THE NATIONAL JUTE BOARD ACT, 2008 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

SECTIONS 

1.  Short title, extent and commencement. 
2.  Definitions. 

CHAPTER II 

THE NATIONAL JUTE BOARD 

3.  Constitution and incorporation of Board. 
4.  Secretary and other officers. 

5.  Functions of Board. 

CHAPTER III 

FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD 

CHAPTER IV 

PROPERTY AND CONTRACT 

6.  The Council and Society to vest in Board. 
7.  General effect of vesting of Council and Society in Board. 
8.  Licences, etc., to be deemed to have been granted to Board. 
9.  Tax exemption or benefits to continue have effect. 
10.  Guarantee to be operative. 
11.  Provisions in respect of officers and other employees of Council and Society. 

CHAPTER V 

POWERS OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT 

12.  Directions by Central Government. 
13.  Supersession of Board. 

CHAPTER VI 

FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT 

14.  Grants and loans by Central Government. 
15.  Budget. 
16.  Annual report. 

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SECTIONS 

17.  Accounts and audit. 
18.  Laying of annual and auditor’s report before Parliament. 

CHAPTER VII 

MISCELLANEOUS 

19.  Protection of action taken in good faith. 
20.  Officers and employees of Board to be public servants. 
21.  Power to make rules. 
22.  Power to make regulations. 
23.  Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament. 
24.  Power to remove difficulties. 
25.  Amendment of Act 28 of 1983. 
26.  Repeal and savings. 

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THE NATIONAL JUTE BOARD ACT, 2008 

ACT NO. 12 OF 2009 

An  Act  to  provide  for  the  establishment  of  a  National  Jute  Board  for  the  development  of  the 
cultivation,  manufacture  and marketing of jute and jute products  and for matters connected 
therewith and incidental thereto. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

[12th February 2009.] 

CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the National Jute Board Act, 

2008. 

(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. 

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

(a)  “appointed  day”  means  such  date  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the 

Official Gazette, appoint for the purpose of section 3; 

(b) “Board” means the National Jute Board constituted under section 3; 

(c) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board; 

(d) “Council” means the Jute Manufactures Development Council established under section 3 of 

the Jute Manufactures Development Council Act, 1983 (27 of 1983); 

(e) “Jute” means the plants of jute, kenaf and mesta; 

(f)  “jute  manufacture”  shall  have  the  same  meaning  as  assigned  to  it  in  the  Jute  Manufactures 

Cess Act, 1983(28 of 1983); 

(g) “member” means a member of the Board and includes the Chairperson; 

(h) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 

(i) “regulations” means regulations made by the Board under this Act; 

(j) “Society” means the National Centre for Jute Diversification, a society set up by the Central 

Government  in  the  Ministry  of  Textiles  and  registered  under  the  Societies  Registration  Act,1860                        
(21 of 1860); 

(k)  “year”  means  the  year  commencing  on  the  1st  day  of  April  and  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 

March next following. 

CHAPTER II 

THE NATIONAL JUTE BOARD 

3. Constitution and incorporation of Board.—(1) With effect from the appointed day, the Central 
Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute, for the purposes of this Act, a Board 
to be called the National Jute Board. 

(2) The  Board  shall  be  a  body  corporate  by  the  name  aforesaid,  having  perpetual  succession  and  a 
common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to 
contract, and shall by the said name sue and be sued. 

(3) The head office of the Board shall be at Kolkata in the State of West Bengal or such other place as 
the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify and the Board may, with the 

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previous approval of the Central Government, establish offices or agencies at other places in or outside 
India. 

