THE JUTE MANUFACTURES DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ACT, 1983 
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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 JUTE MANUFACTURES DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 

3.  Establishment and constitution of the Council. 
4.  Salary and allowances and other conditions of service of Chairman and other members. 
5.  Committees of the Council. 
6.  Officers of the Council and other staff. 
7.  Functions of the Council 
8.  Dissolution of the Council. 

CHAPTER III 

FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT 

9.  Grants and loans by the Central Government Jute Fund. 
10.  Jute Fund. 
11.  Borrowing powers of the Council. 
12.  Accounts and audit 

CHAPTER IV 

CONTROL BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT 

13.  Directions by Central Government. 
14.  Returns and reports of activities of the Council. 

CHAPTER V 

MISCELLANEOUS 

15.  Power to call for reports and returns. 
16.  Power of inspection. 
17.  Penalties. 
18.  Offences by companies. 
19.  Cognizance of offences. 
20.  Sanction for prosecutions 
21.  Protection of action taken in good faith. 
22.  Members, officers and employees of the Council to be public servants. 
23.  Suspension of operation of Act. 
24.  Application of other laws not barred. 
25.  Power to make rules. 

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THE JUTE MANUFACTURES DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ACT, 1983 

ACT NO. 27 OF 1983 

An Act to provide for the establishment of a Council for the development of production of jute 
manufactures by increasing the efficiency and productivity in the jute industry, the financing 
of activities for such development and for matters connected therewith. 

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

[7th September, 1983.] 

CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

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

Development Council Act, 1983. 

(2) It extends to the whole of India. 
(3)  It  shall  come  into  force  on  such  date1  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the 

Official Gazette, appoint. 

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

(a) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Council; 

(b) “Council” means the Jute Manufactures Development Council established under section 3; 

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

Cess Act, 1983 (27 of 1983); 

(d) “member” means a member of the Council and includes the Chairman; 

(e) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 
2[(f) “year”  means the year commencing on the 1st day of  April and ending on the 31st day of 

March next following.] 

CHAPTER II 

THE JUTE MANUFACTURES DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 

3. Establishment and constitution of the Council.—(1) With effect from such date as the Central 
Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf, there shall be established 
for the purposes of this Act, a Council to be called the Jute Manufactures Development Council. 

(2) The Council 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 Council shall be at Calcutta in the State of West Bengal, and the Council 
may, with the previous approval of the Central Government, establish offices or agencies at other places 
in or outside India. 

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

(a) a Chairman to be appointed by the Central Government; 

(b) such number of members not exceeding eight as the Central Government may think fit to be 

appointed by it from among the Ministries of the Central Government dealing with— 

(i) agriculture; 

(ii) commerce (textiles); 

1. 1st May, 1984, vide notification No. S.O. 325(E), dated 28th April, 1984, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii). 
2. Subs. by Act 9 of 1994, s. 2, for clause (f) (w.e.f. 1-4-1994). 

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(iii) finance; 

(iv) industry; 

(v) civil supplies; 

(vi) co-operation; 

(c) six members to be appointed 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 in which jute is cultivated on a large scale: 

Provided that such appointment shall be made on the recommendation of the Government of the 

State concerned; 

(d) four members to be appointed by the Central Government to represent the  producers of jute 

manufactures; 

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

manufactures; 

(f) three members to be appointed by the Central Government to represent the growers of jute; 

(g)  three  members  to  be  appointed  by  the  Central  Government  to  represent  the  interests  of 

workmen employed in factories producing jute manufactures; 

(h) five members to be appointed by the Central Government from amongst persons who, in the 
opinion  of  the  Central  Government,  are  experts  in  jute  technological  research,  jute  marketing  or 
agricultural economics. 

(5) The Council shall elect, from amongst its members, a Vice-Chairman who shall exercise such of 
the  powers  and  perform  such  of  the  functions  of  the  Chairman  as  may  be  prescribed  or  as  may  be 
delegated to him by the Chairman. 

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

(7) Any officer of the Central Government, not being a member of the Council, when deputed by that 
Government in this behalf, shall have the right to attend the meetings of the Council and take part in the 
proceedings thereof, but shall not have the right to vote. 

