Chapter I Preliminary

(1) This Act may be called the Goa Khadi and Village Industries Board Act, 1965. (2) It extends to the whole of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu. (3) It shall come into force on such date as Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette appoint in this behalf.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:— (a) “Board” means the Goa, Daman and Diu Khadi and Village Industries Board, established under section 3. (b) “Chairman” means Chairman of the Board. (c) “Government” means the Government of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu. (d) “Khadi and Village Industries Commission” means the Khadi and Village Industries Commission established under section 4 of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956 (Central Act 61 of 1956). (e) “Khadi” means any cloth woven on handlooms in India from cotton, silk or woollen yarn handspun in India or from a mixture of any two or all of such yarns; and certified as Khadi by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956. (f) “Member” means member of the Board. (g) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act. (h) “Regulations” means regulations made by the Board under this Act. (i) “Vice-Chairman” means Vice-Chairman of the Board. (j) “Village Industries” means:— (i) All or any of the industries specified in the schedule to the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956, and includes any other industry deemed to be specified in the said schedule by reason of a notification issued by the Central Government under section 3 of the said Act; and (ii) Any other industry specified in this behalf by Government by notification in the Official Gazette in consultation with the Khadi and Village Industries Commission and the Board.