(4) The Board shall consist of the following members, namely:— 

(a) the Secretary in charge of the ministry of the Central Government dealing with textiles, who 

shall be the ex officio Chairperson of the Board; 

(b) three  Members  of  Parliament  of  whom  two  shall be  elected  from  among  themselves  by  the 
members of the House of the People and one from among themselves by the members of the Council 
of States; 

(c)  the  Additional  Secretary  and  Financial  Adviser,  Ministry  of  Textiles,  Government  of  India,           

ex officio; 

(d) the Joint Secretary (Jute) in the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, ex officio; 

(e) two  members  of the rank  of Joint  Secretary  to  be  nominated by  the  Central  Government  to 

represent respectively the ministries of the Central Government dealing with— 

(i) agriculture, and 

(ii) food and public distribution; 

(f)  three  members  to  be  nominated  by  the  Central  Government  by  rotation  in  the  alphabetical 
order  to  represent  respectively  the  Governments  of  the  States  of  Andhra  Pradesh,  Assam,  Bihar, 
Meghalaya,  Orissa,  Tripura  and  West  Bengal;  the  nomination  shall  be  from  officials  of  the  State 
Government holding the rank of Secretary to the State Government and dealing with Jute or Textile 
matters; 

(g) three members of jute farmers of which one from State of West Bengal and two from other 

States on rotational basis to be nominated by the Central Government; 

(h) three members of jute workers of which one from State of West Bengal and two from other 

States nominated by the Central Government on rotational basis; 

(i) two experts from the field of jute technology and related field to be nominated by the Central 

Government; 

(j)  two  members  from  the  “micro  enterprises”,  “small  enterprises”  and  “medium  enterprises” 

dealing in jute industry to be nominated by the Central Government. 

Explanation.—For  the  purpose  of  this  clause,  the  expressions  “medium  enterprise”,  “micro 
enterprise” and “small enterprise” shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in clause (g), 
clause (h) and clause (m) of section 2 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 
2006 (27 of 2006); 

(k) two members to be appointed by the Central Government to represent the jute industry in the 

organised sector; 

(l) two members to be appointed by the Central Government to represent the jute industry in the 

decentralised sector; 

(m) two members to be appointed by the Central Government to represent the exporters of jute 

products; 

(n) the Director, Indian Jute Industries Research Association, ex officio; 

(o) the Principal, Institute of Jute Technology, ex officio; 

(p)  the  Director,  National  Institute  of  Research  on  Jute  and  Allied  Fibre  Technology,  Kolkata,               

ex officio; 

(q) the Director, Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, ex officio; 

(r) the Chairman and Managing Director, Jute Corporation of India, ex officio; 

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(s) the Jute Commissioner, ex officio; 

(t) the Secretary, National Jute Board, who shall be the ex officio Member-Secretary of the Board. 

(5) The term of office of the members, other than the  ex officio members, and the manner of filling 
vacancies among, and the procedure to be followed in the discharge of their functions by, such members 
shall be as may be prescribed. 

(6)  The  office  of  members  of  the  Board  shall  not  disqualify  its  holder  for  being  chosen  as,  or  for 

being a member of either House of Parliament. 

(7)  The  Chairperson  shall,  in  addition  to  presiding  over  the  meetings  of  the  Board,  exercise  and 
discharge such powers and duties of the Board as may be assigned to him by the Board and such other 
powers and duties as may be prescribed. 

(8) The Board shall elect from among its members a Vice-Chairperson who shall exercise such of the 
powers and perform such of the functions of the Chairperson as may be prescribed or as may be delegated 
to him by the Chairperson. 

(9) The Board shall meet at such times and places and shall observe such procedure in regard to the 
transaction  of  business  at  its  meetings  (including  the  quorum  at  meetings)  as  may  be  determined  by 
regulations. 

4. Secretary and other officers.—(1) The Central Government may appoint the Secretary and such 
other officers and employees as it considers necessary, for the efficient discharge of the functions of the 
Board under this Act. 

(2)  The  terms  and  conditions  of  service  of  the  Secretary  and  other  officers  and  employees  of  the 

Board shall be such as may be determined by regulations. 

CHAPTER III 

FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD 

5. Functions of Board.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Board to promote the development of jute and 

jute products by such measures as it thinks fit. 

