(1) This Act may be called the [Jharkhand] Khadi and Village Industries Act, 1956.
(2.) It extends to the whole of the State of 1[Jharkhand].
(3). It shall come into force on such date as as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definition- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, -
(a) “Board” means the 1[Jharkhand] State Khadi and Village Industries Board established under Section 3;
(b) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board appointed under Section 4 of the Act;
(c) “Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Board appointed under Section 4 of the Act;
(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) “Financial Adviser” means the Financial Adviser to the Board appointed under Section 4 of the Act’
(f) “Khadi” means any cloth woven on handlooms in India form cotton, silk or woolen yarn handspun in India , or form a mixture of any two or all of the yarns;
(g) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; and
(h) (i) “Village Industries” means all or any of the industries specified in the schedule of this Act, and shall include such other industry as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf;
(ii) any other industry specified in the Schedule to the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956 (61 of 1956). ] JHARKHAND KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES ACT, 1956 (ADOPTED) 3 Jharkhand Local Acts [Ed.- Prior to Substitution by Act 11 of 1982, S. 2 read as follows:
“2. Definitions. – In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, -
(a) “Board” means the Bihar Khadi and Village Industries Board established under Section 3;
(b) “Khadi” means cloth woven on handlooms in India form cotton, silk or woolen yarn handspun in India, or from a mixture of any two or all of such yarns;
(c) “prescribed” means prescribed by Rules made under this Act, and
(d) “village industry” means any of the industries specified in the Schedule to this Act, and shall include such other industry as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf in consultation with the Board.:]
Chapter II Establishment, Constitution and Dissolution of the Board