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REGULATIONS
COCONUT DEVELOPMENT BOARD REGULATIONS, 1982
Government of India
Ministry of Agriculture,
Dept. of Agriculture & Cooperation
Subordinate Legislation under
The Coconut Development Board Act, 1979
(5 of 1979)
(As amended up to . . . . . . . .) |
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* S.O.85(E) dated the 12th February,
1982 - In exercise of the powers conferred
by section 20 of the Coconut Development
Board Act, 1979 (5 of 1979), the Coconut
Development Board with the previous
approval of the Central Government,
hereby makes the following regulations,
namely:- |
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Published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, 1982, Part II, Section
3(ii), Sl No. 59 |
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Chapter I :
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Chapter II : |
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Chapter III : |
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Chapter IV : |
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CHAPTER
1 - Preliminary
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1. Short title, Commencement and
application.-
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These
regulations may be called the
Coconut Development Board Regulations,
1982;
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They
shall come into force on the
date of their publication in
Official Gazette.
2. Definitions- In these regulations, unless there is anything repugnant
in subject or context.
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the
"Act" means the Coconut
Development Board Act, 1979
(5 of 1979);
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"Chief
Coconut Development Officer"
means the Chief Coconut Development
Officer of the Board;
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‘Committee’
means any Committee appointed
by the Board under Section 9;
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‘rules’
means the Coconut Development
Board Rules, 1981;
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‘Secretary’
means the Secretary of the Board;
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‘section’
means the section of the Act;
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‘Vice-Chairman’
means the Vice-Chairman of the
Board;
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The
words and expressions used and
not defined, but defined in
the Act shall have the meanings
respectively assigned to them
in the Act.
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CHAPTER
II - Committees of the Board
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3. Appointment of Committees.- (1) The
Board may appoint 2*[every two
year], as provided in Section
9 of the Coconut Development Board
Act, 1979, the following Committees
and may appoint such other Committees
as the Board deems necessary to
exercise such powers and discharge
such functions as may be delegated
to it under these regulations,
namely:-
(a) an Executive Committee consisting
of:-
(i) the Chairman who shall
be the ex-officio Chairman of
the Committee
(ii) a Vice-Chairman
(iii)
three members representing
the Government of the States of
Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
appointed under clause(g) of sub-section
(4) of section 4 of the Act.
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[(iv)
The Financial Adviser or
Deputy Secretary (Finance) to
the Government of India, Ministry
of Agriculture, and two other
members elected by the Board from
amongst themselves who shall be
representatives of growers.]
(b) a Research and Development
Committee consisting of:-
(i) the Chairman who shall
be the ex-officio Chairman of
the Committee;
(ii) a Vice-Chairman
(iii)
all the four members of
the Board representing coconut
growers appointed under clause
(i) of sub-section (4) of section
4 of the Act; |
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Substituted by GSR 479(E) dated
26-5-1994 |
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[(iv) Horticulture Commissioner,
Government of India; ex-officio;
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(v) the Director, Central Plantation
Crops Research Institute; Ex-officio;
(vi) four other persons to be co-opted
by the Board from amongst experts
and scientists who are not members
of the Board, or from institutions
which are not represented on the
Board provided that such co-opted
persons shall have no right to
vote.
(c) a Processing and Marketing
Committee consisting of:-
(i) the Chairman who shall
be the ex-officio Chairman of
the Committee;
(ii) a Vice-Chairman;
(iii)
the member of the Board
representing the coconut processing
industry appointed under clause
(j) of subsection (4) of section
4 of the Act;
(iv) the Chairman of the Coir Board;
Ex-officio;
(v) four members elected by the
members of the Board from amongst
themselves of whom two shall be
representatives of growers;
(vi) four other persons to be co-opted
by the Board to represent (1)
the Department of Agriculture
and Co-operation in the Ministry
of Agriculture, Government of
India (2) the National Co-operative
Development Corporation Ltd, (3)
the Kerala State Coconut Development
Corporation Ltd., and (4) the
Directorate of Marketing and Inspection,
Government of India, who are not
members of the Board provided
that such co-opted persons shall
have no right to vote.
(d) a Publicity Committee consisting
of:-
(i) the Chairman who shall
be the ex-officio Chairman of
the Committee;
(ii) a Vice-Chairman;
(iii)
three members representing
the Governments of Kerala, Tamil
Nadu and Karnataka appointed under
clause (g) of sub- section (4)
of section 4 of the Act;
(iv) Three members appointed by the
Board by election of whom one
shall be representative of growers.
