t, '  the coir industry (amendment) bill, 1963~: "  a bill further to amend the coir industry act 1953be it enacted by parliament in the fourteenth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the coir industry (amendment) act, shoz1 1963 tiu  ·15 of 1953 s ' '  ~ 10 2 for the long title to the coir industry act, 1953 (hereinafter amendreferred to as the principal act), the following long title shall be ment of substituted, namely: _ the 10111 title "an act to provide for the establishment of a board for the development of the coir industry and for that purpose to levy a customs duty on coir fibre, coif yam and coir products exported from india and for matters connected therewith" 3 in section 10 of the principal act, in sub-section (2), after amend clause (f), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-ment of section 10 (ff) setting up or assisting in the setting up of factories for the production of eoir products with the aid of power;" is ,1', t after section 14 of the principal act, the following shall be inserted, namely:-section  insertion of new section ita ,1 clim the central government may, after due ppropria- grantaby tin made by paruament by law in this behah, pay to the board thecentra& f th "_6_1 govem by way of grants, lueh sums ~ money as e _is", govern- ment to  ent iiui)' eonsider nee81s817 - tne board 5 in section 15 of the principal act, in lub-section (1), after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted;-namely:-"(c) any sum of money that may be paid by way of grant under section 14a  i for section 17 of the principal act, the fouowinl section shall , be substituted, namely:-substitu· tion of new ac· tion for hcuqi1l'f ~te and audlt "17 (1) the board shall maintain proper accounts and other reiew:nt records and prepare an annual statement of accounts, ideluding the profit and loss acoount and, th&: balance') s1amt in such fonn as may be prescribed by the central government 10 in consultation with the comptroller and auditor-general of india (2) the accounts of the board shan be audited by the com ph'oller and auditor-general of iildla at such intervals as may be prescribed  by him and any expenditure ineurred 1d codn~ i, tiol1' with such audit shall be payable by the, board tq th~ comptroller and auditor-general (3) the-comptroller and auditor-general of'india- amt any person appointed by him in connection with the audit of' ttte~ accounts of the board shall have the same rights and privileges 30 and authority in connection with such audit as the comptroller and auditor-general has in connection with the audit of govemment accounts, and in particular, shall have the right to demand the production of books, a~counts, connected vouchers and other documents and papers and to insj)8ct any of the offices 35 of the board (4) the accounts of the board as certifted by the'comptroller' and auditor-general of india ~r any other person appointed by him in this behalf together with the audit report tliereon shall be forwarded annually to the central government and that gov  30' emmmt shall cause the same- to be laid before each house of parliament" a!dend~ '1 in section 26 of the principal act, for sub-seetion (3), the mat- of following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-"' us  ii (b) , every rulema<ie' by the clmtratgfmlnm:ledt 'u!1tertbll 3$ seetian' shall be-laid as 101m as' may be after' ~t ii made-, belere each ho\lse of parlijment whilett t8'ln'l9iiioft~ft»ra~total;pm'tod of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or ill two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the ses-«on tnwhich  it is 80 laid or the·successive mlsions afo1'tl881d, 'both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both h01iiies agree that the rule should notbe made, the  rule shall 'thereafter have eftect only iii such ·modifted-form orbe of no· effect, as the ·case may be; so, however, that anysuch modiftaation 'or 1ldj1ulment ·shall be without prejudice to  the ,valldfty ·ofanything previously done under that rule" the coir industry act, 1963 (no 45 of 1953) came into force from the 9th february, 1954, providing for the control by the union of the coir industry and for that purpose to establish a coir board and levy a customs duty on coir fibre, coir yarn and coir products exported from india section 14 of the act restricts payments to the board to not more than the net proceeds of the customs duty it has been found from experience that the net proceeds are not adequate for meeting the expenses of the board and the cost of the various measures undertaken !by it for the development of the coil industry it is, therefore, considered necessary to provide additional monies to the board to finance its activities it is also neces- sary to provide that such additional monies are also credited to the coir fund to which the net proceeds of the customs duty are credited and from which the expenses of the board are met there is no specific provision in the act authorising the comptroller and auditor-general of india or any person appointed by him to audit the accounts of the board although the accounts of the board are audited by the accountant-general, kerala on behalf of the comptroller and auditor-general, this has to be specifically provided for in section 17 of the act in pursuance of the government's decision to partially mechanise the coir matting sector, the coir board proposes to set up a factory for manufacture of coir matting by mechanised process and to enable the coir board to undertake such production activities, provision has to be specifically made for the purpose in the functions of the board the present bill is intended to give effect to the above objects manubhai shah new delhi; the 11th decembet, 1963 president's recommendation under article 117 of the constitution of india (cow of letter no 57 (2)-j it c/58, dated the 17th december, 1963 from shri manubhai shah, mini8tet of internation4l trade to the secreta:rll, lok sabha) the president having been informed of the coir industry (amendment) bill, 1963, recommends, under article 117 (1) and (3) of the constitution of india, the introduction and cql'hiideration of the bill in the lok sabha clause 3 of the bill empowers the coir board to undertake the establishment of mechanised factories for the manufacture of coir products the board haa a proposal for the establishment of one such factory for the manufacture of coir matting and the scheme is expected to cost about rs 10 lakhs 2 clause " of the bill provides for grants to be made by the central government to the board, since it has been found from experience that the funds available to the board are not adequate to meet its expenses these additional grants by the central government are intended to ensure that the activities of the coir board do not receive a set-back the exact amount which may be paid by way of grants will vary from year to year, depending upon the level of the actual proceeds of the customs duty and the necessary amount required by the board to meet its expenses, taking into account the proposed enlarged scope of its activities it is, therefore, not possible to determine the exact amount that is likely to be incurred in this behalf no such expenditure will, however, be incurred without d1lle appro~riation made by parliament by law in this behah  (45 of 1853)an act 'to provide for the control by the union of :thecoir in-'dumy ;add for' that pu1'p08e to establish a coir 'boud 'and lwy a' customs duty on'coir ftbre, coir yam and coir products '!u-ported -from lddia  - - - - - accowlts n (1) the board shall cause accounts to be kept of all money and audit received and expended by it   (2) the accounts &hall be audited every year by auduorsbppointed in this behah by the central government and such auditors shall :ditlauow 'every item,  which in their opinion is not ,auihori&ed by this act or any rule made or direction islued thereunder  (3) the board may, within three months from the date of communication to it of the disallowance of any item, as aforesaid, appeal against such disallowance k> the central government whose decision shall be final (4) the accounts of the board as certified by the comptroller and auditor-general of india or by 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 both houses of parliament  - - - - - 26 (1) - - - - (3) all rules made under this act shall as soon as they are made be laid before both houses of parliament - - - - - power of central govern mentto make rul • a bill further to amend the coir industry act, 1953 (shri manubhai shah, minister of internationa tratk) 