(8) The  Council  may  associate  with itself,  in  such  manner,  subject  to  such  conditions and for such 
purposes as may be prescribed, any person whose assistance or advice it may desire in complying with 
any of the provisions of this Act and a person so associated shall be entitled to receive such allowances or 
fees as may be fixed by the Central Government and shall have the right to take part in the proceedings of 
the Council relevant to the purpose for which he has been associated, but shall not have the right to vote.  

(9)  No  act  or  proceeding  of  the  Council  or  any  committee appointed  by  it  under  section  5 shall be 

invalidated merely by reason of— 

(a) any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the Council or such committee; or 

(b)  any  defect  in  the  appointment  of  a  person  acting  as  a  member  of  the  Council  or  such 

committee; or  

(c) any irregularity in the procedure of the Council or such committee not affecting the merits of 

the case. 

(10) The  Council  shall  meet  at  such  times  and  places  and  shall  observe  such  rules  of  procedure  in 
regard  to  the  transaction  of  business  at  its  meetings  (including  the  quorum  at  meetings)  as  may  be 
prescribed.  

4.  Salary  and  allowances  and  other  conditions  of  service  of  Chairman  and  other             

members.—(1) The Chairman shall be entitled to such salary and allowances and shall be subject to such 
conditions of service in respect of leave, pension, provident fund and other matters as may from time to 
time be fixed by the Central Government. 

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(2) The other members of the Council shall receive such allowances as may be fixed by the Central 

Government.  

5. Committees of the Council.—(1) The Council may appoint such committees as may be necessary 

for the efficient discharge of its duties and performance of its functions under this Act. 

(2)  The  Council  shall  have  the  power  to  co-opt  as  members  of  any  committee  appointed  under               

sub-section (1) such number of persons who are not members of the Council as it may think fit and the 
persons  so  co-opted  shall  have  the  right  to  attend  meetings  of  the  committee  and  take  part  in  its 
proceedings but shall not have the right to vote. 

(3) The persons co-opted as members of a committee under sub-section (2) shall be entitled to receive 
such  allowances  or  fees  for  attending  the  meetings  of  the  committee  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  Central 
Government.  

6. Officers of the Council and other staff.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, every person 
employed by the Jute Manufactures Development Council established under sub-section (1) of section 6 
of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951), immediately before the date of 
establishment  of  the  Council  under  section  3  of  this  Act,  shall,  on  and  from  such  date,  become  an 
employee of the Council with such designation as the Council may determine and shall hold his office or 
service therein by the same tenure, at the same remuneration and upon the same terms and conditions as 
he  would  have  held  on  such  date  if  the  Council  had  not  been  established  and  shall  continue  to  do  so 
unless and until his employment in the Council is terminated or until such tenure, remuneration and terms 
and conditions are duly altered by the Council: 

Provided that the tenure, remuneration and terms and conditions of service of  any such person shall 

not be altered to his disadvantage without the previous approval of the Central Government. 

(2) Every employee holding any office under the Central Government immediately before the date of 
establishment of the Council solely or mainly for or in connection with such matters as are relevant to the 
functions of the Council under this Act, shall, on and from such date, be treated as on deputation with the 
Council  but  shall  hold  his  office  in  the  Council  by  the  same  tenure  and  upon  the  same  terms  and 
conditions of service as respects remuneration, leave, provident fund, retirement or other terminal benefits 
as  he  would  have  held such  office, if  the  Council had  not  been established and  shall  continue to  do so 
until  the  Central  Government,  either  on  its  own  motion  or  at  the  request  of  the  Council,  recalls  such 
employee  to  its  service  or  until  the  Council,  with  the  concurrence  of  the  Central  Government,  duly 
absorbs such employee in its regular service, whichever is earlier: 

Provided  that  during  the  period  of  deputation  of  any  such  employee  with  the  Council,  the  Council 
shall  pay  to the  Central  Government,  in  respect of every  such  employee,  such contribution towards his 
leave salary, pension and gratuity as the Central Government may, by order, determine: 

Provided further that any such employee, who has, in respect of the proposal of the Council to absorb 
him in its regular service, intimated within such time as may be specified in this behalf by the Council his 
intention of not becoming a regular employee of the Council, shall not be absorbed by the Council in its 
regular service. 

