The Footwear Design and Development Institute Act, 2017

(1) This Act may be called the Footwear Design andDevelopment Institute Act, 2017. (2) It shall come into force on such date 1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the OfficialGazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference tothe commencement in any such provision of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the commencementof that provision.

Whereas the objects of the institution known as the Footwear Design and DevelopmentInstitute, are such as to make it the institution of national importance, it is hereby declared that theFootwear Design and Development Institute is an institution of national importance.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a)“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Institute nominated under clause (a) ofsub-section (3) of section 4; (b) “design” means a rational, logical and sequential innovation process for the purposes oftransferring culture to viable products and services in footwear and leather products, including fashionand retail thereof and for providing a competitive edge to products and services; (c) “development” means the systematic use of scientific and technical knowledge to meet specificobjective or requirements and includes an extension of the theoretical or practical aspects of concepts,design, discovery and invention including business thereof; (d)“Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Institute campus appointed undersection 18; (e) “Fund” means the Fund of the institute to be maintained under section 21; (f) “Governing Council” means the Governing Council of the Institute constituted undersub-section (3) of section 4; (g) “Institute” means the Footwear Design and Development Institute established undersub-section (1) of section 4; (h) “Institute campus” means an Institute campus specified in the Schedule; (i) “leather products” includes a product made of leather or any other material or combinationthereof; (j) “Managing Director” means the Managing Director of the Institute appointed under section 16; (k) “Member” means a Member of the Governing Council and includes the Chairperson; (l) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (m) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (n) “Schedule” means the Schedule appended to this Act; (o) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Institute appointed under section 17; (p) “Senate” means the Senate of the Institute referred to in section 13; (q) “Society” means the Footwear Design and Development Institute registered under the SocietiesRegistration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860); (r) “Statutes” and “Ordinances” mean respectively the Statutes and the Ordinances of the Institute madeunder this Act.

(1) On and from the date of commencement of this Act, the FootwearDesign and Development Institute shall be established 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 a Governing Council having the following Members, namely: (a) a Chairperson, who shall be an eminent academician, scientist, or industrialist from leathersector, to be nominated by the Central Government; (b) the Managing Director, ex officio; (c) the Joint Secretary in the Ministry or Department in the Government of India dealing withFootwear Design and Development Institute, ex officio; (d) the Joint Secretary in the Ministry or Department in the Government of India dealing with theleather, retail or fashion sector, ex officio; (e) the Director Finance of the Ministry or the Department in the Government of India dealing withFootwear Design and Development Institute, ex officio; (f) a representative of Ministry or Department in the Government of India dealing with skilldevelopment and entrepreneurship, ex officio; (g) four professionals or industrialists to represent the Council for Leather Exports, the IndianLeather Garments Association, the Indian Footwear Components Manufacturers Association, and theConfederation of Indian Industry National Committee on Leather, Footwear and Leather Products, tobe nominated by the Central Government; and (h) one person each from the National Institute of Fashion Technology, National Institute ofDesign, the Central Leather Research Institute, the Indian Institute of Technology and the IndianInstitute of Management, to be nominated by the Central Government. (4) The term of office of the Chairperson and other Members, other than ex officio Members thereof,shall be three years and they shall be entitled for such allowances as may be determined by the CentralGovernment. (5) The term of office of the Members nominated to fill a casual vacancy shall continue for the remainderof the term of the Member in whose place he has been nominated. (6) The Governing Council shall meet at least two times in a year at such place and time and observesuch rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings as may be determined bythe Governing Council. (7) Save as otherwise provided in this section, the term of office of an ex officio member shallcontinue as long as he holds the office by virtue of which he is a member.

On and from the date of commencement of this Act, subject to the otherprovisions of this Act, all properties which had vested in the Society, immediately before thecommencement of this Act, shall on and from such commencement, vest in the Institute.