Tamil Nadu Palm Products Development Board Act, 1994

No: 15 Dated: Mar, 07 1994

THE TAMIL NADU PALM PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT BOARD ACT, 1994

(Tamil Nadu Act 15 of 1994)

    An Act to provide for the establishment of a Board for the development of palm products industries and for matters connected therewith in the State of Tamil Nadu.

    Whereas the State of Tamil Nadu which is having about five crores of palmyrah trees and a large number of other palm trees is a potential centre for the growth and development of the palm products industry to a greater extent so as to attract foreign exchange by way of export of palm products;

    And Whereas in order to make the palm products competitive and attractive, it is necessary to introduce modern concepts in the palm products industry and also to promote research for the development of palm products industry and better utilisation of the palm products;

    And Whereas it is essential to achieve the social objective of alleviating rural poverty among the workers of the palm products industry;

    And Whereas it is expedient to provide for the establishment of a Board for the above purposes and for matters connected therewith in the State of Tamil Nadu;

    Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Forty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

CHAPTER I

Preliminary

1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Palm Products Development Board Act, 1993.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a) "Board" means the Tamil Nadu Palm Products Development Board established under sub-section (1) of section 3;

(b) "Chief Executive Officer" means the executive authority of the Board appointed under clause (g) of sub-section (2) of section 3;

(c) "Government" means the State Government;

(d) "Khadi and Village Industries Commission" means the Khadi and Village Industries Commission established under section 4 of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956 (Central Act 61 of 1956);

(e) "Member" means a member of the Board and includes the President;

(f) "palm products" means the products developed from the ingredients of palmyrah, coco palm, date palm and sago palm trees;

(g) "palm products industry" means the industry relating to the palm products;

(h) "President" means the President of the Board;

(i) "regulation" means the regulation made by the Board under this Act;

(j) "Vice-President" means the Vice-President of the Board.