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, the Board may undertake measures 

to— 

(i)  evolve  an  integrated  approach  to  jute  cultivation  in  the  matters  of  formulation  of  schemes, 
extension work, implementation and evaluation of schemes aimed at increasing the yield of jute and 
improving the quality thereon; 

(ii) promote production of better quality raw jute; 

(iii) enhance productivity of raw jute; 

(iv) promote or undertake arrangements for better marketing and stabilisation of the prices of raw 

jute; 

(v) promote standardisation of raw jute and jute products; 

(vi)  suggest  norms  of  efficiency  for  jute  industry  with  a  view  to  eliminating  waste,  obtaining 

optimum production, improving quality and reducing costs; 

(vii) propagate information useful to the growers of raw jute and manufacturers of jute products; 

(viii) promote and undertake measures for quality control of raw jute and jute products; 

(ix) assist and encourage studies and research for improvement of processing, quality, techniques 

of grading and packaging of raw jute; 

(x)  promote  or  undertake  surveys  or  studies  aimed  at  collection  and  formulation  of  statistics 

regarding raw jute and jute products; 

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(xi) promote standardisation of jute manufactures; 

(xii)  promote  the  development  of  production  of  jute  manufactures  by  increasing  the  efficiency 

and productivity of the jute industry; 

(xiii) sponsor, assist, coordinate, encourage or undertake scientific, technological, economic and 

marketing research pertaining to the jute sector; 

(xiv) maintain and improve existing markets and to develop new markets within the country and 
outside for jute manufactures and to devise marketing strategies in consonance with the demand for 
such manufactures in the domestic and international markets; 

(xv)  sponsor,  assist,  coordinate  or  encourage  scientific,  technological  and  economic  research  in 
the  matters  related  to  materials,  equipment,  methods  of  production,  product  development  including 
discovery  and  development  of  new  materials,  equipment  and  methods  and  improvements  in  those 
already in use in the jute industry; 

(xvi)  provide  and  create  necessary  infrastructural  facilities  and  conditions  conducive  to  the 
development  of  diversified  jute  products  by  way  of  assisting  the  entrepreneurs, artisans,  craftsman, 
designers, manufacturers, exporters, non-Governmental agencies in the following manner, namely:— 

(a)  transfer  of  technology  from  research  and  development  institutions  and  other 

organisations in India and abroad; 

(b)  providing  support  services  to  the  entrepreneurs  for  the  implementation  of  their 

projects including technical guidance and training; 

(c) organising entrepreneurial development programmes; 

(d)  planning  and  executing  market  promotion  strategies 

including  exhibitions, 

demonstrations, media campaigns in India and abroad; 

(e) providing financial assistance by way of subsidy or seed capital; 

(f) providing a forum to the people engaged or interested in diversified jute products for 
interacting  with  various  national  and  international  agencies,  engaged  in  the  jute  and  jute 
textile sector; 

(xvii)  organise  workshops,  conferences,  lectures,  seminars,  refresher  courses  and  set  up  study 
groups and conduct training programmes for the purpose of promotion and development of jute and 
jute products; 

(xviii) undertake research on jute seed to improve quality and to shorten the gestation period of 

jute crop; 

(xix) incorporate measures for sustainable Human Resource Development of the jute sector and to 

provide necessary funds for the same; 

(xx) modernisation of jute sector and technology development; 

(xxi) take steps to protect the interests of jute growers and workers and to promote their welfare 

by improving their livelihood avenues; 

(xxii)  secure  better  working  conditions  and  provisions  and  improvement  of  amenities  and 

incentives for workers engaged in the jute industry; 

(xxiii) register jute growers and manufacturers on optional basis; 

(xxiv) collect statistics with regard to jute and jute products for compilation and publication; 

(xxv)  subscribe  to  the  share  capital  of  or  enter  into  any  arrangement  (whether  by  way  of 
partnership,  joint  venture  or  any  other  manner)  with  any  other  body  corporate  for  the  purpose  of 
promoting  the  jute  sector  or  for  promotion  and  marketing  of  jute  and  jute  products  in  India  and 
abroad. 

