(1) The Board may, with the previous sanction of the Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, issue standing orders not inconsistent with this Act and the rules made thereunder for enabling it to perform its functions under this Act.
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(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such standing orders may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-
(a) the terms and conditions of appointment and service and the scales of pay of officers and servants of the Board other than the Secretary including the payment of travelling and daily allowances in respect of journeys undertaken by such officers and servants for the purpose of this Act.
(b) the time and place of meeting of the Board, the procedure to be followed in regard to transaction of business at such meetings and the quorum necessary for the transaction of such business at the meeting;
(c) the delegation of powers and duties to the standing finance committee, Secretary or any employee of the Board;
(d) the maintenance of minutes of meetings of the Board and the transmission of copies thereof to the Government and the Commission;
(e)the persons by whom and the manner in which payments, deposits and investments may be made on behalf of the Board;
(f) the custody of moneys required for the current expenditure of the Board and investment of moneys not so required; and
(g) the maintenance of accounts.
(3) The Government may, by notification, rescind any standing order made under this section and thereupon, the standing order shall cease to have effect.
Operation of other laws not affected
33. The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of, any other law for the time being in force in the Union territory and relating to khadi and village industries.
Dissolution of non-statutory Board and vesting of its assets and liabilities in Board, etc.
34. On the commencement of this Act, the non-statutory Board shall stand dissolved, and –
(i) all its assets rights, powers, authorities and privileges and all property, movable and immovable, cash balances, reserve funds, book debts, investments and all other rights and interests in, or arising out of, such property as were, immediately before such commencement in the ownership, possession, power or control of such Board shall vest in and stand transferred to the Board;
(ii) all borrowings, liabilities and obligations of whatever kind subsisting in relation to the non-statutory Board immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall stand transferred to the Board;
(iii) all loans, grants and financial assistance sanctioned by the Government or by the Commission or any other authority to the non-statutory Board shall be deemed to be loans, grants and financial assistance sanctioned to the Board and shall be the liability of the Board;
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(iv) all contracts, deeds, bonds, agreements, powers of attorney, grants of legal representation and other instruments of whatever nature in relation to the non-statutory Board subsisting on and having effect immediately before the commencement of this Act and to which the non-statutory Board is a party or which are in its favour shall be of as full force and effect against or in favour of the Board and may be enforced or acted upon as fully and effectively as if in the place of the non-statutory Board, the Board had been a party thereto or as if they had been issued in favour of the Board.
______ STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS FOR ACT NO. 11 OF 1980 The Government of Puducherry has constituted a non-statutory Board called the "Khadi and Village Industries Board, Puducherry", with a view to promoting and developing khadi and village industries in the union territory of Puducherry. The board is vested with powers to prepare and organise programmes for the production and development of khadi and village industries, and to deal with other matters incidental thereto. It has, however, been found by experience that the Board can function more effectively only if it is made a statutory body, vested with powers executive, administrative and financial, for the proper development of khadi and village industries.
The present Bill seeks to achieve he above object.
_____ STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS FOR ACT NO.14 OF 1994 In accordance with the existing provisions of the Puducherry Khadi and Village Industries Board Act, 1980, the Government has been consulting the Khadi and Village Industries Commission, while appointing the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary to the Board and Financial Advisor-cum-Chief Accounts Officer in the Puducherry Khadi and Village Industries Board, Puducherry. The Khadi and Village Industries Commission have reviewed the need for such consultation and suggested to dispense with the formality of amendment of sections 4(2), 4(3), 5 and 11(2), and that whenever there is a necessity for the appointment of Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary and Financial Advisor-Cum-Chief Accounts Officer, the Government of Puducherry can make such appointments directly without consultation with the Commission.
2. The Puducherry Khadi and Village Industries Board Act, 1980 does not debar non-officials to be appointed as Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Members of the Board.
Nevertheless, it is felt desirable to include a suitable provision in that Act to prevent disqualification of such Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Members for being chosen as or for being the Members of the Legislative Assembly, by way of abundant caution.
3. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objects.
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