The National Institute of Fashion Technology Act, 2006

(1) This Act may be called the National Institute of FashionTechnology Act, 2006. (2) It shall come into force on such date 1as the Central Government may, by notification in theOfficial Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "appointed day" means the date of establishment of the National Institute of FashionTechnology under sub-section (1) of section 3; (b) "Board" means the Board of Governors of the Institute constituted under sub-section (3) ofsection 3; c) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Institute nominated under clause (a) ofsub-section (3) of section 3; d) "Director-General" means the Director-General of the Institute appointed under section 15; (e) "fashion" includes a popular trend or a lifestyle, specially in styles of dress and ornament ormanners of behaviour or the business of creating, promoting or studying styles in vogue or thedesigning, production and marketing of new styles of goods such as, clothing, accessories, craft andcosmetics; and the words "fashion technology" with their grammatical variations and cognateexpressions, shall be construed accordingly; (f) "Fund" means the Fund of the Institute to be maintained under section 19; (g) "Institute" means the National Institute of Fashion Technology established undersub-section (1) of section 3; (h) "Institute Campus" means an Institute Campus located at New Delhi, Gandhinagar, Chennai,Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kolkata or any other place in India or abroad as may be decided bythe Board of Governors; (i) "Senate" means the Senate of the Institute referred to in section 12; (j) "Society" means the National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi registered as asociety under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860); (k) "Statutes and Ordinances" mean respectively the Statutes and the Ordinances of the Institutemade under this Act.

(1) With effect from such date as the Central Government may,by notification in the Official Gazette appoint, the National Institute of Fashion Technology shall beestablished as a body corporate by the name aforesaid. (2) The Institute shall have perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to theprovisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract, and shall, by that name,sue or be sued. (3) The Institute shall consist of the Board of Governors having the following persons, namely:-- (a) a Chairperson, who shall be an eminent academician, scientist or technologist or professional,to be nominated by the Visitor; (b) three Members of Parliament, two from Lok Sabha to be nominated by the Speaker of LokSabha and one from Rajya Sabha to be nominated by the Chairman of Rajya Sabha; (c) the Director-General of the Institute, ex officio; (d) the Financial Adviser of the Ministry or Department in the Government of India dealing withthe National Institute of Fashion Technology, ex officio; (e) the Joint Secretary, in the Ministry or Department in the Government of India dealing with theNational Institute of Fashion Technology, ex officio; (f) the representative of the Ministry or Department in the Government of India dealing withhigher education to be nominated by the Secretary of that Ministry or Department, ex officio; (g) five persons to be nominated by the Central Government, representing the States in which thecampus of the Institute is located, from amongst persons who are academicians or industrialists ofrepute engaged in area of fashion technology; and (h) two eminent experts in fashion technology, one of whom shall be an educationist, to benominated by the Visitor on the recommendations of the Central Government. (4) The term of office of the Chairperson and other members of the Board other than ex officiomembers thereof shall be three years and they shall be entitled for such allowances as may be determinedby the Central Government. (5) The term of office of members of the Board nominated to fill a casual vacancy shall continue forthe remainder of the term of the member in whose place he has been nominated. (6) The Board shall meet at least four times in a year at such place and time and observe such rules ofprocedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings as may be determined by the Board. (7) It is hereby declared that the office of member of the Board of Governors shall not disqualify itsholder for being chosen as, or for being, a member of either House of Parliament.

On and from the appointed day, subject to the other provisions of this Act,all properties which had vested in the Society, immediately before the commencement of this Act, shallon and from such commencement, vest in the Institute.

On and from the appointed day-- (a) any reference to the Society in any contract or other instrument shall be deemed as a referenceto the Institute; (b) all the rights and liabilities of the Society shall be transferred to, and be the rights andliabilities of, the Institute; and (c) every person employed by the Society, immediately before the appointed day, shall holdoffice or service in the Institute by the same tenure, at the same remuneration and upon the sameterms and conditions and with the same rights and privileges as to pension, leave, gratuity, providentfund and other matters as he would have held the same, if this Act had not been passed, and shallcontinue to be so, unless and until his employment is terminated or until such tenure, remuneration,terms and conditions are duly altered by the Statutes: Provided that if the alteration so made is not acceptable to such employee, his employment maybe terminated by the Institute in accordance with the terms of the contract with the employee or, if noprovision is made therein in this behalf, on payment to him by the Institute of compensationequivalent to three months remuneration in the case of permanent employee and one month'sremuneration in the case of other employee.