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(3) It shall be the duty of the Board— 

(a) to advise the Central Government on all matters relating to the development of raw jute and 

the jute industry, including import and export of jute and jute products; 

(b)  to  prepare  and  furnish  reports  relating  to  the  jute  sector  as  may  be  required  by  the  Central 

Government from time to time. 

CHAPTER IV 

PROPERTY AND CONTRACT 

  6. The Council and Society to vest in Board.—(1) On and from the appointed day, there shall be 

transferred to, and vest in, the Board constituted under section 3, the Council and the Society. 

(2)  The  Council  and  the  Society  which  is  transferred  to,  and  which  vests  in,  the  Board  under  sub-
section (1) shall be deemed to include all assets, rights, powers, authorities and privileges and all property 
movable  and  immovable,  real  or  personal,  corporeal  or  incorporeal,  present  or  contingent,  of  whatever 
nature and wheresoever situate, including lands, buildings, machinery, equipments, cash balances, capital, 
reserves,  reserve  funds,  investments,  tenancies,  leases  and  book  debts  and  all  other  rights  and  interests 
arising out of such property as were immediately before the appointed day in the ownership or possession 
or power of the Council, or as the case may be, the Society, whether within or outside India, all books of 
account and documents relating thereto and shall also be deemed to include all borrowings, liabilities and 
obligations of whatever kind then subsisting of the Society, or as the case may be, the Council. 

 7. General effect of vesting of Council and Society in Board.—(1) All contracts, agreements and 
working arrangements subsisting immediately before the appointed day and affecting the Council, or, as 
the  case  may  be,  the  Society  shall,  in  so  far  as  they  relate  to  the  Council,  or,  as  the  case  may  be,  the 
Society, cease to have effect or be enforceable against the Council, or, as the case may be, the Society and 
shall be of as full force and effect against or in favour of the Board in which the Council and the Society 
have vested by virtue of this Act and enforceable as fully and effectively as if, instead of the Council, or, 
as the case may be, the Society, the Board had been named therein or had been a party thereto. 

(2) Any proceeding, suit or cause of action pending or existing immediately before the appointed day 
by or against the Council or the Society may, as from that day, be continued and enforced by or against 
the Board in which it has vested by virtue of this Act, as it might have been enforced by or against the 
Council or the Society if this Act had not been passed, and shall cease to be enforceable by or against the 
Council or, as the case may be, the Society. 

8. Licences, etc., to be deemed to have been granted to Board.—With effect from the appointed 
day, all licences, permits, quotas and exemptions, granted to the Council or the Society in connection with 
the affairs and business of the Council, or, as the case may be, the Society, under any law for the time 
being in force, shall be deemed to have been granted to the Board in which the Council and the Society 
have vested by virtue of this Act. 

9.  Tax  exemption  or  benefit  to  continue  have  effect.—(1)  Where  any  exemption  from,  or  any 
assessment with respect to, any tax has been granted or made or any benefit by way of set off or carry 
forward, as the case may be, of any unabsorbed depreciation or investment allowance or other allowance 
or loss has been extended or is available to the Council or the Society, under the Income-tax Act, 1961  
(43 of 1961), such exemption, assessment or benefit shall continue to have effect in relation to the Board 
in which the Council and the Society have vested by virtue of this Act. 

(2)  Where  any  payment  made  by  the  Council  or  the  Society  is  exempted  from  deduction  of  tax  at 
source under any provision of the Income-tax Act, 1961(43 of 1961) the exemption from tax will continue 
to  be available as if the  provisions of the  said  Act  made  applicable to  the  Council or the  Society  were 
operative in relation to the Board in which the Council and the Society have vested by virtue of this Act. 

