The COCONUT DEVELOPMENT BOARD ACT, 1979

PRELIMINARY

Section 1 — Short title, extent and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Coconut Development Board Act, 1979.

(2) It extends to the whole of India.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

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  1. 1.Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. 2.Declaration as to expediency of control by the Union.
  3. 3.Definitions.
  4. 4.Establishment and constitution of the Board.
  5. 5.Salary and allowances and other conditions of service of Chairman and allowances of members.
  6. 6.Resignation of members.
  7. 7.Officers of the Board and other staff.
  8. 8.Special provision for transfer of employees to the Board.
  9. 9.Committees of the Board.
  10. 10.Functions of the Board.
  11. 11.Dissolution of the Board.
  12. 12.Grants and loans by the Central Government.
  13. 13.Constitution of Coconut Development Fund.
  14. 14.Borrowing powers of the Board.
  15. 15.Accounts and audit.
  16. 16.Directions by Central Government.
  17. 17.Returns and reports.
  18. 18.Protection of action taken in good faith.
  19. 19.Power to make rules.
  20. 20.Power to make regulations.
  21. 21.Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament.