The Gujarat Khadi and Village Industries Act, 2006

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    "title": "The Gujarat Khadi and Village Industries Act, 2006",
    "short_title": "The Gujarat Khadi and Village Industries Act, 2006",
    "act_number": "Gujarat Act No. 24 of 2006",
    "act_year": 2006,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Gujarat",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Gujarat Khadi and Village Industries Act, 2006",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and extent.",
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            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Board\" means the Khadi and Village Industries Board constituted under section 3;\n(b) \"Khadi\" means any cloth woven on handlooms in India from cotton, silk or woollen yarn, handspun in India or from a mixture of any two or all of such yarns and certified as khadi by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission established under the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956 (LXI of 1956);\n(c) \"member\" means a member of the Board, whether an official or a nonofficial, and includes the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman and a Member-Secretary of the Board;\n(d) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules;\n(e) \"regulations\" means regulations made under this Act;\n(f) \"rules\" means rules made under this Act;\n(g) \"village industry\" means,-\n(i) any industry located in a rural area which produces any goods or renders any service with or without the use of power and in which the fixed capital investment per head of an artisan or a worker does not exceed fifty thousand rupees or such other sum as may, by notification in the Official Gazette , be specified from time to time by the State Government;\n(ii) any other non-manufacturing unit established for the sole purpose of promoting, maintaining, assisting, servicing (including other units) or managing any village industry;\n(iii) any other industry specified in this behalf by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette , in consultation with the Board.\n(1) \"Fixed capital investment\" includes investment in plant and machinery and land and building of an industry;\n(2) \"rural area\" means the area comprised in any village, and includes the area comprised in any town, the population of which does not exceed twenty thousand or such other figure as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette , specify from time to time.\nChapter II\nEstablishment, Incorporation and Constitution of Boards",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Establishment and incorporation of Board.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Constitution of Board.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Disqualification of membership of Board.",
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            "content": "(a) is or is found to be a lunatic or a person of unsound mind and stands so declared by the competent court; or\n(b) is adjudged insolvent; or\n(c) has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude; or\n(d) has any financial interest in any subsisting contract made with or in any work being done by the Board, except as a share holder (other than a Director) in a company as defined in section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956):\n(e) has any financial interest in any business dealing by the Board with any village industry; or\n(f) being an office bearer of a village industry is held responsible by the Board for any default in payment of its dues by village industry to the Board; or\n(g) holds any office of profit under the Board; or\n(h) has directly or indirectly, by himself or his partner or by a member of his family, any share or interest in any transaction of loan or money borrowed by any village from the Board; or\n(i) has directly or indirectly, by himself or his partner or by a member of his family, any share or interest in any work done by the order of the Board; or\n(j) has remained absent from three consecutive meetings of the Board without the leave of the Board.",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Term of office of members.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Filling up of vacancies.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Meeting of Board.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Vacancy etc. not to invalidate proceeding of Board or Committee.",
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            "content": "(a) any vacancy therein, or any defect in the constitution thereof, or\n(b) any disqualification of or any defect in the appointment of a person acting as a member thereof, or\n(c) any irregularity in its procedure not affecting the merits of the case.",
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        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Temporary association of person with Board.",
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        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Committees of Board.",
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        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Officers and employees of Board.",
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Power to make contracts.",
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            "content": "Chapter III\nFunctions and Powers of Board",
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        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Functions of Board.",
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            "content": "(a) to start, encourage, assist and carry on khadi and village industries and to carry on trade or business in such industries and in the matters incidental to such trade or business;\n(b) To help the people by providing them with work in their homes and to give loans and other form of monetary help to individuals or societies or institutions on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed;\n(c) to encourage establishment of co-operative societies for khadi and village industries;\n(d) to conduct training centers and to train people thereat with a view to equipping them with the necessary knowledge for starling or carrying on khadi and village industries;\n(e) (i) to manufacture tools and implements required for carrying on khadi and village industries and to manufacture the products of such industries,\n(ii) to arrange for the supply of raw materials and tools and implements required for the said purpose, and\n(iii) to sell and to arrange for the sale of the products of the said industries;\n(f) to arrange for publicity and popularizing of finished products of khadi and village industries by opening stores, shops, emporia or exhibitions and to take similar measures for the purpose;\n(g) to endeavour to educate public opinion and to impress upon the people the advantages of patronizing the products of khadi and village industries;\n(h) to seek and obtain advice and guidance of experts in khadi and village industries;\n(i) to undertake and encourage research work in connection with khadi and village industries and to carry on such activities as are incidental and conducive to the objects of this Act; and\n(j) to discharge such other duties and to perform such other functions as the State Government may direct for purpose of carrying out the objects of this Act.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. General powers of Board.",
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            "content": "(a) to acquire and hold such moveable and immoveable property as it deems necessary and to lease, sell or otherwise transfer any such property:\n(b) to incur expenditure and undertake works in any area within its jurisdiction for carrying out the provisions of this Act and for framing and execution of such schemes as may be entrusted to it by the State Government, subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder\nChapter IV\nPreparation and Submission of Programmes",