(3) The transfer and vesting of the Council or the Society in terms of section 6 shall not be construed 
as  a  transfer  within  the  meaning  of  the  Income-tax  Act,  1961(43  of  1961)  for  the  purposes  of  capital 
gains. 

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10. Guarantee to be operative.—Any guarantee given for or in favour of the Council or the Society 
with respect to any loan or lease finance shall continue to be operative in relation to the Board in which 
the Council and the Society have vested by virtue of this Act. 

11. Provisions in respect of officers and other employees of Council and Society.—(1) (a) Every 
officer or other employee of the Council serving in its employment immediately before the appointed day 
shall, in so far as such officer or other employee is employed in connection with the  Council which has 
vested in the Board by virtue of this Act, becomes, as from the appointed day, an officer, or, as the case 
may be, other employee of the Board. 

(b) Every officer or other employee of the Society serving in its employment immediately before the 
appointed  day  shall,  in  so  far  as  such  officer  or  other  employee  is  employed  in  connection  with  the 
Society  which  has  vested  in  the  Board  by  virtue  of  this  Act,  becomes,  as  from  the  appointed  day,  an 
officer, or, as the case may be, other employee of the Board. 

(2) Every officer or other employee of the Council or the Society who becomes an officer, or as the 
case may be, other employee of the Board, as referred to in sub-section (1), shall hold his office or service 
therein by the same tenure, at the same remuneration, upon the same terms and conditions, with the same 
obligations and rights and privileges as to leave, insurance, superannuation scheme, provident fund, other 
funds, retirement, pension, gratuity and other benefits as he would have held under the Council, or, as the 
case may be, the Society, if it had not vested in the Board and shall continue to do so as an officer or other 
employee, as the case may be, of the Board, or until the expiry of a period of one year from the appointed 
day if such officer or other employee opts not to be the officer or other employee of the Board within such 
period: 

Provided that if the Board thinks it expedient to extend the period so fixed, it may extend the same up 

to a maximum period of one year. 

(3) Where an officer or other employee of the Council or the Society opts under sub-section (2) not to 
be  in  the  employment  or  service  of  the  Board  in  which  the  Council  and  the  Society  have  vested,  such 
officer or other employee shall be deemed to have resigned from the respective cadre. 

(4)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  Industrial  Disputes  Act,  1947(14  of  1947)  or  in  any 
other law for the time being in force, the transfer of the services of any officer or other employee of the 
Council or the Society to the Board shall not entitle such officer or other employee to any compensation 
under this Act or any other law for the time being in force and no such claim shall be entertained by any 
court, tribunal or other authority. 

(5) The officers and other employees who have retired before the appointed day from the service of 
the Council or the Society and are entitled to any benefits, rights or privileges shall be entitled to receive 
the same benefits, rights or privileges from the Board in which the Council and the Society have vested. 

(6) The trusts of the Provident Fund and Group Insurance and Superannuation Scheme of the Council 
or the Society for the welfare of officers or employees would continue to discharge their functions in the 
Board as was being done hitherto in the Council or the Society and tax exemption granted to Provident 
Fund or Group Insurance and Superannuation Scheme would continue to be applied to the Board. 

(7) After the expiry of the period of one year, or the extended period, as referred to in sub-section (2), 
all the officers and other employees transferred and appointed to the Board, other than those opting not to 
be  the  officers  or  employees  of  the  Board  within  such  period,  shall  be  governed  by  the  rules  and 
regulations made by the Board in respect of the service conditions of the officers and other employees of 
the said Board. 

CHAPTER V 

POWERS OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT 

12. Directions by Central Government.—(1) The Board shall, in the discharge of its functions and 
duties  under  the  relevant  statute,  be  bound  by  the  directions  on  questions  of  policy  as  the  Central 
Government may give in writing to it from time to time: 

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Provided  that  the  Board  shall,  as  far  as  practicable,  be  given  an  opportunity  to  express  its  views 

before any direction is given. 

(2) The decision of the Central Government, whether a question is one of policy or not, shall be final. 

