(1) The Chairman shall be responsible for the proper functioning of the Board and for the discharge of its functions under the Act and these rules.
(2) The Chairman shall have the following powers, namely;
(i) to grant leave to officers and employees of the Board including the Executive Director and the Secretary;
(ii) to exercise administrative control over all departments and offices of the Board including the Executive Director and the Secretary;
(iii) to call for documents and records and to inspect or cause to be inspected any land or premises including places of business or sorting, curing, processing, grading, manufacture, packing, storage or auction as required under the Act or these rules or as may be considered necessary for discharging properly any of the functions of the Board;
(iv) to sanction expenditure for contingencies, supplies and services and purchase of articles required for the working of the office of the Board and
(v) to carry out measures referred to in Section 8.
(3) The Chairman shall have power to required the Board or any committee thereof to defer taking action in pursuance of any decision taken by the Board or the Committee, as the case may be, pending a reference to the Central Government on such precision.
(4) Where a matter has to be disposed of by the Board or a Committee and a decision in respect of that matter cannot wait till a meeting of the Board or the Committee as the case may be, is held or till the circulation of the resolution relating to that matter among the members of the Board of Committee, as the case may be the Chairman may take the decision himself.
(5) Where the Chairman takes a decision under sub-rule (4) he shall submit the same for ratification to the Board or the Committee, as the case may be, at its next meeting.
Provided that where the Board or the Committee modifies or cancels the action taken by the Chairman, such modification or cancellation shall be without prejudice to the validity of any action taken before such modification or cancellation.