Section 27. Power of Board to make by-laws

27. Power of Board to make by-laws. THE COIR INDUSTRY ACT, 1953 ACT NO. 45 OF 1953 [23 rd December, 1953.] - 1[An Act to provide for the establishment of a Board for the development of the Coir Industry and for that purpose to levy a customs duty on coir fiber, coir yarn and coir products exported from India and for matters connected therewith.] BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:— 27. Power of Board to make by-laws.— (1) The Board may make by-laws consistent with this Act and the rules made thereunder, to provide for,— (a) the dates, times and places of its meetings and of the meetings of the Executive and other Committees and the quorum for such meetings, and the procedure thereat; (b) the delegation of powers and duties to the Executive or any other Committee, or to its Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary or any other of its officers; (c) the travelling allowances of members and of members of Committees; (d) the appointment, promotion and dismissal of its officers and other employees other than the Secretary and the creation and abolition of their posts; (e) the conditions of service of its officers and other employees other than the Secretary including their pay, leave, leave allowances, pensions, gratuities, compassionate allowances and travelling allowances and the establishment and maintenance of a provident fund for them; (f) the maintenance of its accounts; (g) the persons by whom, and the manner in which payments, deposits and investments may be made on its behalf; (h) the custody of moneys required for its current expenditure and the investment of moneys not so required; (i) the preparation of statements showing the sums allotted to departments of the Central and State Governments and other institutions. (2) No by-law shall take effect until it has been confirmed by the Central Government and published in the Official Gazette; and the Central Government, in confirming a by-law may make any change therein which appears to it to be necessary. 1. Subs. by Act 25 of 1964, s. 7, for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 16-6-1964). 2. Subs. by Act 4 of 1986, s. 2 and the Sch., for the words "before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the successive sessions aforesaid" (w.e.f. 15-5-1986). (3) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, cancel any by-law which it has confirmed and thereupon the by-law shall cease to have effect. 1[(4) Every by-law made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the by-law or both Houses agree that the by-law should not be made, the by-law shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that by-law.] STATEMENT OBJECTS AND REASONS The coir industry has a definite role to play in our national economy. It is of very great economic importance to Travancore-Cochin where it is concentrated and also, from the point of view of earning foreign exchange of importance to the whole country. It has, however, been passing through acute depression singe the middle of 1952, as a result of a marked decline in exports. With a view to controlling production, improving its quality, weeding out the undesirable elements in the export trade and developing the internal market so as to reduce the industry's dependence on exports, it is considered necessary to establish a Statutory Board on the lines of Boards set up for other plantation industries.