(1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Khadi and Village Industries Board Act, 1959.
(2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
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2. In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the De mi.
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(a) "the Board" means the West Bengal Khadi and Village Industries Board established under section 3;
(b) `!khadi" means any cloth, was, en on handlooms in India from cotton, silk or woollen yarn hand-spun in India or from a mixture of any two or all of such yarns;
(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
lift) "village industries" means the industries specified in the Schedule and includes such other industries as the State Government may, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf in consultation with the Board.
*Price—Indian; 12 nP.; Eliglfsh, 3d.
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative Establish.
ment of the Board.
Constitution of the Board.
2 The West Bengal Khadi and Village industries Board Act, 1959.
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