13. Supersession of Board.—(1) If at any time the Central Government is of the opinion that— 

(a)  on  account  of  grave  emergency,  the  Board  is  unable  to  discharge  the  functions  and  duties 

imposed on it by or under the provisions of this Act; or 

(b) the Board has persistently made default in complying with any direction issued by the Central 
Government under this Act or in the discharge of the functions and duties imposed on it by or under 
the provisions of this Act and as a result of such default, the financial position of the Board or the 
administration of the Board has deteriorated; or 

(c) the circumstances exist which render it necessary in the public interest so to do, 

the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, supersede the Board for such period, 
not exceeding six months, as may be specified in the notification. 

(2) Upon the publication of a notification— 

(a) all  the  members  of  the  Board shall, as from  the date of supersession  vacate  their  offices as 

such; 

(b) all the powers, functions and duties which may, by or under the provisions of the relevant Act, 
be exercised or discharged by or on behalf of the Board shall, until the Board is reconstituted under 
sub-section (3),  be  exercised  and  discharged  by  such  person  or  persons  as the Central  Government 
may direct; and 

(c) all property owned or controlled by the Board shall, until the Board is reconstituted, vest in 

the Central Government. 

(3)  On  the  expiration  of  the  period  of  supersession  specified  in  the  notification  issued  under                      

sub-section (1), the Central Government may reconstitute the Board by a fresh appointment and in such 
case  any  person  or  persons  who  vacated  their  offices  under  clause  (a)  of  sub-section  (2),  shall  not  be 
deemed disqualified for appointment: 

Provided  that  the  Central  Government  may,  at  any  time,  before  the  expiration  of  the  period  of 

supersession, take action under this sub-section. 

(4) The Central Government shall cause a notification to be issued under sub-section (1) and a full 
report  of  any  action  taken  under  this  section  and  the  circumstances  leading  to  such  action  will  be  laid 
before each House of Parliament at the earliest. 

CHAPTER VI 

FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT 

14.  Grants  and  loans  by  Central  Government.—(1)  The  Central  Government  may,  after  due 
appropriation made by Parliament by law, in this behalf, make to the Board grants and loans of such sums 
of money as that Government may consider necessary. 

(2)  There  shall  be  constituted  a  fund  to  be  called  the  Jute  Board  Fund  and  there  shall  be  credited 

thereto— 

(a) any grants and loans made to the Board by the Central Government; 

(b)  all  sums  received  by  the  Board  from  such  other  sources  as  may  be  decided  upon  by  the 

Central Government. 

(3) The Fund shall be applied for meeting— 

(a) salary, allowances and other remuneration of the members, officers and other employees of 

the Board; 

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(b) expenses of the Board in the discharge of its functions; and 

(c) expenses on objects and for purposes authorised by this Act. 

15. Budget.—The Board shall prepare in such form and at such time during each financial year, as 
may be prescribed, its budget for the next financial year, showing the estimated receipts and expenditure 
of the Board, and forward the same to the Central Government. 

16. Annual report.—The Board shall prepare in such form and at such time, each financial year, as 

may be prescribed, its annual report, giving a full account of its activities during the previous financial 
year and submit a copy thereof to the Central Government. 

17. Accounts and audit.—The accounts of the Board shall be maintained and audited in such manner 

as may, in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, be prescribed and the Board 
shall furnish to the Central Government before such date, as may be prescribed, an audited copy of its 
accounts, together with the auditor's report thereon. 

18. Laying of annual and auditor’s report before Parliament.—The Central Government shall 
cause the annual report and auditor's report to be laid, as soon as may be after they are received, before 
each House of Parliament. 

CHAPTER VII 

MISCELLANEOUS 

19. Protection of action taken in good faith.—No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall 
lie  against  the  Central  Government,  or  the  Board  or  any  member  of  the  Board,  or  any  officer  or  other 
employee  of  the  Central  Government  or  of  the  Board  or  any  other  person  authorised  by  the  Central 
Government or the Board, for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act 
or the rules or regulations made thereunder. 