(3) If any dispute or doubt arises as to which of the employees serving under the Central Government 
are  to  be  treated  as  on  deputation  with  the  Council  under  this  section,  such  dispute  or  doubt  shall  be 
decided  by  the  Central  Government  in  consultation  with  the  Council  and  the  decision  of  the  Central 
Government thereon shall be final.  

(4) For the purposes of enabling it efficiently to discharge its functions under this Act, the Council 
shall, subject to the other provisions of this section and to such rules as may be made in this behalf by the 
Central  Government,  appoint  (whether  on  deputation  or  otherwise)  such  number  of  officers  and  other 
employees as it may consider necessary: 

Provided that the appointment of such category of officers as may be specified in such rules, shall be 

subject to the approval of the Central Government. 

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(5) Subject to the other provisions of this section, every officer or other employee appointed by the 
Council shall be subject to such conditions of service and shall be entitled to such remuneration as may be 
prescribed. 

7. Functions of the Council.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Council to promote, by such measures as 
it  thinks  fit,  the  development  of  production  of  jute  manufactures  by  increasing  the  efficiency  and 
productivity in the jute industry. 

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1), the measures referred to 

therein may provide for—  

(a) evolving an integrated approach to jute cultivation in the matter of formulation of schemes, 
extension work, implementation and evaluation of schemes aimed at increasing the yield of jute and 
improving the quality thereof; 

(b) promoting arrangements for better marketing and sale of jute; 

(c) recommending targets for production for jute industry, co-ordinating production programmes 

and reviewing progress from time to time; 

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

optimum production, improving quality and reducing costs; 

(e) promoting standardisation of jute manufactures; 

(f) maintenance and improvement of existing markets and development of new markets outside 
India for jute manufactures and devising marketing strategy in consonance with the demand for such 
manufactures outside India; 

(g)  sponsoring,  assisting,  co-ordinating  or  encouraging  scientific,  technological  and  economic 
research  into  the  matters  relating  to  materials,  equipment,  methods  of  production,  product 
development, including discovery and development of new materials, equipment and methods and of 
improvements in those already in use in the jute industry; 

(h) ensuring stabilisation of prices of jute manufactures in and outside India; 

(i) promoting or undertaking the collection and formulation of statistics regarding jute industry;  

(j) propagating information useful to the growers, dealers and exporters of jute and producers or 

manufacturers of jute goods; 

(k) such other matters as may be prescribed. 

(3) The Council shall perform its functions under this section in accordance with and subject to such 
rules as may be made by the Central Government and such rules may be in particular make provisions for 
ensuring  that  the  Council  functions  in  close  liaison  with  Union  agencies,  institutions  and  authorities 
concerned with the jute manufactures (including cultivation of jute) and avoids duplication of effort. 

8.  Dissolution  of  the  Council.—(1)  The  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official 
Gazette and for reasons to be specified therein, direct that the Council shall be dissolved from such date 
and for such period as may be specified in the notification: 

Provided  that  before  issuing  any  such  notification,  the  Central  Government  shall  give  a  reasonable 
opportunity to the Council to make representations against the proposed dissolution and shall consider the 
representations, if any, of the Council. 

(2) When the Council is dissolved under the provisions of sub-section (1),— 

(a) all the members, notwithstanding that their term of office has not expired, shall, from the date 

of dissolution, vacate their offices as such members; 

(b) all the powers and duties of the Council shall, during the period of dissolution, be exercised 
and performed by such person or persons as the Central Government may appoint in this behalf and 
their remuneration shall be such as may be prescribed; 

(c) all funds and other properties vested in the Council shall, during the period of dissolution, vest 

in the Central Government; and 

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(d) as soon as the period of dissolution expires, the Council shall be reconstituted in accordance 

with the provisions of this Act.  

CHAPTER III 

FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT 

9.  Grants  and  loans  by  the  Central  Government.—The  Central  Government  may,  after  due 
appropriation made by Parliament by law in this behalf, pay to the Council by way of grants or loans such 
sums of money as the Central Government may think fit for being utilised for the purposes of this Act.  

10.    Jute  Fund.—(1)  There  shall  be  formed  a  Fund  to  be  called  the  Jute  Fund  and  there  shall  be 

credited thereto—  

(a) any fees that may be levied and collected under this Act or the rules made thereunder; 

(b)  any  sums  of  money  paid  or any  grants  or  loans  granted  by  the  Central  Government  for  the 

purposes of this Act; 

(c) any grants or loans that may be made by any person for the purposes of this Act. 

