ment of section 13.
(i) in clause (viii), the words "and the audit of such
40 accounts" shall be omitted;
SEC. 2] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 319(ii) alter clause (uiii), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: —
(villa) the form of the annual report of the Board and the date on or before which it shall be submitted to the Central Government;";
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(b) for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely: —
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" (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 rule.".
320 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II'STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The Central Silk Board Act, 1948 (61 of 1948) provides for the development of the silk industry under the control of the Union and lor that purpose has establishment a Central Silk Board. Under sub-section (2) of section 12 of that Act, the accounts of the Biiard are lo be audited annually by auditors appointed by the Cen- tral Government and at present the accounts are, by consent, be- ing audited by the Deputy Accountant-General, Commerce, Works and Miscellaneous, Bombay. It is proposed to amend section 12 to make specific provision authorising the Comptroller and Auditor- General of India or any person authorised by him to audit the ac- counts of the Board. It is also proposed to insert a provision re- quiring the Board to prepare for every year a report of its activities during that year and submit it to the Central Government for being laid before Parliament.
2. Opportunity is being taken to amend—
(a) section 1 (2) of the Act to. provide for Its extension to the
State of Jammu and Kashmir;
(b) section 8 (2) of the Act so as to COVT also spinning of silkworm cocoons and silk waste which is a new line of production that has come into existence after the pass- ing of the Act.
NEW DELHI; DINESH SINGH
The 27th November, 1967.
PRESIDENT'S RECOMMENDATION UNDER ARTICLE 117 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
* [Copy of letter No. 21/3/64-Tex-(F), dated the 22nd February, 1968 from Shri Dinesh Singh, Minister of Commerce to the Secre- tary, Lok Sabha.]
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The President having been informed of the subject matter of the Central Silk Board (Amendment) Bill, 1968, recommends under clause (3) of article 117 and clause (1) of article 117, read with sub- clause (a) of clause (1) of article 110, of the Constitution of India, the introduction and consideration of the Bill.
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SKC. 2] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 3iiFINANCIAL MEMORANDUM
The Central Silk Board Act, 1948, provides for the development, under Central control, of the silk industry and for that purpose to establish a Central Silk Board. The function of the Board is to pro- mote the development of silk industry by such measures as it thinks fit and to ensure co-ordinated development of the various sectors of the silk industry.
2. In terms of the functions assigned to the Board under the Act, the Board is required to recommend grant of Central Assistance (Grants and Loans) to the State Governments for implementation of sericulture development programmes approved by it. Central as- sistance is made available to the States for development of sericul- ture industry in accordance with the pattern and procedure deter- mined by the Central Government from time to time.
3. The Board has under its direct control the responsibility for organising programmes relating to research, training and basic seed production for the benefit of the sericultural industry in the country as a whole. Under this programme, the Board has set up Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Mysore; Central Tasar Research Station, Ranchi; Central Silkworm Seed Station, Srinagar; Central Tasar Silkworm Seed Station, Lakha, and Silk- worm Seed Station, Coonoor. The Board has also set up pre-ship- ment inspection Centresi at various places in the country for quality certification of natural silk fabrics exported from India. The Board also maintains Liaison Offices in Bangalore, Calcutta, New Delhi and Srinagar for maintaining effective liaison with the State Qov- emfnents.
4. The expenditure for meeting the Board's administration *and centrally sponsored schemes is met from out of the budget grants made available to the Board by the Central Government as provid- ed under section 9 of the Act.
5. The present Bill seeks, inter alia, to extend the Act to Jammu and Kashmir State (vide clause 2). Central assistance by way of grants and loans is being given to the Government of Jammu and Kashmir for the development of Sericulture industry and ranges be- tween Rs. 8 to Rs. 10 lakhs per annum. An amount of this order is estimated to be incurred per annum even after extending the Act-to Jammu and Kashmir Statefc
322 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART IIMEMORANDUM REGARDING DELEGATED LEGISLATION
Clause 6 of the Bill which seeks to amend section 13 of the Cen- tral Silk Board Act, 1948, empowers the Central Government to make rules to provide for the form of the annual report of the Board £ nd the date on or before which it shall be submitted to the Central Government. These are matters of detail and the delega- tion of legislative power with respect to them is of a normal charac- ter.