(1) That State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, a Board to be called the Punjab Dairy Development Board.
1[(2) The Board established under sub-section (I), shall consist of the following, namely: -
(i) Chief Minister, Punjab; : Chairman
(ii) Minister-in-charge of Animal Husbandry & Fisheries & Dairy Development;
: Deputy Chairman
(iii) Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Finance;
: Ex-officio Director
(iv) Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Dairy Development;
: Ex-officio Member- Secretary
(v) Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana;
: Ex-officio Director
(vi) One representative of private milk plants and one representative of Co-operative milk plants located in the State of Punjab, to be nominated by the State Government;
: Director
(vii) Two representatives from the milk producers, to be nominated by the State Government;
: Director
(viii) One representative from the Punjab Dhojhi Union to be nominated by the State Government; and : Director
(ix) One representative of Consumers Associations, to be nominated by the State Government.
: Director] 1Substituted by Punjab Act No. 13 of 2004, Section 4 Establishment of the Board.
(3) The Board constituted in terms of sub-section (2), shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with powers, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire and dispose of properties both movable and immovable and shall, by the said name, sue and be sued.
(4) The State Government shall exercise superintendence and control over the Board and its employees and may call for such information as it may deem fit.
(5) Subject to the rules made under this Act, the Board may frame regulations for transacting business at its meetings and for such other matters as may be prescribed.
(6) Subject to the rules made under this Act, an estimate of annual income and expenditure of the Board for the ensuing year shall be prepared and passed by the Board.
(7) The Board shall within a period of six months after expiry of each financial year, submit to the State Government, a report in the prescribed manner giving true and full account of the previous financial year.
4. The Board shall have its headquarters at Chandigarh or at suchother place, as may be notified by the State Government in the Official Gazette.