Andhra Pradesh Industrial Single Window Clearance Act, 2002

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    "title": "Andhra Pradesh Industrial Single Window Clearance Act, 2002",
    "short_title": "Andhra Pradesh Industrial Single Window Clearance Act, 2002",
    "act_number": "(Act No. 17 of 2002)",
    "act_year": 2002,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Andhra Pradesh",
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    "description": "Andhra Pradesh Industrial Single Window Clearance Act, 2002",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "content": "Object & Reasons 6\nStatement of Objects and Reasons.",
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            "title": "3. The salient features of the measures are.",
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            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(1) \"Clearances\" means grant or issue of no objection certificate, allotments, consents, approvals, permissions, registrations, enrollments, licences and the like, by any competent authority or authorities in connection with the setting up of an industrial undertaking in the State of Andhra Pradesh and shall include all such clearances required till the industrial undertaking starts commercial production:\n(2) \"Competent Authority\" means any department or agency of the Government, Authorized Agency, Gram Panchayat, Municipality or other local body, which are entrusted with the powers and responsibilities to grant or issue clearances:\n(3) \"District Committee\" means the District Single Window Clearance Committee constituted under Section 3;\n(4) \"Empowered Committee\" means the Committee notified by the Government under Section 6;\n(5) \"Government\" means the Government of Andhra Pradesh:\n(6) \"Industrial Undertaking\" means an undertaking engaged in manufacturing or processing or both or providing service or doing any other business or commercial activity as may be specified by the State Government:\n(7) \"Nodal Agency\" means the agency notified at the State level or at the District level under Section 8;\n(8) \"Notification\" means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette and the word 'notified' shall be construed accordingly:\n(9) \"Prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(10) \"Special Committee\" means the Special Single Window Clearance Committee constituted under Section 5;\n(11) \"State Board\" means the Board notified by the Government under Section 7;\n(12) \"State Committee\" means*the State Single Window Clearance Committee constituted under Section 4.",
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            "title": "CHAPTER II",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER II",
            "content": "Constitution, Powers and functions of the District Committees, State Committee, Special Committees, Empowered Committee, State Board and Nodal Agencies",
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            "title": "3. Constitution, powers and functions of District Committees.",
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            "content": "(i) to meet at such times and places as the Chairman of the Committee may decide and shall transact business as per the procedure as may be prescribed;\n(ii) to receive applications for all clearances for setting up industrial units with proposed investment upto the amount notified under Section 21;\n(iii) to review and monitor the processing of applications by the competent authorities and to forward the orders of the competent authorities to the applicant;\n(iv) to inform the applicant of the date on which the application was received by the competent authority and the date on which such application may be deemed to have been approved in the case of deemed approval;\n(v) to forward cases with remarks and relevant documents to the State Committee for decision under Section 17;\n(vi) to invite competent authorities or experts, who are not members of the Committee, as special invitees for any meeting of the District Committee as desired by the Chairman of the Committee;\n(vii) the Member of the District Committee shall attend the meeting convened under clause (i) personally and in case he is unable to attend the meeting, he may depute a senior level officer with a written authorisation to take appropriate decision in the meeting;\n(viii) such other powers and functions as may be prescribed.",
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            "title": "4. Constitution, powers and functions of State Committee.",
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            "content": "(i) to meet at such times and places as the Chairman of the Committee may decide and shall transact business as per the procedure as may be prescribed;\n(ii) to receive all applications for clearances for setting up industrial units with proposed investment more than the amount notified under Section 21;\n(iii) to review and monitor the processing of applications by the competent authorities and District Committees and to forward the orders of the competent authority to the applicant;\n(iv) to inform the applicant of the date on which the application was received by the competent authority and the date on which such application maybe deemed to have been approved in the case of deemed approval;\n(v) to forward cases with remarks and relevant documents to the Empowered Committee for decision under Section 19;\n(vi) to invite competent authorities or experts, who are not members of the Committee, as special invitees for any meeting as desired by the Chairman of the State Committee;\n(vii) the Member of the State Committee shall attend the meeting convened under clause (i) personally and in case he is unable to attend the meetting, he may depute a senior level officer with a written authorisation to take appropriate decision in the meeting;\n(viii) such other powers and functions as may be prescribed.",
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            "title": "5. Constitution,powers and functions of Special Committees.",
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            "title": "6. Constitution, powers and functions of Empowered Committee.",
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            "content": "(i) review and monitor the disposal of applications by the District Committees and State Committee, and competent authorities:\n(ii) consider and decide cases under Sections 18 and 19;\n(iii) exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as may be prescribed.",
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            "title": "7. Constitution, powers and functions of State Board.",
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            "content": "(i) review and monitor the disposal of applications by the District Committees, State Committee and competent authorities;\n(ii) consider and decide cases under Section 20 and cases referred under proviso to Section 17(2z and proviso to Section 19(2);\n(iii) exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as may be prescribed.",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Appointment of Nodal Agency.",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Powers and functions of Nodal Agency.",
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            "content": "Chapter III\nMiscellaneous",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Filing of Application forms.",
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            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Power to call additional information.",
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            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Combined application forms (CAF).",
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            "content": "(a) forms under Central enactments without any change: and\n(b) existing forms or new forms in lieu of the existing forms under State enactments.",
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            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Self certification.",
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            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Time limits for processing of applications.",
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            "content": "(1) the Government may lay down the procedure for processing and disposal of applications.\n(2) the Government may prescribe time limits for processing and disposal of applications by the competent authorities.\n(3) the competent authority may ask for additional information at any time before the expiry of the period stipulated for the disposal of such clearance:",
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            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. List of deemed approval.",
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            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Information of deemed approval.",
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            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Review of District level cases.",
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            "content": "(1) The District Committee may, either suo motu or on an application, examine any order passed by any competent authority, rejecting any clearance or approving it with modification, and if the District Committee considers that there are valid grounds for a change in such decision, it shall forward such case to the State Committee with remarks and relevant documents for a decision.\n(2) The State Committee shall examine all cases referred to it by the District Committee and pass appropriate orders:\n(3) The decision taken by the State Committee shall be binding on the District Committee and the competent authorities.",
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            "title": "18. Revision of District level cases by Empowered Committee.",
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            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Review of State level cases.",
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            "content": "(1) The State Committee may, either suo motu or on an application, examine any order passed by any competent authority, rejecting any clearance or approving it with modification, and if the State Committee considers that there are valid grounds for a change in such decision, it shall forward such case to the Empowered Committee with remarks and relevant documents for a decision.\n(2) The Empowered Committee shall examine all cases referred to it by the State Committee and pass appropriate orders:\n(3) The decision taken by the Empowered Committee shall be binding on the State Committee, District Committees and the competent authorities.",
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            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Revision of State level cases by State Board.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Pecuniary jurisdiction of District Committees.",
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        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Exemption.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Penalty.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Offences by companies, etc.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Company\" means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals; and\n(b) \"Director\" in relation to a firm means a partner in the firm.",
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            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Act to override other Laws.",
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        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Powers to remove doubts or difficulties.",
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            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Power to give directions.",
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        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Savings.",
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        {
            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. Power to make rules.",
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        {
            "number": "30",
            "title": "30. Repeal of Ordinance 6 of 2002.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 26th August, 2019 [ap510]",
        "Act Number": "(Act No. 17 of 2002)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2002",
        "Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh Industrial Single Window Clearance Act, 2002",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Andhra Pradesh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}