Chapter I PRELIMINARY

(1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Single Window Clearances Act, 2017. (2) It shall come into force at once.

In this Act, unless the context, otherwise requires,- (1) "Clearances" means grant or issue of no-objection certificate, allotments, consents, approvals, permissions, registrations, memorandum, enrollments, licenses and the like, by any competent authority or authorities in connection with the setting up of an industrial undertaking in the State under the relevant Acts and shall include all such clearances required till the industrial undertaking starts commercial production; (2) "competent authority" means any department or agency of the State Government, authorized agency, Gram Panchayat, Municipality or other local body, who are entrusted with the powers and responsibilities to grant or issue clearances under the State laws; (3) "District Level Facilitation Committee (DLFC)" means the Committee constituted under section 5; (4) “Ease of Doing Business” means the Ease of Doing Business initiative of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India; (5) "Industrial Undertaking" means the undertakings specified by the State Government in this regard which are engaged in manufacturing or processing or both or providing service or doing any other business or commercial activity; (6) "Investor Facilitation Agency" means the agency notified under section 8; (7) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (8) “relevant Acts” means the Acts specified by the State Government under section 3; (9) "Single Window Facilitation Committee (SWFC)" means the Committee constituted under section 6; (10) "State Level Facilitation Committee (SLFC) means the Committee constituted under section 7; (11) "time limit" means period within which it is mandatory to process and dispose of the applications.