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Section 2

Section 2. Definitions

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,

(i) Board means the Uttar Pradesh Khadi and Village Industries Board established under section 4 ;

(ii) Chairman means the Chairman of the Board ;

1 [ (ii-a) Chief Executive Officer and Additional Chief Executive Officer means respectively the Chief Executive Officer and the Additional Chief Executive Officer of the Board appointed under section 10 ; ]

2 [ (ii-b) Finance Advisor and Accounts Officer means respectively the Financial Advisor and Accounts Officer of the Board appointed under section 10 ; ]

(iii) Khadi means any cloth woven on handlooms in India from cotton, silk or woolen yarn hand-spun in India or from a mixture of any two or all of such yarns ;

(v) Prescribed means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(vi) Regulations means regulations made under section 37 ;

(vii) 3 [ * * * * ]

4 [ (vii-a) Vice-Chairman means Vice-Chairman of the Board ;

5 [ and ]

(viii) Village industries means all or any of the industries specified in the Schedule and includes any other industry deemed to be specified in the Schedule by reason of a notification under section 3.

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.