(2) The Fund shall be applied— 

(a) for meeting the cost of the measures referred to in section 7; 

(b)  for  meeting  the  salaries,  allowances  and  other  remuneration  of  the  officers  and  other 

employees of the Council; 

(c) for meeting the other administrative expenses of the Council; 

(d) for repayment of any loans. 

11. Borrowing powers of the Council.—Subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf by the 
Central Government, the Council shall have the power to borrow on the security of the Jute Fund or any 
other asset for carrying out the purposes of this Act.  

12. Accounts and audit.—(1) The Council shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records 
and prepare an annual statement of accounts, including the profit and loss account, and the balance sheet, 
in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed by the Central Government in consultation with 
the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. 

(2) The accounts of the Council shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India at 
such  intervals  as  may  be  specified  by  him  and  any  expenditure  incurred  in  connection  with  such  audit 
shall be payable by the Council to the Comptroller and Auditor-General. 

(3)  The  Comptroller  and  Auditor-General  of  India  and  any  other  person  appointed  by  him  in 
connection  with  the  audit  of  the  accounts  of  the  Council  shall  have  the  same  rights  and  privileges  and 
authority in connection with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor-General has in connection with 
the audit of the Government accounts and, in particular, shall have the right to demand the production of 
books, accounts, connected vouchers and other documents and papers and to inspect any of the offices of 
the Council. 

(4) The accounts of the Council as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India or any 
other  person  appointed  by  him  in  this  behalf  together  with  the  audit  report  thereon  shall  be  forwarded 
annually  to  the  Central  Government  and  that  Government  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  laid  before  each 
House of Parliament. 

CHAPTER IV 

CONTROL BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT 

13.  Directions  by  Central  Government.—The  Council  shall  carry  out  such  directions  as  may  be 

issued to it from time to time by the Central Government for the efficient administration of this Act.  

14. Returns and reports of activities of the Council.—(1) The Council shall furnish to the Central 
Government at such time and in such form and manner as may be prescribed, such returns and statements 

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and  such  particulars  in  regard  to  any  proposed  or  existing  programme  for  the  development  of  jute 
manufactures, as the Central Government may, from time to time, require.  

(2) The Council shall furnish a programme of its activities for each year to the Central Government 

for its information and directions, if any. 

(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Council shall, as soon as possible, after 
the end of each year, submit to the Central Government a report in such form, and before such date, as 
may  be  prescribed,  giving  a  true  and  full  account  of  its  activities,  policy  and  programmes  during  the 
previous year. 

(4)  A copy  of the  report  received under  sub-section (3) shall be laid,  as  soon  as  may  be,  after it is 

received, before each House of Parliament. 

CHAPTER V 

MISCELLANEOUS 

15.  Power  to  call  for  reports  and  returns.—The  Council  may  require  a  producer  of  a  jute 
manufacture to furnish, for the purposes of this Act, such statistical or other information in such form and 
within such period as may be specified by the Council. 

16. Power of inspection.—Any person authorised in this behalf by the Central Government or by the 
Council or any officer of the Council authorised by the Chairman in writing, may enter, at all reasonable 
times, any place or premises where jute manufactures are stored, kept or exposed for sale and may require 
the  production  for  inspection  of  any  book,  register,  record  or  other  paper  kept  therein  and  ask  for  any 
information relating to the production, storage or keeping for sale of jute manufactures.  

17.  Penalties.—Whoever  fails  to  comply  with  any  order  or  direction  given  under  this  Act,  within 
such time as may be specified in the said order or direction, or contravenes or attempts to contravene or 
abets  the  contravention  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act  or  any  rules  made  thereunder,  shall  be 
punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to 
one thousand rupees, or with both. 

18.  Offences  by  companies.—(1)  Where  an  offence  under  this  Act  has  been  committed  by  a 
company, every person who at the time the offence was committed was in charge of, and was responsible 
to, the company for the conduct of the business of the company, as well as the company, shall be deemed 
to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly: 

Provided  that  nothing  contained  in  this  sub-section  shall  render  any  such  person  liable  to  any 
punishment provided in this Act, if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or 
that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence. 

