The Textiles Committee Act, 1963

(1) This Act may be called the Textiles CommitteeAct, 1963. (2) It extends to the whole of India 1***. (3) It shall come into force on such date2, as the Central Government may, by notification in theOfficial Gazette, appoint.

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-- (a) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Committee. (b) "Committee" means the Committee established under section 3; 1[(ba) "fiber" means man-made fiber including regenerated cellulose rayon, nylon and the like.] (c) "Fund" means the Textile Fund referred to in section 7; 1[(ca) "handloom industries" has the meaning assigned to it in the Khadi and Other HandloomIndustries Development (Additional Excise, Duty on Cloth) Act, 1953 (12 of 1953);] (d) "member" means a member of the Committee and includes the Chairman and theVice-Chairman; 1[(da) "powerloom" means a loom which is worked by power as defined in clause (g) of section 2of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948), and which is used or capable of being used only for weavingcloth wholly or partly out of cotton yarn or woollen yarn, or fiber, or any kind of mixed yarn; (db) "powerloom industry" means an industry in which a manufacturer of textiles has, at any timeduring the period fixed by the Committee under clause (a) of sub-section (5) of section 5A, not morethan fifty powerlooms (without any spinning plants) in the factory or factories owned, controlled ormanaged by him. Explanation.--For the purposes of this clause, the expression "factory" has the meaning assignedto it in the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948):] (e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (f) "textile machinery" means the equipment employed directly or indirectly for the processing oftextile fiber into yarn and for the manufacture of fabric therefrom by weaving or knitting and includesequipment used either wholly or partly for the finishing, folding, or packing of textiles; 2[(g) "textiles" means any fabric or cloth or yarn or garment or any other article made wholly orin part of-- (i) cotton; or (ii) wool; or (iii) silk; or (iv) artificial silk or other fiber, and includes fiber;] (h) "Vice-Chairman" means the Vice-Chairman of the Committee.

1[2A. Construction of references to any law not in force, or any functionary not in existence, in theState of Jammu and Kashmir].--Omitted by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Adaptation ofCentral Laws) Order, 2020, vide notification No. S.O. 1123(E) dated (18-3-2020) and Vide UnionTerritory of Ladakh Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, notification No.S.O.3774(E), dated (23-10-2020). Earlier ins. by Act 51 of 1973, s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-1-1975).

(1) The Central Government shall, by notification in theOfficial Gazette, establish with effect from such date as may be specified in the notification, a Committeeto be known as the Textiles Committee, which shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession anda common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract and may, by thatname, sue or be sued. (2) The Head Office of the Committee shall be in Bombay. (3) The Committee shall consist of-- (a) a Chairman to be appointed by the Central Government; (b) a Vice-Chairman who shall be the Textile Commissioner, ex officio; (c) a Joint Secretary to the Government of India to be appointed by the Central Government,ex officio; (d) such other members as the Central Government may think fit to appoint who, in the opinion ofthat Government, have special knowledge or practical experience in matters relating to the textileindustry and trade and the manufacture of textile machinery.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the functions of theCommittee shall generally be to ensure by such measures, as it thinks fit, standard qualities of textilesboth for internal marketing and export purposes and the manufacture and use of standard type of textilemachinery. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1), the Committee may-- (a) undertake, assist and encourage, scientific, technological and economic research in-textileindustry and textile machinery, (b) promote export of textiles and textile machinery and carry on propaganda for that purpose; 1[(c) establish or adopt or recognise standard specifications for-- (i) textiles, and (ii) packing materials used in the packing of textiles or textile machinery, for the purposes of export and for internal consumption and affix suitable marks on such standardisedvarieties of textiles and packing materials;] (d) specify the type of quality control or inspection which will be applied to textiles ortextile machinery; 2[(da) provide for training in the techniques of quality control to be applied to textiles ortextile machinery;] (e) provide for the inspection and examination of-- (i) textiles; (ii) textile machinery at any stage of manufacture and also while it is in use at mill-heads; 2[(iii) packing materials used in the packing of textiles or textile machinery;] (f) establish laboratories and test houses for the testing of textiles; (g) provide for testing textiles and textile machinery in laboratories and test houses other thanthose established under clause (f); (h) collect statistics for any of the above mentioned purposes from-- (i) manufacturers of, and dealers in, textiles; (ii) manufacturers of textile machinery; and (iii) such other persons as may be prescribed; (i) advice on all matters relating to the development of textile industry and the production oftextile machinery; (j) provide for such other matters as may be prescribed. (3) In the discharge of its functions, the Committee shall be bound by such directions as the CentralGovernment may, for reasons to be stated in writing, give to it from time to time.