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        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Preparation and submission of annual Programme.",
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            "content": "(a) the particulars of the scheme which the Board proposes to execute whether in part or whole during the next year;\n(b) the particulars of any work undertaken which the Board proposes to execute during the next year for the purposes of carrying out its functions under this Act; and\n(c) such other particulars as may be prescribed.",
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        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Sanction of programme.",
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        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Supplementary programme.",
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            "content": "Chapter V\nFinances, Accounts, Audit and Debts",
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        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Transfer of property.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Funds of Board.",
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        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Application of fund and property.",
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        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Grants, subventions and loans to Board.",
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        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Powers of Board to borrow money.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Budget.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Sanction of budget.",
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            "content": "(a) loss of irrecoverable value of stores or of public money due to theft, fraud or such other cause;\n(b) loss of irrecoverable advance other than loans; and\n(c) deficiency and depreciation in the value of stores.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Supplementary budget.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Annual report.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Further report, statistics and returns.",
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            "sort_order": 27
        },
        {
            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. Accounts and audit.",
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            "content": "Chapter VI\nMiscellaneous",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 28
        },
        {
            "number": "30",
            "title": "30. Power to give directions.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "31",
            "title": "31. Liabilities of members for loss, waste or misapplication.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "32",
            "title": "32. Power of authorized officer to recover record and money.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) for recovering any such money to direct that such money be recovered as an arrears of land revenue and on such direction being given, such money shall be recoverable as an arrears of land revenue from such person;\n(b) for recovering any such record or property to issue a search warrant and to exercise all such powers with respect thereto as may lawfully be exercised by the Magistrate under the provisions of Chapter VII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).",
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        {
            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Recovery of arrears.",
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            "sort_order": 32
        },
        {
            "number": "34",
            "title": "34. Members of Board, officers and employees of Board to be public servants.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "35",
            "title": "35. Protection of action taken under this Act.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "36",
            "title": "36. Power to make rules.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the emoluments of Chairman and members of the Board under section 4;\n(b) the manner in which contracts shall be entered into under section 13;\n(c) functions of the Board under section 14 and terms and conditions for loan and monetary help and such form and such time for submission of annual programme;\n(d) the other particulars of the annual programme under section 16;\n(e) the form in which and the date before which the supplementary programme shall be submitted under section 18;\n(f) the form in which and the date before which the supplementary budget shall be submitted under section 26;\n(g) the manner in which the annual report shall be prepared and forwarded to the State Government under section 27;\n(h) the manner of maintenance of accounts and preparation of annual statement of accounts under section 29;\n(i) any other matter which is or may be prescribed under this Act.",
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        {
            "number": "37",
            "title": "37. Power to make regulations.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the procedure and disposal of its business;\n(b) remuneration, allowances and other conditions of service of officers and servants of the Board;\n(c) functions and duties of the officers and employees of the Board;\n(d) functions of committees and the procedure to be followed by such committees in the discharge of their functions.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "38",
            "title": "38. Power of reorganization and dissolution of Board.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the dissolution of the Board;\n(b) the reconstitution or reorganization, in any manner whatsoever, of the Board including the establishment, where necessary, of new Board;\n(c) the area in respect of which the reconstituted Board or new Board or amalgamated Board shall function or operate;\n(d) the transfer, in whole or in part, of the assets, rights and liabilities of the Board (including the rights and liabilities under any contract made by it) and the terms and conditions of such transfer;\n(e) the transfer or re-employment of any officer and employees of the Board to, or by, any such transferee and the terms and conditions of service applicable to such officers and employees after such transfer or reemployment; and\n(f) such incidental, consequential and supplementary matters as may be necessary for the reconstitution, reorganization or dissolution of the Board.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "39",
            "title": "39. Power to remove difficulties.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "40",
            "title": "40. Removal of doubt.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "41",
            "title": "41. Repeal and savings.",
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            "content": "Schedule\n( See Section 2)\n( See Section 2)\nKhadi Industry :\nKhadi Industry\nVillage Industries:\nVillage Industries:\nGroup-I: Mineral Based Industry:\nGroup-I: Mineral Based Industry:\nGroup-II: Forest Based Industry:\nGroup-II: Forest Based Industry:\nGroup-III: Agro Based and Food Industry:\nGroup-III: Agro Based and Food Industry:\nGroup-IV: Polymer and Chemical Based Industry:\nGroup-IV: Polymer and Chemical Based Industry:\nGroup-V: Engineering and Non-Conventional Energy:\nGroup-V: Engineering and Non-Conventional Energy:\nGroup-VI: Textile Industry (Excluding Khadi):\nGroup-VI: Textile Industry (Excluding Khadi):\nGroup-VII: Service Industry:\nGroup-VII: Service Industry:",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "guj091",
        "Act Number": "Gujarat Act No. 24 of 2006",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2006",
        "Short Title": "The Gujarat Khadi and Village Industries Act, 2006",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Gujarat"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:47"
}