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(b) "Board" means the Himachal Pradesh Khadi and Village Industries Board established under section 3;
(c) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board;
1. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extraordinary), dated 10th September, 1987, p. 1708. The Act came into force from 2nd day of March, 1988 vide Notification No. Udyog-II (Chh) 8-11/87, dated 2nd March, 1988, published in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated 2nd March, 1988, p. 250
2. Substituted for the words “Union territory” vide A.O., 1973.
3. The Act extended to the areas added to Himachal Pradesh under section 5 of the Punjab Re-organisation Act, 1966 vide H.P. Act No. 5 of 1970.
4. Substituted for the words “ Union Territory” vide A.O., 1973.
5. The Act came into force from 1st December, 1966, vide Notification No. 9- 17/61-Ind. II, dated 29th November, 1966, published in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh dated 29th November, 1966, p. 511.
6. Substituted for the word “Administrator” vide A.O., 1973.
7. The definition of “Administrator” omitted vide A.O`., 1973 4 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES BOARD ACT, 1966
(d) "Commission" means the Khadi and Village Industries Commission established under section 4 of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956 (61 of 1956);
(e) "Khadi" means any cloth woven on handlooms in India from cotton, silk or woollen yarn hand-spun in India or from a mixture of any two or all of such yarn ;
(f) "member" means a member of the Board ;
(g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(h) "regulations" means regulations made by the Board under this Act;
(i) "Vice-chairman" means the Vice-chairman of the Board;
(j) "village industries" means-
(i) all or any of the industries specified in the schedule to the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956, (61 of 1956), and includes any other industry deemed to be specified in the said schedule by virtue of section 3 of the said Act, and
(ii) any other industry notified as a village industry by the 1[Government of Himachal Pradesh] after consultation with the Commission and the Board.
CHAPTER II THE HIMACHAL PRADESH KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES BOARD