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where an offence under this Act has been 
committed  by  a  company  and  it  is  proved  that  the  offence  has  been  committed  with  the  consent  or 
connivance of, or is attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other 
officer shall also be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and 
punished accordingly.  

Explanation.—For the purposes of this section,— 

(a) “company” means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals; 

and  

(b) “director”, in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm. 

19.  Cognizance  of  offences.—No  court  inferior  to  that  of  a  Metropolitan  Magistrate  or  a  Judicial 

Magistrate of the first class shall try any offence punishable under this Act.  

20.  Sanction  for  prosecutions.—Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  Code  of  Criminal 
Procedure,  1973  (2  of  1974),  no  court  shall  take  cognizance  of  any  offence  punishable  under  this  Act 
except with the previous sanction of the Central Government 

21. Protection of action taken in good faith.—No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall 
lie against the Central Government, or the Council or any committee appointed by it, or any member of 

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the  Council  or  such  committee,  or  any  officer  or  other  employee  of  the  Central  Government  or  the 
Council or any other person authorised by the Central Government or the Council or the Chairman for 
anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or the rules made thereunder.  

22. Members, officers and employees of the Council to be public servants.—All the members and 
all  officers  and  other  employees  of  the  Council  when  acting  or  purporting  to  act  in  pursuance  of  the 
provisions  of  this  Act  or  the  rules  made  thereunder  shall  be  deemed  to  be  public  servants  within  the 
meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860). 

23. Suspension of operation of Act.—(1) If the Central Government is satisfied that circumstances 
have arisen rendering it necessary that certain of the restrictions imposed by this Act should cease to be 
imposed  and  if  it  considers  it  necessary  or  expedient  so  to  do  in  the  public  interest,  the  Central 
Government  may, by notification in the Official Gazette, suspend or relax to a specified extent and for 
such period as may be specified in the notification, the operation of all or any of the provisions of this 
Act, in all or any of the territories to which this Act extends. 

(2) Where the operation of any provision of this Act has, under sub-section (1), been suspended or 
relaxed, such suspension or relaxation may, at any time while this Act remains in force, be removed by 
the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette. 

(3)  Every  notification  issued  under  this  section  shall  be  laid,  as  soon  as  may  be  after  it  is  issued, 
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  notification  or  both  Houses  agree  that  the  notification  should  not  be  issued,  the 
notification 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 notification. 

24. Application of other laws not barred.—The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to, and 

not in derogation of, the provisions of any other law for the time being in force. 

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

make rules for carrying 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  powers  and  functions  of  the  Vice-Chairman  of  the  Council  under  sub-section  (5)  of 

section 3;  

(b) the term of office and other conditions of service of members, the manner of filling vacancies 

among,  and  the  procedure  to  be  followed  in  the  discharge  of  their  functions  by,  members,  under                   
sub-section (6) of section 3; 

(c) the manner in which, the conditions subject to which and the purposes for which persons may 

be associated by the Council under sub-section (8) of section 3; 

(d) the times and places at which the Council shall meet, the rules of procedure to be observed in 
regard to the transaction of business at its meetings and the number of members which shall form a 
quorum at a meeting under sub-section (10) of section 3; 

(e)  the  conditions  and  limitations  subject  to  which  the  Council  may  appoint  officers  and  other 

employees under sub-section (4) of section 6; 

(f) the conditions of service and the remuneration of officers and other employees appointed by 

the Council under sub-section (5) of section 6; 

(g)  the  matters  in  respect of  which  the  Council  may  undertake  measures in  the discharge  of its 

functions under clause (k) of sub-section (2) of section 7; 

(h) the remuneration payable to the person or persons referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (2) 

of section 8; 

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(i) the conditions subject to which the Council shall borrow on the security of the Jute Fund or 

any other asset under section 11; 

(j)  the  form  and  manner  in  which  the  accounts  of  the  Council  shall  be  maintained  under                           

sub-section (1) of section 12;  

(k)  the  time  at  which  and  the  form  and  manner  in  which  the  Council  shall  furnish  returns, 

statements and other particulars under sub-section (1) of section 14; 

(l)  the  form  in  which  and  the  date  before  which  the  Council  shall  furnish  to  the  Central 

Government the report of its activities, policy and programmes under sub-section (3) of section 14; 

(m) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed or provided for by rules under this Act. 

(3) Every rule 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 both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule 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. 

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