(v) four other persons to be
co-opted by the Board to represent
(1) the Department of Agriculture
and Co-operation in the Ministry
of Agriculture, Government of
India (2) such organisations as
are engaged in Agricultural Information
who are not members of the Board
provided that such co-opted persons
shall not have the right to vote.
(2) The Chairman of the Board
who is the ex-officio Chairman
of every Committee may require
any officer or officers of the
Board to attend any meeting of
the Committee but such officers
shall have no right to vote.
4. Functions of the Committees.-
(a) Executive Committee.- Subject
to such restrictions and conditions
as may be imposed by the Board,
the Executive Committee shall
discharge such functions of the
Board relating to the administration,
finance and other matters as may
be assigned to it by the Board.
(b) Research and Development
Committee:- Subject to such restrictions
and conditions as may be imposed
by the Board, the Research and
Development Committee shall discharge
such functions of the Board relating
to the development of coconut
cultivation and coconut small
holdings in India including promotion
of agricultural and technological
research on coconut as may be
assigned to it by the Board.
(c) Processing and Marketing
Committee.- Subject to such restrictions
and conditions as may be imposed
by the Board, the Processing and
Marketing Committee shall discharge
such functions of the Board relating
to processing and marketing of
coconut and its products, product
diversification and by-product
utilisation grading storage and
co-operative development as may
be assigned to it by the Board.
(d) Publicity Committee:- Subject
to such restrictions and conditions
as may be imposed by the Board,
the Publicity Committee shall
discharge such functions of the
Board relating to the publications
and dissemination of information
on all aspects of coconut industry
as may be assigned to it by the
Board.
5.
Sub-Committee.- A Committee
appointed by the Board may appoint
a Sub-Committee from among its
members for enquiring and reporting
on any specified subject or any
other purpose within the scope
of the functions allotted to it
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Substituted by GSR 479(E) dated
26-5-1994 |
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CHAPTER III - Procedure for Meetings
of the Board and its Committees
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6. Meeting of the Board.-The Board
shall hold a meeting at least once
in every quarter on such dates and
at such places as the Chairman may
think fit, and the interval between
any two ordinary meetings shall
not in any case, be longer than
four months.
Provided
the Board may, with the permission
of the Central Government, hold
no meeting in any particular quarter.
7. Power to call Meetings.-
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The
Chairman may at any time, call
a meeting of the Board or of
any of the Committees, and shall
do so if a requisition for a
meeting is presented to him
in writing by at least eight
members in the case of a meeting
of the Board and at least four
members in the case of a meeting
of a Committee.
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The
Chairman may require any officer
or officers of the Board to
attend any meeting of the Board
but such officers shall not
have the power to vote.
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At
least fourteen clear days before
any meeting of the Board and
at least ten clear days before
a meeting of any of the committees
notice of the date, time and
place of the intended meeting
signed by the Secretary shall
be sent to the Central Government
and left at or posted to the
address of every member of the
Board or, as the case may be,
of the Committee.
Provided that in case of urgency,
a special meeting of the Board
or of any or more of the Committees
may be summoned at any time
by the Chairman, who shall inform
in advance, the Central Government
and the members, of the subject-matter
for discussions and the reasons
for which he considers the summoning
of such urgent meeting. No ordinary
business shall be transacted
at such special meetings.
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Notwithstanding
anything contained in these
regulations, the Central Government
may also, at any time, call
a meeting of the Board.
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8. Quorum.-
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[No business shall be transacted
at a meeting of the Board unless
there are present at least six
members and no business shall
be transacted at a meeting of
a Committee unless there are
present at least three members
constituting the Committee.]
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If
at any time the number of members
present in a meeting of any
of the committees is less than
the required quorum, the person
presiding shall adjourn the
meeting to a date not later
than seven days from the date
of the meeting informing the
members of the Committee of
the date, time and place of
the adjourned meeting, and if
the number of members present
at such adjourned meeting is
less than the required quorum,
the members so present shall
be the quorum.
9. Absence from meetings of a Committee.-Any member other than an ex-officio
member, of a Committee absenting
himself from three consecutive meetings
without the leave of the Chairman
shall cease to be a member of that
Committee.
10. Filling up of casual vacancies.-
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(1)
Any casual vacancy in the membership
of a Committee shall be filled
up by the remaining members
of the Committee from amongst
the members of the Board.
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A
person appointed in a casual
vacancy shall hold office so
long as the member whose place
he fills would have been entitled
to hold office, if the vacancy
had not occurred.
