(1) The Government may make rules to give effect to the provisions of this Act.
Power to make rules.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-
(a) the place at which the officer of the Board shall be located ;
(b) the term of office of, and the manner of filling casual vacancies among the members of the Board and the terms and conditions of service of the Vice- President, the Chief Executive Officer and the other non-official members if the Board, including the salaries and allowances to be paid to them and travelling and daily allowances to be drawn by them;
(c) the disqualifications for membership of the Board and the procedure to be followed for removing a non-official member who is or becomes subject to any disqualification ;
(d) the procedure to be followed in the performance of functions by the members of the Board ;
(e) the powers and duties to be exercised and discharged by the Chief Executive Officer ;
(f) the date by which and the form in which the budget and the supplementary budget shall be prepared and submitted in each year under section 18 and subsection (4) of section 28 ;
(g) the procedure to be followed for placing the Board in possession of the palm Products Industry Fund ;
(h) the procedure to be followed and the conditions to be observed in borrowing moneys and in granting loans ;
(i) the conditions subject to which and the mode in which contracts may be entered into by or on behalf of the Board ;
(j) the form and manner in which the accounts of the Board shall be maintained under section 20 ;
(k) the form and manner in which the returns, reports or statements shall be submitted under section 26; and
(l) any other matter which has to be, or may be, prescribed.
(3) Every rule, or order made or notification issued under this Act shall, as soon as possible after it is made or issued, be placed on the table of the Legislative Assembly, and if before the expiry of the session in which it is so placed or the next session, the legislative Assembly makes any modification in any such rule or order or notification, or the Legislative Assembly decides that the rule or order or notification should not be made or issued, the rule or order or notification shall thereafter have effect, only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule or order or notification.
32 (1) The Board may, with the previous sanction of the Government, by notification, make regulations not inconsistent with this Act and the rules made thereunder, for enabling it to perform its functions under this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such regulations 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 and allowances of the officers and servants of the Board other than the Chief Executive Officer including the payment of travelling and daily allowances in respect of journeys undertaken by such officers and servants for the purposes of this Act ;
(b) the time and place of meetings 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 a meeting;
Power to make regulations.
(c) the delegation of powers and duties to the Standing Finance Committee, Chief Executive Officer 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;
(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;
(g) the maintenance of accounts.
(3)The Government may, by notification, rescind any regulation made under this section and thereupon, the regulation shall cease to have effect.
33. If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by an order published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. as appear to them to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:
Power to remove difficulties
Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of two years from the date of commencement of this Act.
Tamil Nadu Act 18 of 1959
34. The Tamil Nadu Khadi and Village Industries Board Act,1959 shall, with effect on and from the date appointed by the Government by notification under subsection (1) of section 3, cease to apply in respect of palm products industry.
Tamil Nadu Act 18 of 1959 not to apply.
35. Save as otherwise provided in section, 34, the provision of this Act shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other law for the time being in force relating to palm products industry.
Operation of other laws not affected.
(By order of the Governor) M.MUNIRAMAN, Secretary to Government, Law Department.