20.  Officers  and  employees  of  Board  to  be  public  servants.—All  officers  and  employees  of  the 
Board shall, while acting or purporting to act in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or of any rule or 
regulation  made  thereunder,  be  deemed  to  be  public  servants  within  the  meaning  of  section  21  of  the 
Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860). 

21. Power to make rules.—(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, 

make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act. 

(2)  In  particular,  and  without  prejudice  to  the  generality  of  the  foregoing  power,  such  rules  may 

provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— 

(a)  the  term  of  office  and  other  conditions  of  service  of  the  members  of  the  Board  under                   

sub-section (5) of section 3; 

(b) the powers and duties of the Chairperson under sub-section (7) of section 3; 

(c) the powers and functions of the Vice-Chairperson under sub-section (8) of section 3; 

(d) the form in which, and the time at which, the Board shall prepare its budget under section 

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(e) the form in which, and the time at which, the Board shall prepare its annual report under 

section 16; 

(f) the manner in which the accounts of the Board shall be maintained and audited, and the date 
before which the audited copy of the accounts may be furnished to the Central Government under 
section 17; 

(g) any other matter which is to be, or may be, prescribed or in respect of which provision is to 

be, or may be, made by the rules. 

22.  Power  to  make  regulations.—(1)  The  Board  may,  with  the  previous  approval  of  the  Central 
Government,  by  notification  in the  Official  Gazette, make  regulations  consistent  with  the  provisions  of 
this Act and the rules generally to carry out the purposes of this Act. 

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(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such regulations may 

provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— 

(a) the  manner  in  which the  business  of the  Board  shall  be  conducted  under  sub-section  (9)  of 

section 3; and 

(b) the terms and conditions of service of the Secretary and other officers and employees of the 

Board under section 4. 

23.  Rules  and  regulations  to  be  laid  before  Parliament.—Every  rule  and  every  regulation  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 rule or regulation or 
both Houses agree that the rule or regulation should not be made, the rule or regulation 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 rule or regulation. 

24. Power to remove difficulties.—(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of 
this Act, the Central Government may, by order, published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions 
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as may appear to be necessary for removing the difficulty: 

Provided  that  no  such  order  shall  be  made  after  the  expiry  of  a  period  of  two  years  from  the 

commencement of this Act. 

(2) Every order made under sub-section (1) shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before 

each House of Parliament. 

25. Amendment of Act 28 of 1983.—In the Jute Manufactures Cess Act, 1983,— 

(a) in section 3,— 

(i) in sub-section (1), for the words and figures “the Jute Manufactures Development Council 
Act,  1983”,  the  words  and  figures  “the  National  Jute  Board  Act,  2008  (12  of  2009)”  shall  be 
substituted; 

(ii) in sub-section (2), the words “and Salt” shall be omitted; 

(iii) in sub-section (4), the words “and Salt” shall be omitted; 

(b)  in  section  4,  for  the  words,  brackets  and  figures  “the  Jute  Manufactures  Development  Council, 
from  time  to  time,  from  out  of  such  proceeds  (after  deducting  the  cost  of  collection  which  shall  not 
exceed four per cent. of such proceeds) such sums of money as it may think fit for being utilised for the 
purposes of the Jute Manufactures Development Council Act, 1983 (27 of 1983), the words, brackets and 
figures “the National Jute Board from time to time, from out of such proceeds (after deducting the cost of 
collection which shall not exceed four per cent. of such proceeds) such sums of money as it may think fit 
for being utilised for the purposes of the National Jute Board Act, 2008 (28 of 1983), shall be substituted. 

26. Repeal and savings.—(1) On and from the appointed day, the Jute Manufactures Development 

Council Act, 1983 (27 of 1983) shall stand repealed. 

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken or purported to have been done or 
taken under the Act so repealed shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be 
deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act. 

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