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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA ; EXTRAORDINARY

[PART II—SEC. 3(a)]

MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY

(Department of Industrial Development)

NOTIFICATION

New Dolhi, the 21st January, 1981

S.O. 42(E).—Whereas certain draft rules further to amend

the Development Councils (Procedural) Rules, 1952, were pub-

lished as lequired by sub-section 1 of section 30 of the Indus-

tiial (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951),

at pp. 1074 and 1074/1 of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,

Part n, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), dated the 21st July, 1980

under the Notification of the Government

of India in the

Mimstiy of Industry (DepaUment of industry Development) No.

S.O 557(E), dated the 21st July, 1980, inviting objections or

suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby be-

foie 1he expiry of sixty days from the date of publication of

the said notification in the Official Gazette;

\nd whereas the said Gazette was made available to the

public on the 16th August, 1980;

And whereas no objections or suggestions have been re-

iciveil by the Central Government on the said draft;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by

section 30 of the Industries (Development and Regulation)

Act, 1951 (65 of 1951), the Central Government hereby mates

the following rules further to amend the Development Councils

(Procedural) Rules, 1952, namely :•—

1. (1) These rules may be called the Development Councils

(Procedural) Amendment Rules, 1981.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publi-

cation in the Official Gazette.

2. In rule 2 of the Development Councils (Procedural) Rules,

19*12 (hereinafter leferred to as the said rules).—

(i) in clause (a), the words "or elected" shall bo omitted;

(ii) after clause, (d), the following, clause shall be inserted,

namely:—

(e) "Vice-Chairman" means a Vice-Chairman

appointed

under these rules".

3. In rule 3 of the said rules, for the figures and words

"30 members including the Chairman", the words "fifteen

members including tho Chairman and the Vlco-Chairman™

shall be substituted.

4. For rule 4 of the said rules, the following rule shall be

substituted, namely :—.

"4. Chairman and Vice-ChairmaD—

(1) Tho Chairman of a Council shall be either the Secre-

tary or the Additional Secretary of the Department

of the Government of India concerned with the

Scheduled industry for which the concerned Council

is established, to be appointed by the Central Gove-

ernment.

(.2) The Vice-Chairman of a Council shall be appointed

by the Central Government from amongst the mem-

bers of that Council jnd shall hold office lor a

period not exceeding two years, as may be specified

by trie Le.i'iLi¹ vi'ivc rment, Cut n ^ic .ate <>i *" -•

appointment:

Provided that no person shall hold the olJlce ot

Vice-chairman after he has ceased to be a member

of the Council.

(3) Tho Vice-Chairman may ^esign his office by a letter

addressed to the Chairman of the Council con-

cerned with a copy to the Secretary thereof.

(4) Tho vacancy caused by the Vice-Chairman resigning

his office shall be filled by appointment by the Cen-

tral Government of another member of the Council-

as Vice-Chairman and the Vice-Chairman so ap-

pointed shall hold office for so long as the Vlce-

Chaiiman whose place be filled would have been

entitled to hold the Office had be not resigned".

5. In sub-rule (2) of rule 5 of ihc said rules, for the

words "Ministry of Commerce and Industry" the

words

"Ministry of Industry" shall be substituted.

6. In rule 10 of the said rules,—

(i) in sub-rule (1), the following shall be inserted at the

end, namely :—

"but at least two meetings shall be held in a year."

(if) in sub-iule (2) and sub-rule <A) for tho words "Chair-

man", wherever it occurs, the words "chairman or,

hi the absence of the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman"

shall be substituted.

7. In rule 12 of the said rules,—

(i) in sub-rule (1), after the words "Chairman", tht words

"or, hi the absence of the Chairman, the Vice- Chair-

man" shall be substituted.

(ii) in sub-rule (3), the following shall be iiisoited at the

end, namely:—

"or where the Vice-Charman is presiding over the meet-

ing, of the Vice-Chairman."

S. ID iule 13 of the said rules,—

(i) for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be subs-

tituted, namely:—

"(1) The Chairman and in his absence the Vicc-Chair-

man shall preside over the meeting of a Council

and where both the Chairman and Vice-Chairman

are absent, the members present shall elect a

Chairman from amongst themselves";

(i\) In sub-rule (4) for the words "or the member pre-

siding", the words "or, if the Vice-Chairman or any-

other member is presiding the Vice-Chairman or such

member, as the case may be", shall be substituted.

9. In rule 14 of the said rules, after sub rule (3), the follow-

ing sub-rule shall be inserted* namely: —

"(4) He shall forward to the Sccrctaiiat for Icdustnal

Approvals in the Ministry of Industry a leport on

the activties of the Development Council after every

meeting for submission to the Project

Appioval

Board of the Ministry of Industry."

10, Tn rule 15 of the said rules, for the words "the Chair-

man", wherever they occur, the words "the Chairman or

Vice-Chairman" shall be substituted.

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B. ROY, Jt. Secy.

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