11. Presiding over Meetings - At every meeting of the Board or any
of the Committees at which he is
present, the Chairman shall preside
and, in his absence, the Vice-Chairman
shall preside. If both the Chairman
and the Vice-Chairman are absent,
the members present at the meeting
shall elect one from among themselves
to preside at the meeting.
12. Agenda.- (1) the Chairman shall cause to be prepared and circulated
to the Central Government and among
the members of the Board or any
of the Committees at least ten days
before any ordinary meeting of the
Board or of such Committee, a list
of business to be transacted at
that meeting.
13. Business by circulation -
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Any
business which is to be transacted
by the Board or a Committee
may, if the Chairman of the
Board or of the Committees so
directs, be referred to members
(other than members who are
absent from India) by circulation
of papers.
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Any
proposal or resolution circulated
under sub-regulation (1) and
approved by the majority of
members who have recorded their
views in writing shall be as
effectual and binding as if
such proposal or resolution
were decided by the majority
of the members at a meeting.
Provided
that at least eight members
of the Board or four members
of the Committee as the case
may be have recorded their views
on the proposal or resolution.
Provided
further that when a proposal
or resolution is referred to
the members by circulation,
any five members, of the Board
or three members of any of the
Committees, as the case may
be, may require that the proposal
or resolution be referred to
members at a meeting, and thereupon
such reference shall be made
to members at a meeting of the
Board or of the Committee, as
the case may be.
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When
any business is referred to
members of the Board or of the
Committee, as the case may be,
by circulation, a period of
not less than fifteen clear
days shall be allowed for receipt
of replies from members. Such
period shall be reckoned from
the date on which the notice
of business is issued.
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If
a proposal or resolution is
circulated, the result of the
circulation shall be communicated
to all the members of the Board
or of the Committee concerned.
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All
decisions on questions arrived
at by circulation of papers
shall be placed at the next
meeting of the Board or of the
Committee, as the case may be
for record.
14. Record of Business.-
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A
record shall be maintained by
the Secretary of all items of
business transacted by the Board
or by the Committees and copies
of such record shall be forwarded
to the Central Government.
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The
record of business transacted
at every meeting of any of the
Board and of the Committees
shall be signed by the Chairman
or the Vice-Chairman or the
member presiding at such meetings.
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When
a business is transacted by
circulation of papers, a record
of business so transacted shall
be signed by the Chairman.
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[15. Voting (1) Every question brought
before any meeting of the Board or
its Committees shall be decided by
a majority of Members present and
voting at the meeting before which
the matter is brought. The Chairman
or Vice-Chairman or the member presiding
over the meeting of the Board or of
the Committee, as the case may be,
shall exercise his right of vote only
when there is an equality of votes.]
(2) In the case of an equality
of votes, the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman
or the member presiding over the
meeting of the Board or of the Committee,
as the case may be, shall have a
casting vote.
16. Revision.-
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The
Central Government may, for
reasons to be recorded in writing,
review any decision of the Board
or its Committee and pass such
order in the matter as it thinks
fit.
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A
copy of every order passed under
sub-regulation (1) shall be
sent to the Board by the Central
Government.
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On
receipt of a copy of the order
as aforesaid, the Board may
make a representation to the
Central Government against the
said order and the Central Government
may after considering the representation,
either cancel, modify or confirm
the order passed by it under
sub-regulation (1), or take
such other action in respect
of the matter as may, in the
opinion of the Central Government,
be just or expedient, having
regard to all the circumstances
of the case.
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CHAPTER
IV- Service Conditions of Employees
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17. Pay, leave and allowances etc.-
The pay, leave, allowances,
pension and retirement benefits,
other conditions of service
and other facilities and concessions
such as advances of pay, advances
for purchase of conveyances,
construction of houses and the
like, in respect of all employees
of the Board, shall be regulated
in accordance with such rules
and regulations as are for the
time being applicable to officers
and employees of the Central
Government of the corresponding
grades or status stationed at
those places till separate regulations
are made by the Board.
18.
Recruitment regulations.-Subject
to rule 18 of the Coconut Development
Board Rules, 1981, the recruitment
rules for the different categories
of posts in the Directorate
of Coconut Development shall
apply for appointment to the
same or similar categories of
posts under the Board till separate
recruitment rules are framed
by the Board.
Provided
that for the categories of which
are not similar to the existing
ones in the Directorate of Coconut
Development recruitment regulations
shall be framed by the Board,
with the prior approval of the
Central Government as and when
such posts are created or proposed
to be created.
(F.No.
14-14/81-CAI)[Ministry
of Agriculture
(Department of Agriculture &
Cooperation)] |
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Substituted by GSR 479(E) dated
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